Fire Alarm Technician

ASRC Federal; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dormitory housing

Meals provided

Job summary

ASRC Federal Communications is seeking a Fire Alarm Technician on Wake Island for the ISS2 contract with our Air Force customer. The role is a three-month on/one-month off rotation, with on-site dormitory housing and meals provided.

Travel to Wake Island is by government aircraft, with flights arranged from your home base to Hawaii. The technician will install, test, inspect, and maintain fire alarm and suppression systems, ensuring NFPA compliance and proper documentation.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent is required.
• NICET Level II certification for fire alarm detection and annunciation is required.
• NICET Level II certification for special hazards suppression is required.
• Current CPR certification or ability to obtain.
• Valid state driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to pass National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
• Ability to pass pre-employment physical and drug test.

Responsibilities

• Installs, inspects, tests, maintains, and repairs fire alarm detection and suppression systems per NFPA standards.
• Inspects fire alarm detection and annunciation equipment; replaces defective components.
• Repair fire alarm systems to eliminate trouble signals.
• Perform scheduled inspections and maintenance.
• Coordinate and report system status to station fire chief.
• Maintain NFPA-compliant records of maintenance and inspections.

Skills

Safety awareness

Reading blueprints

Manual dexterity

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

NICET Level II certification for fire alarm detection & annunciation

NICET Level II certification for special hazards suppression

CPR certification

Job description

ASRC Federal Communications is seeking a Fire Alarm Technician for our ISS2 contract supporting our Air Force customer. This position is located on Wake Island.

It is a rotational position in which the selected employee will work a schedule of 3 months on the island and 1 month off unpaid, Wake Island is 2,100 miles away from HNL. While working on-site housing is provided in the form of a dormitory facility. All meals are furnished through the cafeteria.You are responsible for the flight from your home base to HNL. Transportation to wake island is provided by government sponsored aircraft. This is a negotiated union position.

Position Overview

• Installs, inspects tests, maintains, and repairs intrusion detection and fire alarm detection and suppression systems in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and National Fire Protection Association standards.

Essential Duties & Job Functions

• Inspects fire alarm detection and annunciation equipment and replaces defective components
• Repair fire alarm systems as required to eliminate all trouble signals
• Accomplish recurring scheduled inspections and or maintenance
• Respond to all reported troubles and correct system errors
• Maintains fire alarm systems per UFC 3-601-02 (para 1-10.2.2) and all maintenance/inspection records in NFPA-required format (NFPA 72 Chapter 14 (Tables 14.3.1/14.4.3.2)
• Tests initiating and signal circuits, detectors, and system transmitter
• Makes needed repairs, and checks pressure gauges on suppression system storage containers and recharges or replaces containers
• Assure suppression systems are free of corrosion and assure operation
• Coordinate and report all system status to station fire chief
• Maintain maintenance and inspection computerized records up to date in NFPA required format
• Conducts and documents the annual comprehensive inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) of all fire alarm detection, annunciation, and suppression systems; prepares and submits the annual Inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) report (including test results, deficiencies, corrective actions, and overall system status) to the station fire chief and as required by the PWS/PMO.

Accountable For

• Common safety practices and protective equipment used on a construction site.
• Procedures for the safe operation and maintenance of electrical circuits, both overhead and underground.
• Solid-state and conventional control circuitry,
• Using hand and power tools commonly used in the construction trade.
• Understanding and following directions.
• Reading and working from blueprints and engineering drawings.

Work Conditions

• The employee is regularly required to talk and hear to understand instructions, provide information and respond to safety warnings.
• Work conditions require the employee to stand; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; taste or smell; and work on scaffolding and ladders, as well as elevated platform, and confined spaces when required to access systems.
• The employee may frequently lift and/or move objects weighing up to 35 pounds without assistance and lift and/or move heavier objects with assistance.

Job Requirements (Education, Experience, Professional Associations)

Mandatory

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Minimum ten (10) years’ experience in installation, commissioning, inspection, and repair of fire alarm, detection, annunciation and suppression systems.
• Current and ability to maintain NICET Level II certification for fire alarm detection and annunciation systems.
• Current and ability to maintain NICET Level II certification for special hazards suppression systems.
• Current CPR certification or the ability to obtain.
• Valid state driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to pass National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI)
• Ability to successfully pass a pre-employment physical and drug test.
• Ability to successfully pass a pre‐employment physical and drug test

Preferred

• Electrical Journeyman License or Certificate of Fitness with two year’s experience as a journeyman.
• Current and ability to maintain NICET Level II certification for water-based suppression systems.
• Manufacturer system certification as applicable (e.g. Monaco, Ansul, Firetrace, etc)
• Experience working in a remote location
• Confined space training

All persons employed for this contract must be U.S. citizens and qualified to obtain and/or maintain a personnel security clearance with the U.S. Government. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. After receipt of an employment offer letter, applicants must complete the Standard Form 86 and be granted an interim Secret clearance by the U.S. Government before the deployment process can begin.