Fire control technician job description
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Fire control technician requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in fire control technician job postings.
Sample fire control technician requirements
- Associate's degree in fire safety or related field.
- Two years of experience in fire safety.
- Ability to understand and follow safety protocols.
- Knowledge of fire control systems.
- Current certification in fire safety and control.
Sample required fire control technician soft skills
- Strong communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Flexibility to work in shifts.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
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Lockheed Martin fire control technician job description
COVID\-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities\. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security\.
To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires\. All current and newly hired employees who are unvaccinated will be required to adhere to onsite safety protocols\.
**Description:** At Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems \(RMS\), we are driven by innovation and integrity\. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach - and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee\. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training and education\. Come and experience your future\!
The successful candidate will support equipment light off, integration, testing, troubleshooting, preventative, and corrective maintenance and crew training on the MK\-99 Fire Control System equipment group for the AEGIS Modernization Team \(AMT\) based in San Diego, CA\.
Applicant must have proven ship riding experience with AEGIS Guided Missile Cruisers \(CG\), or AEGIS Destroyers \(DDG\)\. The position will require shift work, short notice schedule changes, occasional weekend and holiday work, brief at\-sea periods while supporting AMT as well as new construction AEGIS Test Teams, Ballistic Missile Defense Test Program, and FCS Readiness Assessments during breaks in the AMT schedule\.
When not supporting the AMT test program, the successful candidate will be expected to support business and TDY travel to all locations domestic and international that AEGIS ships might operate to provide MK99 Fire Control System expertise while troubleshooting and repairing equipment casualties and supporting training of Sailors/Technicians during FCS maintenance and troubleshooting efforts\. Travel locations outside San Diego include, but are not limited to: Yokosuka, Japan; Chinhae, South Korea; Rota, Spain; Pearl Harbor, HI; Pascagoula, MS; Everett, WA: Mayport, FL; Norfolk, VA, and Bath, ME\.
The successful candidate will possess a knowledge of the MK99 Fire Control system Equipment Group, MK99 Fire Control System equipment safety and standard operation procedures, Planned Maintenance System \(PMS\) procedures and a thorough understanding of digital, analog, and microwave test practices\.
The ability to work in a diverse corporate/cultural team environment is required\. Excellent technical writing skills are required\. Candidate should possess strong personal computing skills to include experience with Microsoft Office applications\.
\#rmsvets
**Basic Qualifications:**
• High School diploma, or equivalent experience/combined education, with additional specialized technical training equivalent to a technical Associate degree and/or demonstrated ability to perform assigned technical/para\-engineering tasks\.
• Must be able to obtain & maintain a DOD Secret Security Clearance, which requires U\.S\. Citizenship
**Desired Skills:**
• Experience as a MK99 FCS equipment group technician
• Proven successful experience using the Operational Readiness Test System \(ORTS\) in support of equipment testing and maintenance as well as standard test equipment to include Volt Ohm Meter, Differential Volt Meter, High Voltage Probe, Oscilloscope, Spectrum analyzer, and RF Power Meter
• MK99 Fire Control System experience in any of the following is a plus: TSRA, AMOD, BMD, Combat System Equipment Installation Engineering, US Navy equipment change installation \(FC, ECP, ORDALT, Ship Alt, FMB\), Wire wrap\. Aegis Weapon system \(AWS\) support systems \(Dry Air, Cooling Skids, 400Hz Frequency Converters\)
**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:**
job\.Qualifications
**Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer\. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status\.**
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours\. Our customers tackle the hardest missions\. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision\. They're dangerous\. Critical\. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives\. Those are the missions we care about\.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges\. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U\.S\., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories\.
**EXPERIENCE LEVEL:**
Hourly/Non\-Exempt
To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires\. All current and newly hired employees who are unvaccinated will be required to adhere to onsite safety protocols\.
**Description:** At Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems \(RMS\), we are driven by innovation and integrity\. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach - and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee\. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training and education\. Come and experience your future\!
The successful candidate will support equipment light off, integration, testing, troubleshooting, preventative, and corrective maintenance and crew training on the MK\-99 Fire Control System equipment group for the AEGIS Modernization Team \(AMT\) based in San Diego, CA\.
Applicant must have proven ship riding experience with AEGIS Guided Missile Cruisers \(CG\), or AEGIS Destroyers \(DDG\)\. The position will require shift work, short notice schedule changes, occasional weekend and holiday work, brief at\-sea periods while supporting AMT as well as new construction AEGIS Test Teams, Ballistic Missile Defense Test Program, and FCS Readiness Assessments during breaks in the AMT schedule\.
When not supporting the AMT test program, the successful candidate will be expected to support business and TDY travel to all locations domestic and international that AEGIS ships might operate to provide MK99 Fire Control System expertise while troubleshooting and repairing equipment casualties and supporting training of Sailors/Technicians during FCS maintenance and troubleshooting efforts\. Travel locations outside San Diego include, but are not limited to: Yokosuka, Japan; Chinhae, South Korea; Rota, Spain; Pearl Harbor, HI; Pascagoula, MS; Everett, WA: Mayport, FL; Norfolk, VA, and Bath, ME\.
The successful candidate will possess a knowledge of the MK99 Fire Control system Equipment Group, MK99 Fire Control System equipment safety and standard operation procedures, Planned Maintenance System \(PMS\) procedures and a thorough understanding of digital, analog, and microwave test practices\.
The ability to work in a diverse corporate/cultural team environment is required\. Excellent technical writing skills are required\. Candidate should possess strong personal computing skills to include experience with Microsoft Office applications\.
\#rmsvets
**Basic Qualifications:**
• High School diploma, or equivalent experience/combined education, with additional specialized technical training equivalent to a technical Associate degree and/or demonstrated ability to perform assigned technical/para\-engineering tasks\.
• Must be able to obtain & maintain a DOD Secret Security Clearance, which requires U\.S\. Citizenship
**Desired Skills:**
• Experience as a MK99 FCS equipment group technician
• Proven successful experience using the Operational Readiness Test System \(ORTS\) in support of equipment testing and maintenance as well as standard test equipment to include Volt Ohm Meter, Differential Volt Meter, High Voltage Probe, Oscilloscope, Spectrum analyzer, and RF Power Meter
• MK99 Fire Control System experience in any of the following is a plus: TSRA, AMOD, BMD, Combat System Equipment Installation Engineering, US Navy equipment change installation \(FC, ECP, ORDALT, Ship Alt, FMB\), Wire wrap\. Aegis Weapon system \(AWS\) support systems \(Dry Air, Cooling Skids, 400Hz Frequency Converters\)
**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:**
job\.Qualifications
**Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer\. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status\.**
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours\. Our customers tackle the hardest missions\. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision\. They're dangerous\. Critical\. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives\. Those are the missions we care about\.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges\. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U\.S\., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories\.
**EXPERIENCE LEVEL:**
Hourly/Non\-Exempt
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024