Weapons Maintenance Technician

DescriptionPosition Title: Weapons Maintenance Technician

Location: Fort Bragg, NC.

Clearance required: SECRET

Scope of Work: Provides field and sustainment-level maintenance on over 15,000 U.S., foreign, and non-standard weapons at the Joint Armament Facility (JAF) at Fort Bragg, including inspections, repairs, and safety certifications for standard and non-standard weapons.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair U.S., foreign, non-standard, and legacy weapons at field and sustainment levels.
Perform inspections and repairs; replace bolts, stocks, barrels, pistol grips, bolt and barrel assemblies, recoil buffers, upper receivers, feed trays, and drive rod assemblies; repair and replace tripods, bipods, and mounts.
Interpret technical data and current Technical Manuals to repair weapons to a mission-capable standard.
Comply with all local, USSOCOM, and DoW accountability and physical security requirements for weapons and ammunition.
Examine and inventory received items and report discrepancies and damage.
Operate the Maintenance Module in GCSS-Army and maintain man-hour accounting, including PA61 work schedules and weekly labor reporting.
Review and provide recommendations for safety issues and Quality Deficiency Reports.

Qualifications

Active Secret clearance
U.S. citizenship
Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
Familiarity with weapons and ammunition accountability and physical security requirements
General knowledge of the Maintenance Module in GCSS-Army
Ability to lift assemblies, subassemblies, and weapons up to 50 pounds, with walking, bending, and prolonged standing
Enrollment in a Hearing Conservation Program
Proficiency in Microsoft Office; valid state driver's license; IAT Level I certification if requiring information system access