ASRC Federal · 21 hours ago
Electrician (supporting NASA)
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. They are seeking an Electrician to support their Prime NASA program at Wallops Flight Facility, responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing electrical systems and components in support of various aerospace activities.
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Responsibilities
Adds or removes components, effects design changes, modifies, repairs, and improvises to fill unforeseen and immediate needs; overcomes unprecedented operational difficulties, provides redundant power sources, devise methods of cycling, timing, sequencing, filtering, and controlling AC and DC current of varying voltages and frequencies
Locates and remedies malfunctions occurring during the critical countdown stages when loss of a circuit or system would impair the mission
Performs periodic ground check evaluations, corrects faults, and installs extensive grounding systems particular to explosives handling, aircraft operations, and space launch activities
Modifies, redesigns, and installs electrical power systems, power supplies, converters, generators, timing and synchronizing devices, photoelectric cells, filters, governors, step controllers, electronic programmers, relays, transformers, and voltage regulators, to meet the needs of the customer, which may be foreign made equipment of different frequencies and/or voltages other than those of American design
Inspects, repairs, and installs electronic controls, programmers, and safety devices as used in the operation of machine tools, high and low pressure boilers, and pumping systems
Services and troubleshoots various types of servo systems; mechanical, electrical and electronic devices and control systems; installs, repairs, and maintains overhead and underground electrical feeders, control, instrumentation, and communications cabling from very low control voltages to 480 volts
Installs, maintains, and repairs components of secondary distribution systems consisting of transformer oil and air circuit breakers, capacitors, fused cutouts, overload trip devices, bus bars, and other vital equipment much of which is exposed to harsh environments
Inspects, tests, evaluates, repairs, and regulates gasoline, diesel, and turbine engine¬ powered electric generating units from 25 to 750 KW used as primary power sources for projects locally and throughout the world. Such units must have a high degree of reliability and precise control
Performs shop work in testing, evaluating, and repairing electrical motors, switches, transformers, electronic programmers, power tools, etc
Qualification
Required
Must meet all Core Job Specifications
Must have completed a recognized electrical apprentice program or technical school or have five (5) years of experience at the journeyman level as an electrician
Must be knowledgeable and skilled to apply electrical practices to cope with problems arising from unique and unconventional equipment, facilities, and systems used in support of aircraft research activities and space launch ballistics, including clean room, payload checkout facilities, laboratory setups, and vibration test facilities, environmental chambers, gun mounts, radar, telemetry, photographic and data acquisition and reduction equipment
Must read and interpret blueprints, wiring diagrams, and schematics and be cognizant of current electrical codes, standards, and safety practices, and the latest materials, tools, and techniques used in performance of electrical practices
Benefits
Health care
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
401(k)
Education assistance
Paid time off including PTO
Holidays
Any other paid leave required by law
Company
ASRC Federal
ASRC Federal provide mission-critical services to federal government agencies dedicated to defense, civil and intelligence support.
5001-10000 employees
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President & Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Financial Officer
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