ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Coaches and trains staff in established quality processes, procedures and expected project deliverables.
Leads, supervises and mentors assigned staff. Provides training and direction for ensuring the achievement of maximum performance with high standards and exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
Oversees staff and exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
Required travel to Antarctica up to 6 months a year.
Works closely with the government project manager and supports the needs of the program at the sponsor level or with program stakeholders.
Coordinates workshops and meetings, develops agenda items, participates in planning sessions, generates meeting minutes, and tracks action items as required.
Recommends policies, doctrine, tactics, and procedures.
Coordinates and interfaces with various Department of Defense (DoD), non-DoD, and international participants located in and out of the continental United States (CONUS).
Provides subject material to develop technical documentation, provides consultation to management personnel, or prepares and conducts training on matters relating to Aviation Command and Control projects, services or projects and research unique to the polar environments.
Responsible for ensuring that all ET contract deliverables are tracked and submitted on time throughout the life of contract. The following are typical of such documents:
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Meeting Agendas and Minutes.
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Plans of Action and Milestones.
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Monthly Status Reports in government approved contractor format (C.F**.)** (by the 5th day following
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Trip Reports (15 days upon completion of travel).
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Provide an End of Season and a Lesson’s-Learned report after each operating Season.
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Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
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Various Program Acquisition related documents: Mission Needs Statement (MNS), Capability
Production Documentation (CPD), Operational Requirements Document (ORD), etc.
Systems Maintenance General Requirements
Reports the operational readiness, capabilities, limitations, and reliability of installed systems.
Maintains and verifies work center safety requirements and equipment.
Submits work requests for facility repairs in accordance with individual site processes.
Collects and maintains accurate records including but not limited to equipment maintenance logs, equipment certifications records, and inventory.
Conducts reviews of available test equipment, its condition, calibration status, and requirements
Calibrates and repairs sensors and test equipment.
Provides general assistance for preparation of point papers, various analyses, briefs, work group
participation and other management-related tasks.
Documents and archives of all maintenance actions either in a government provided computer-based tool, spreadsheet program, or hand-written log.
Adheres to applicable configuration control policy and procedures.
Adheres to applicable security policy and procedures.
Schedules and conducts necessary training including Pre-Deployment Ground School, on-site training, and others identified in the contractor’s training plan.
Maintains an accurate tool inventory of government-owned tools.
Maintains current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification for all technicians.
Provides estimated airlift needs to meet maintenance requirements prior to the beginning of each operational season.
Adheres to frequency management policies and procedures.
Ensures inventory of spare parts/components is accurate and adequate.
Conducts authorized modification, installation, and removal of equipment.
Prepares updated drawings and other technical documentation to reflect system/equipment status and changes.
Prepares routine and special reports.
Follows all applicable safety requirements.
Supports flight checks/certifications of airfield systems.
Ensures all assigned equipment operates/functions in accordance with applicable technical specifications/operational directives.
Ensures all Full-Time technicians meet all deployment requirements for deploying to a USAP station.
Verifies that all technicians who deploy to Antarctica possess a valid driver’s license.
Technicians will obtain and maintain qualification to operate light vehicles at USAP stations unless otherwise stated in a TO.
Provides maintenance support availability up to 24 hours per day and 7 days per week at McMurdo Station and surrounding airfields with specified support requirements identified in each.
Provides maintenance support for systems that will require technicians to fly to locations in helicopters, light airplanes or cargo aircraft.
Maintains a written Master Station Log (MSL) of maintenance activity and equipment status, changes, or significant events.
Measures and reports operational availability (Ao) of systems.
Maintains and follows procedures for reporting system outages including report times, report type, content, and necessary follow-up reports.
Develops and provides reports (CDRL A004) such as incident, accident and other post action emergent reports by the due dates specified in controlling directives, instructions, and/or as specified by the Government.
Maintains systems in accordance with applicable DoD or non-DoD information security requirements.
Navigational Aids (NAVAIDS) Systems Support
Provides scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repair of NAVAIDS. Specific NAVAIDS equipment will vary from site to site but in general will be consistent with the following table:
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Typical NAVAIDS and Ancillary Equipment
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TACAN Precision Landing Systems (currently MLS)
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Visual Landing Systems (i.e. REILS, PAPI, etc)
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Power backup and conditioning equipment
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Control Systems/user interface
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Test and calibration equipment
Ensures proper NAVAIDS sighting and installation in accordance with applicable instructions.
Initiates requests for flight checks in accordance with established processes.
Ensures voice recording/data-recording media is managed and secured in accordance with
Ensures the necessary level of certified technicians are present to setup, maintain, and remove
current NAVAIDS at McMurdo Station or other airfields.
Communications Systems (COM) Support
Provides scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repair of communications systems.
Specific communications equipment will vary but in general will be consistent with the equipment
types identified in the following table:
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Typical COM Systems and Ancillary Equipment
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UHF/VHF ATC transmitters and receivers
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UHF/VHF emergency/backup transceivers
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Portable Emergency radios Voice recorders
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Radio to IP interfaces and switching equipment
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Windows-based communications control systems, hardware and software
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Miscellaneous wireless point-to-point circuits
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Miscellaneous serial-to-IP modems
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Miscellaneous interconnecting cabling, wiring, fiber, jack-fields and patch panels RF cabling, switches, and antennas
Ensures proper communications systems installations in accordance with applicable instructions.
Maintains communications circuit access during contingency/backup operations.
Complies with frequency management processes.
Ensures the necessary level of certified technicians are present to setup, maintain, and remove
current communications systems at McMurdo Station and surrounding airfields in accordance with
Provides assistance to other technicians on communications components, devices, or sub-systems
within NAVAIDS and Meteorology systems.
Meteorology (MET) Systems Support
Provides scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repair of meteorology systems. Specific
meteorology equipment will vary but in general will be consistent with the equipment types
identified in the following table:
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Typical MET Systems and Ancillary Equipment
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Fixed-base meteorology systems Portable or expeditionary sensor kits and systems
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Upper-air sounding systems Experimental sensor kits and systems
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Miscellaneous weather sensors (e.g., anemometers, pressure, temperature, etc.)
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Miscellaneous displays, data loggers, and raw data
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Visual display systems for measured or modeled weather data
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Web-based presentation of data and reports
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renewable energy charging systems (e.g., solar and wind)
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Miscellaneous serial-to-IP modems
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Miscellaneous interconnecting
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cabling, wiring, fiber, jack-fields and patch panels
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Data transport systems and networks
Maintains certified technicians to setup, maintain, and remove current meteorology systems at
McMurdo Station and surrounding airfields in accordance with individual TOs.
Attends necessary safety training and performing maintenance and repair on systems away from
the normal work center such as at deep field camps or other remote automated observation