Technician, SURTASS Operations & Maintenance

Technician, Operations and Maintenance

SURTASS provides an on-demand, mobile, and active/passive maritime surveillance capability in support of Joint and Naval Task Force commanders via towed acoustic sensor systems. The ships and installed SURTASS mission equipment are designed for extended duration and independent operations in remote geographic areas. Thus, self-sufficiency in operations and maintenance is an important mission objective. It is intended that operations and maintenance be performed on board vessels and in depot maintenance facilities with the objective of maximizing operational readiness.

The O&M Technician Crewmember shall:

• Stand watch in the SURTASS Operations Center (SOC) onboard SURTASS Vessels to operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair SURTASS mission equipment to support Fleet requirements, including maintaining all required records and logs and monitoring and sending record Naval Message Traffic.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on all SURTASS mission equipment in accordance with the PMS and other reference documents, as required. Preventative maintenance records shall be maintained in accordance with OPNAVINST 4790.
• Maintain an accurate logistics inventory as provided by the Government and provide periodic updates to the Product Support Facility (PSF). Any deviation beyond 5% of consumables and 2% of repair parts can result in financial liability for the contractor to correct.
• Operate the shipboard test equipment pool used with SURTASS mission equipment, including ensuring it is in calibration through early and frequent coordination with the PSF. The Government will provide the test equipment, and be responsible for repair, calibration, and replacement of test equipment.
• Maintain a technical library on each ship to support all SURTASS mission equipment.
• On SURTASS-E vessels, the O&M Crewmember Technicians will also conduct preventative and corrective maintenance on:
• Passive Array winch, to include all hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical systems.
• Antennas, including preservation
• Electrical generation and distribution equipment and systems.
• Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, limited to routine system checks and filter changes.
• Van doors
• Protected Distribution System
• Van lighting systems, internal and external
• Freshwater washdowns, minor preservation, and minor painting of the vans
• Utilize the WILD trouble ticket application to log all maintenance trouble tickets for action in the JSN/WKRQ log, which shall include all applicable labor, external technical assistance, parts, and time expended.

Education: Associate Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Technology, or be a graduate of US Navy electronics "C" school or equivalent civilian electronics technical school. Curriculum must have dealt directly with the maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of: VME computers, digital computers, microprocessors or peripheral/interface equipment, networks, communications system, navigation system and/or sonar system.

Desired Professional Experience: Five years' experience of practical hands-on experience in the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of, at a minimum, one of the following: Virtual Machine Environment (VME) computers, networks, digital computers, microprocessors, communications systems, navigation systems, and/or sonar systems. Experience with SURTASS mission systems is preferred.

Required Certifications: DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification required within 12 months

Clearance: DOD SECRET

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: 25-50%

Work Location: USA VA Norfolk

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.