About the position
If you love and enjoy engaging in high-profile projects supporting our U.S Naval Ships, Serco has a great opportunity for you! Serco is hiring a CIWS Engineering Technician to be part of a dynamic team supporting our US. Navy. You will be part of a team that works closely with the customer and other Serco team members to deliver quality work performed on-board U.S. Naval Ships located in the beautiful surroundings of Chesapeake, Virginia. As the CIWS Engineering Technician, you will be responsible for Performing non-routine and complex assignments involving the responsibility for planning and conducting a complete project of relatively limited scope or a portion of a larger and more diverse project that will be performed on-board U.S. Naval Ships and military installations.
Responsibilities
- Select and adapt plans, techniques, designs, or layouts.
- Contact personnel in related activities to resolve problems and coordinate the work.
- Review, analyze, and integrate the technical work of others.
- Outline objective, requirement, and design approaches completed work is reviewed for technical adequacy and satisfaction of requirements.
- May train and assist lower-level technicians.
- Design, develop, and construct major units, devices, or equipment.
- Conduct tests or experiments.
- Analyze results and redesigns or modifies equipment to improve performance, and reports results.
- From general guidelines and specifications (e.g., size or weight requirements), develops designs for equipment without critical performance requirements which are difficult to satisfy such as engine parts, research instruments, or special purpose circuitry.
- Analyze technical data to determine applicability to design problems; select from several possible design layouts; calculate design data; and prepare layouts, detailed specifications, parts lists, estimates, procedures, etc.
- May check and analyze drawings or equipment to determine adequacy of drawings and design.
- Plan or assist in planning tests to evaluate equipment performance.
- Determine test requirements, equipment modification, and test procedures; conduct tests using all types of instruments; analyze and evaluate test results and prepare reports on findings and recommendation.
Requirements
- A High School Diploma
- The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
- Must be able to travel up to 10%.
- The ability obtain and gain access to shipyards (NAVSTA & DBIDS), undergo a background investigation and pass a drug screening.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience
- An OSHA 10 certification or able to obtain a certification
- Be familiar with NAVSEA, standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field of electrical repair, fabrication, and installation.
Nice-to-haves
- NAVY CIWS BLK1 B Course Familiarization Training or equivalent is preferred.
- Experience and knowledge of Close In Weapon Systems (CIWS) Deutsch specific Fiber Optic Pins and connectors to include testing.
- Familiar with the termination and operation of the Close In Weapon System (CIWS) firing cutout circuits and Mount train warning bell.
- Knowledge and experience with structural installation efforts to include welding and fitting.
- Experience and knowledge with Close in Weapon System (CIWS) Equipment Layout to include the Remote Control and Local Control Stations.
