This Opportunity

VGS is seeking a full-time Master Electrician in Iraq in support of LOGCAP V. Join our team and grow with us as we provide best-in-class services that help clients solve their most complex challenges. 

Your Impact

Serve under the direction of the Site/and or Power Plant Manager to operate and maintain diesel gensets and electrical power plant equipment and train other electricians/operators.Works with electrical teams or line crews to perform routine installation maintenance, and repairs on electric power control equipment, distribution lines, or electric-generating equipment. In communication with the Site/and or Power Plant Manager acts as the plant electrician and/or team lead.Work on power cables, transformers, insulators, and control equipment such as switches, circuit breakers, and panels. This includes collecting transformer oil samples that are tested for contamination as well as cleaning up contaminated sites.Assemble, repair, modify, replace, and install electrical quick change assemblies components such as electrical cables and wiring harnesses associated with engine and transmission components and test the completed products.Use a variety of test equipment such as voltmeters, ohmmeters, multimeters, growlers, meggers, and specialized test sets to test for shorts, continuity, and defective wiring and connections.Use standard hand tools and micrometers to check for extensive wear of bushings, bearings, and gears. Assist on assignments involving equipment and components of greater complexity than those described above by performing discrete tasks such as routine disassembling, repairing, and reassembling the simpler components and then bench testing them.Disassemble, repair, modify, assemble, and test a variety of electrical equipment such as AC/DC motors (single, split, and three-phase), generators, starters, voltage regulators, servo mechanisms, alternators, transformers, actuators, power control panels, control sticks, instrument panels, or inverters.Check fields, armatures, wiring, commutators, and other electrical parts for continuity, voltage drop, ground shorts, opens, and overheating.Check and repair gears and clutches when these and other similar mechanical items are part of the accessory being serviced or repaired.Check shafts for clearance, balance, and warpage; they check the condition of bearings, noise filter capacitors, switches, rectifiers, variable resistors, diodes, relays, and governors according to work order requirements.Repair or replace items such as brushes, seals, bearings, gears, leads, armatures, and control parts. They recondition surfaces, modify if specified, and restore the entire unit to serviceable condition.Use standard hand tools and a variety of test equipment such as voltmeters, ohmmeters, growlers, meggers, resistance bridges, and analyzers to test electrical characteristics. They use feeler, depth, tension, and spring gauges; micrometers; and dial indicators to measure clearances, tolerances, and dimensional.Use and maintain various hand and power tools of the trade.As directed by the Site Manager

Required Qualifications

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 the on-site employment date.Must maintain a valid passport from their home country with validity for 12 months from the on-site employment date.Must satisfy and maintain CENTCOM MOD-17 medical requirements. Must be able to gain and maintain authorized entry onto US military installations.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Additional Required Qualifications

Master Electrician USN/OCN must be licensed, if from the UK, it must be JIB4 licensed.Experience in installing and maintaining equipment and electrical systems.Experience in working on a team and training others.Familiarity with electrical components and knowledge of wiring (where and how controls are installed and operated).Experience working in international work environments in an expatriate or US military status.Proactive nature and strong interpersonal skills in collaborating, communicating, and working with (1) Other managers and staff (including home Office management team), (2) Local and International subcontractors; (3) Army Corps of Engineers military representatives; and (4) Local officials as required.Assemble, repair, modify, replace, and install electrical quick change assemblies’ components such as electrical cables and wiring harnesses associated with engine and transmission components and test the completed products.Disassemble, repair, modify, assemble, and test a variety of electrical equipment such as AC/DC motors (single, split, and three-phase), generators, starters, voltage regulators, servo-mechanisms, alternators, transformers, actuators, power control panels, control sticks, instrument panels, or inverters.

Role Characteristics

Great interpersonal skills.Customer service oriented.Team player.Ability to multi-task. 

About Versar Global Solutions 

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Versar Global Solutions provides full mission lifecycle solutions for challenges faced by our government and commercial customers in the natural, built, and digital environments. With nearly 2,000 team members around the world, and a rich legacy spanning more than 70 years, Versar Global Solutions delivers a broad array of planning, analysis and risk management solutions, project and program management, operations and maintenance services, and information technology applications for environmental management and remediation projects, mission critical facilities and installations, and in support of readiness and contingency operations. 

Versar Global Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.