2nd Class Marine Electrician - Interior Communications; apx Security Clearance

Position

Akima Systems Engineering (ASE) is looking for a 2nd Class Marine Electrician to work in Suffolk, Virginia.

Travel: 50% within and outside of the continental United States.

Work Schedule:

Monday thru Saturday, 10 hours a day (as needed).

• Install, connect, test, and maintain electrical systems for a variety of purposes, including interior communications.
• Maintain and repair electrical systems on marine vessels.
• Utilize troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance skills for electronic equipment on board vessels and in shipyard facilities.
• Apply basic and some advanced technical knowledge to solve routine problems by interpreting manufacturers' manuals or similar documents.
• Use familiarity with circuit interrelationships and judgment in planning work sequence, and selecting tools, testing instruments.
• Work under immediate supervision and seek technical guidance from supervisor or higher-level technician as needed.
• Display levels of quality, integrity, safety, respect, engagement, and performance consistent with company values.
• Install, operate, maintain, repair, and modify equipment and structures for fleet modernization on U.S. Navy surface ships.
• Perform duties for layout, fabrication, and installation of electrical wiring, coaxial cable, or fiber optic aboard Navy vessels.
• Read and interpret schematics and blueprints to perform work from blueprints, engineering sketches, charts, work orders, technical documents, and reports.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and install electrical equipment and cables; assist with diagnosing equipment to eliminate problems efficiently.
• Remove and install cables found overhead, along bulkheads, or under the deck.
• Repair and replace cables/connectors.
• Apply understanding of production processes to complete complicated and non-routine tasks related to installations on shipboard systems and equipment at company and/or field locations under established quality and safety procedures.
• Inspect completed work for conformance to specifications.
• Maintain effective supervisor and manager communications and relations.
• Remove, plan, execute, install, and modify electrical cable, cableways, conductors, connectors, strain relief, fasteners, and equipment aboard naval vessels.
• Complete electrical and data conductor disconnections and reconnections on existing and new equipment for a complete installation.

• U.S. citizen.
• Must have or obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
• High school diploma, GED or industrial/trade school certificate.
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in operation, maintenance and repair of electrical systems and equipment on-board Navy vessels, U.S. Coast Guard vessels; MSC or Maritime vessels, and practical shipboard experience with HM&E systems and equipment.
• Familiar with one or more Interior Communications (IC) systems: MC (General Announcing/Mass Communications), HYDRA (Hierarchical Yet Dynamically Reprogrammable Architecture), IVN (Integrated Voice Network), IVCN (Integrated Voice Communications Network), SATCC (Shipboard Air Traffic Control Communications), SIWCS (Shipwide Inter Wireless Communication System).
• Ability to access government installations by obtaining and maintaining a Biometric Defense Identification System (DBIS) credential for work on boarded U.S. Naval vessels or government assigned work.
• Ability to work overtime and weekends upon managerial request.
• Willingness to travel outside the Suffolk, Virginia area if required.
• Prior experience with Fiber Optic cables and multi-pin connectors.
• Possess or provide trade-specific hand tools.
• Experience working in a team environment and communicate effectively with others.
• Understand and accomplish NSI 009-73 requirements: inspection, testing, installation, removal, and repair of shipboard electrical cabling and electronic equipment; cable installations including banding, terminal boxes, connection boxes, connectors, equipment, penetrations, cableways, hangers; MCT, MCP, stuffing tube opening, packing, closing and testing; bonding and grounding of electrical equipment; NSI 009-25 – air testing of penetrations; electrical troubleshooting and testing with multimeters and megohmmeters;
  
  assistance with troubleshooting, maintaining, installing, and repairing electrical distribution systems and associated equipment and cabling; experience with cable removal and installation including proper methods of opening and securing various types of cable penetrations; operating under instruction to remove, install and modify electrical cable, cableways, conductors, connectors, strain relief, fasteners, cable penetrations and equipment aboard naval vessels; familiarity with reading electrical drawings and schematics;
  
  knowledge of proper and safe usage of multimeters and megger; familiarity with NAVSEA Standard items.

• Candidates with current NAVSEA Multipin Connector Certifications (NSI 009-73).
• Candidates with current NAVSEA Fiber Optic certification (NSI 009-123).
• Candidates with NAVSEA Cableway Improvement Program…