Engineering Technician 5 - Electrical and Fire Systems

About Us

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders. 

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

Position Location

This position will be fully onsite in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Job Overview

The Engineering Technician V performs non-routine and complex assignments involving responsibility for planning and conducting a complete project of relatively limited scope or a portion of a larger and more diverse project, selects and adapts plans, techniques, designs, or layouts, contacts personnel in related activities to resolve problems and coordinate the work, reviews, analyzes, and integrates the technical work of others.

The work is reviewed for technical adequacy and satisfaction of requirements as required. The incumbent will train and be assisted by lower level technicians, and perform one or a combination of the following:
Analyzes systems, major units, devices, or equipment; conducts tests or experiments; analyzes results and recommends modifications and design drawings to evaluate system performance. Review guidelines, specifications, and develop designs. Analyzes technical data to determine applicability to design problems; thereafter recommend systems improvements.
Develop Systems tests to evaluate equipment performance. Determines test requirements, equipment modification, and test procedures; conducts tests using all types of instruments; analyzes and evaluates test results, and prepares reports on findings and recommendations.

Pay Rate: $55.00/Hour

Responsibilities

Essential Job Duties:

• Manage testing requirements, to include, but not limited to: NETA Breaker Testing, Building Ground Testing, Lighting Protection Testing, Annual Fire Alarm Testing, Fire Suppression/Protection Testing, and smoke detection/air sampling. Review results and address deficiencies.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Electrical and Fire Protection project work, i.e. meet deliverables and objectives, generate punch lists, develop scopes of work, collaborate with customer and contractors, identify root cause, dispute claims resolution.
• Review job plans and operating procedures for accuracy. Incumbent will facilitate communication and activities related to correcting deficiencies that do not align with manufacturer and industry standards/recommendations for effective equipment life expectancy. 
• Generate and facilitate Requests for Information (RFI) to clarify and correct electrical and fire protection systems processes/procedures/work.
• Assist to develop electrical and fire protection field training program. Consistently and effectively train, teach, and mentor field technicians in all areas of electrical and fire protection.
• Conduct root cause analysis and provide training as warranted.
• Provides and executes standards and criteria for specialized, difficult, or unusual requirements.
• Maintain membership on engineering boards and act as the technical representative.
• Coordinate projects with other disciplines. Applies knowledge of other disciplines to determine coordination effort required to address various design considerations.
• Maintains current knowledge of emerging technologies for program development.
• Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment. Observes that federal, state, and local codes concerning health, safety, and environment are strictly adhered to in the programming, design, and construction of real property facilities.
• May occasionally be required to operate Government or Company owned motor vehicles and/or other equipment.
• Supports other department staff as needed or directed.
• Ability to work overtime and adjusted work schedules as warranted for work load and projects.

Job Requirements

Mandatory:

• US citizenship.
• Electrical and/or Fire protection Journeyman license or professional engineering license in an electrical discipline.
• At least 7 years of experience or an equivalent combination of skills, education and experience in the fields of electrical and fire protection.
• Adequate technical knowledge and aptitude in the electrical and fire protection fields, i.e. UPS, switchgear, transformers, motors, generators, fire protection, corrosion control and fire suppression to perform high level troubleshooting.
• Experience with supervisory control and data acquisition software application programs.
• Working knowledge of the Electrical Code and the National Fire Protection Code.
• Strong communication skills.
• Knowledge of standard contracting regulations, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental requirements as outlined in applicable standards, regulations, and/or technical orders.
• Ability to research, analyze, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, and procedures to a variety of situations and to recommend timely and economical solutions.

Preferred:

• Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certification.
• College level degree in engineering, electrical or fire protection program.
• Microsoft Project experience.
• Possess the required security clearance.

Disclosures

Chugach Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

Chugach will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email [email protected].

Chugach Government Solutions supports pay transparency and is committed to equitable and competitive compensation practices. Compensation for this role will be determined based on factors including job responsibilities, experience, skills, internal equity, geographic location, and applicable contract requirements. Where required by law, compensation ranges will be provided to candidates during the hiring process.

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