The IPDS Technician provides Care of Stock in Storage (COSIS) based preventive maintenance and repair services under configuration compliance IAW IPDS design and equipment standards established by TACOM (Tank Automotive Command) Life Cycle Management Command. Equipment includes, but is not limited to, 5-mile Pipeline Sets, Fuel Unit Support Assemblies, Pipeline Connecting Assemblies, Pipeline Pump Stations, Pipeline Support Equipment, Pipeline Critical Gap Crossings, and Pipeline Suspension Equipment stored in 20’ ISO shipping containers.
The IPDS Technician is responsible for tracking and verifying the overall accountability, maintenance, readiness, configuration, supply, storage, and reporting of IPDS; reports status in the format prescribed by the Government; performs all tasks necessary to safely, efficiently, and effectively schedule and maintain the status of maintenance, inspections, and other IPDS COSIS actions to include upgrades, modifications, conversions, SOUMs, MAMs, and MWOs; performs IPDS configuration management per TACOM War Reserve guidance; provides detailed classified and unclassified analysis of the status of IPDS components and the entire IPDS set, to include writing Information Papers and updating the AFSBn-NEA Readiness Report; serves as the primary point of contact for AFSBn-NEA on IPDS-related issues; and performs other duties as assigned.