Weapons Maintenance Technician

Description Position 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