Jobs · Engineering · Virginia

Generator Technician

Amentum · Arlington, VA · 2 wk ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time

About the role

The Generator Technician is responsible for maintaining and operating a variety of generators, ensuring efficient and reliable performance. This role involves troubleshooting engines, fuel systems, and controls, operating and maintaining high-amperage and high-voltage generators, providing guidance and supervision to team members, and collaborating with contracted maintenance services.

Responsibilities

  • Perform troubleshooting and repair of generator engines, fuel systems, and controls.
  • Operate and maintain megawatt-rated high-amperage and high-voltage generators.
  • Provide guidance and supervision to team members, ensuring adherence to safety and operational protocols.
  • Monitor and collaborate with contracted maintenance services to ensure service quality.
  • Work on-call, rotational shifts, and during nights, weekends, and holidays as required to ensure generator availability and reliability.
  • Ensure all work complies with relevant standards and regulations.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent, with a preference for vocational or trade school program completion or equivalent apprenticeship.
  • At least eight (8) years of generator maintenance experience, including a minimum of three (3) years in a lead or supervisory role.
  • Proficiency in troubleshooting engines, fuel systems, controls, and generators using technical documents.
  • Experience with high-amperage and high-voltage generator operations.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with contracted maintenance services.
  • Strong leadership skills to provide effective supervision and guidance to team members.
  • Willingness to work flexible hours, including on-call assignments, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

  • Requires a SECRET security clearance at the start of the contract and must obtain the appropriate clearance (up to TS) within eight (8) months of the contract award.

Skills

  • Technical skills in troubleshooting and repairing generators.
  • Leadership and supervisory skills.
  • Collaborative and problem-solving abilities.
  • Flexibility to work on-call and during nights, weekends, and holidays.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Rotational shifts, on-call assignments, nights, weekends, and holidays as required.

Other Responsibilities

  • Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture where all employees are responsible for maintaining a safe work environment.
  • Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the key to customer satisfaction. Employees must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and follow applicable Quality System documents and customer contracts.
  • Procedure Compliance - Employees must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures, and policies pertaining to their job.

Company Information

Amentum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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