Diving Technician
About The Position
The Diving Technician supports Department of the Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) underwater breathing apparatus programs by providing technical expertise in MK 16 and other diving life-support systems. The role helps maintain equipment readiness and diver safety through maintenance planning, technical training, configuration control, stakeholder coordination, and sustained lifecycle support. The technician performs or oversees depot-level inspection, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, certification, and quality-assurance actions for MK 16 systems and other EOD diving and life-support equipment. The role also delivers maintainer instruction, ensures compliance with applicable technical and safety requirements, collaborates with engineering and operational stakeholders to resolve sustainment issues, and supports post-fielding evaluation to inform future equipment fielding phases.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience supporting high-reliability technical systems such as military diving, underwater breathing apparatus, or life-support systems.
- Experience performing depot-level maintenance, inspection, troubleshooting, repair, certification, or quality-assurance functions for MK 16 closed-circuit rebreather systems.
- Experience with oxygen-cleanliness procedures, high-pressure oxygen systems, contamination control, or associated safety requirements.
- Experience applying technical manuals, maintenance instructions, quality-assurance requirements, or configuration-control procedures.
- Experience developing or delivering technical instruction, operator training, maintainer training, or train-the-trainer programs.
- Experience coordinating with operational units, maintenance activities, logistics personnel, program offices, or original equipment manufacturers.
- Ability to communicate technical findings, maintenance risks, readiness impacts, and sustainment recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Ability to travel to fleet, depot, training, and fielding locations up to 25% of the time.
- Secret clearance required.
- High school diploma or GED.
Nice To Haves
- Experience as a Navy Diver, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician, or member of a special operations diving community.
- Experience as an MK 16 technician, supervisor, instructor, or depot-level maintenance technician.
- Experience serving as a maintenance QA representative, work-center supervisor, course supervisor, or Master Training Specialist.
- Experience with Navy maintenance-management systems, including SKED or comparable readiness and maintenance-tracking tools.
- Experience supporting materiel fielding plans, equipment transition, fleet logistics, lifecycle sustainment, or phased capability rollouts.
- Experience with oxygen-cleanliness procedures, high-pressure oxygen systems, contamination control, and associated safety requirements.
- Experience reviewing and revising technical manuals, maintenance instructions, quality-assurance requirements, and configuration-control procedures.
Responsibilities
- Perform or oversee depot-level inspection, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, certification, and quality-assurance actions for MK 16 systems and other EOD diving and life-support equipment.
- Deliver maintainer instruction on preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, inspection criteria, and safety requirements.
- Maintain compliance with technical manuals, maintenance requirements, configuration-control procedures, oxygen-system safety requirements, and quality-assurance standards.
- Collaborate with engineers, logisticians, instructors, operational users, and program stakeholders to resolve technical and sustainment issues affecting life-support-system readiness.
- Support evaluation of post-fielding operational use to identify improvements for future fielding phases.
- Communicate technical findings, maintenance risks, readiness impacts, and sustainment recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Travel to fleet, depot, training, and fielding locations up to 25% of the time.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave.
- Professional development.
- Tuition assistance.
- Work-life programs.
- Dependent care.
- Recognition awards program for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
