Public Safety Field Communications Technician

Pender County Government; Burgaw (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Pender County Government seeks a Field Communications Technician to install, maintain, and support voice and data communications for Emergency Services. The role covers LMR, paging, deployable equipment, and TAK within a 24/7 public safety environment.

You will deploy with special operations teams, provide field training, and work with county IT and partner agencies. After-hours and extended deployments may be required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Associate degree in electronics, telecommunications, information technology, or a related field; or four years of public safety communications/tech experience; or an equivalent combo.
• Completion of NIMS/ICS 100, 200, 700, 800.
• Cradlepoint CPCNA within 1 year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, program, test, and maintain LMR systems including radios and base stations.
• Program subscriber radios and infrastructure across multiple manufacturers using vendor software; maintain templates and codeplugs.
• Issue and track radio IDs for VIPER and other county systems; maintain subscriber records.
• Perform preventive maintenance and testing of radios/infrastructure with service monitors and test equipment.
• Coordinate interoperability with surrounding agencies per MOUs/MOAs.

Skills

Radio programming

Field operations

Troubleshooting

End-user training

Education

Associate degree in electronics/telecommunications/IT

Tools

Cradlepoint

Peplink

TAK

Job description

Pender County Government seeks a Field Communications Technician to install, maintain, and support voice and data communications for Emergency Services. The role covers LMR, paging, deployable equipment, and TAK within a 24/7 public safety environment.

You will deploy with special operations teams, provide field training, and work with county IT and partner agencies. After-hours and extended deployments may be required.