Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform, individually or as a team member, semiannual and higher interval preventive and corrective maintenance (including corrosion control) on radio navigational aids (NAVAID), visual air navigation facilities, and automated weather observing equipment with the objective of maintaining 95 percent or better Operational Availability (AO) on the following individual systems:
  • Non-Directional Beacon (NDB)
  • Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
  • Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)
  • Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) lighting
  • Runway End Identifier Lighting (REIL)
  • Satellite TV Antenna
  • Starlink System
• Maintain facility folders on METNAV facilities. Verify that all entries accurately reflect the condition and operational characteristics of the specific facility to which they apply.
• Coordinate with the Airfield Specialist or site personnel before beginning work that would result in any of the following conditions affecting METNAV equipment:
  • Installations of end items;
  • Repair or replacement of an antenna loading coil, antenna tuning unit, or transmission line;
  • Any major changes in local obstructions;
  • Antenna or ground plane replacements or modifications;
  • Changes in antenna current that increase or decrease the service area;
  • Responses to user complaints for which no maintenance problems are found;
  • Any repair or adjustment of an assembly or subassembly that affects a parameter monitored on flight inspection or periodic certification reports.

• Manage the ARS antenna maintenance program. Perform, individually or as a team member, maintenance on all antennas, antenna support structures, ground planes, or other structures that radiate electromagnetic energy or contribute to forming the radiating pattern of a communications facility. This task includes measuring antenna cable impedance of the ground-air-ground radio matrices at sites where this facility is installed.

Core Qualifications:

• Completion of the Qualification Verification Checklist (QVC) for the Station Technician classification.
• At least five years direct experience operating and maintaining radio navigational aids, visual air navigation aids, and weather observing Experience must have been primarily hands-on, with direct experience in the following areas:
  • Precision and non-precision navigational aids, such as non-directional beacons, VHF omni-range, or tactical air navigation equipment;
  • Weather observing and reporting equipment, fixed or mobile;
  • Visual air navigation equipment, such as PAPI, or REIL;
  • Antennas and antenna systems, to include tuning units, directional couplers, cables, connectors, and dummy loads;
  • Cable distribution systems, such as copper wire, coaxial cables, and fiber- optics cables and multiplexing systems.
• At least two years direct experience supervising work crews engaged in operating and maintaining METNAV.
• Current or past certification in fall arrest/tower rescue at the competent person level. NOTE: The successful applicant who does not possess current certification will be trained so as to be current.
• Strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills to interact with co-workers and customer representatives.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently.

Secondary Qualifications:

• Training and experience in installing, testing, terminating, splicing, and marking copper and fiber-optic cables.
• Certification in taking, recording, and disseminating surface weather observations.
• Distant visual acuity of 20/30 (Snellen test) in the better The successful candidate whose vision has been corrected to 20/30 or better must wear corrective lenses when performing tasks related to weather observing.

A complete job description is in the Anchorage dispatch office. Applicants must be registered with the Union, have a current dues receipt and a current resume on file in the Anchorage dispatch office that reflects all of the qualifications required by the employer, to be referred by the Union.