Airfield Lighting Technician - Balad (OCN)

Seeking a full-time professional in Iraq, supporting Navigational Aids (NAVAIDS) Maintenance & Repair Support project. This position supports 24/7 aviation operations in a deployed environment and ensures safe, efficient, and compliant airfield operations while supporting mission-critical systems.

• →Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and replace runway, taxiway, apron, threshold, approach lighting systems, airfield guidance signs, airfield beacons, REILs, and PAPI systems.
• →Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) systems in accordance with FAA, ICAO, UFC, and contract requirements.
• →Diagnose and repair faults in Constant Current Regulators (CCR), isolation transformers, underground cable circuits, lighting vault equipment, and control systems.
• →Conduct routine airfield inspections to verify operational readiness and compliance of lighting and visual navigation aids.
• →Perform electrical testing, insulation resistance (Megger) testing, continuity testing, and fault isolation using specialized diagnostic equipment.
• →Install, modify, upgrade, and commission airfield lighting systems, LED fixtures, regulators, and associated infrastructure.
• →Maintain maintenance records, inspection logs, work orders, and deficiency reports.
• →Coordinate maintenance activities with Airfield Management, Operations, and other stakeholders.
• →Respond to airfield lighting outages and emergency service calls to restore mission-critical systems.
• →Support airfield inspections, NOTAM actions, and operational readiness activities.
• →Ensure compliance with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), NFPA 70E, OSHA, and electrical safety requirements.

• Must have computer skills and be able to operate a variety of computer programs.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English fluently.
• Must maintain a valid driver's license from their home country with validity for 12 months from on-site employment date.
• Must maintain a valid passport from their home country with validity for 12 months from on-site employment date.
• Must satisfy and maintain all medical screening requirements.
• Ability to perform essential job duties in a deployed environment.

• Minimum 5 years of experience maintaining airfield lighting systems.
• Technical school, vocational training, military training, or apprenticeship in Electrical Systems, Electronics, or related field preferred.
• Experience with runway lighting, taxiway lighting, PAPI/VASI systems, REIL systems, airfield beacons, guidance signs, Constant Current Regulators (CCR), and isolation transformers.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting medium- and high-voltage airfield lighting circuits.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, construction drawings, and technical manuals.
• Proficiency using multimeters, Megger insulation testers, clamp meters, cable fault locators, and diagnostic equipment.
• Experience in aviation, airport, military airfield, or deployed environments preferred.
• Certificate from an accredited training institution certifying electrical, technical, or journeyman-level proficiency training.
• Certified on the equipment/systems prior to being assigned work and performing maintenance and/or repair on defective equipment/systems.
• Ability to work rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, and emergency callouts as required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain authorized access to Iraqi military installations.

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