Required Education, Experience, Certificates and Licenses:
- High School diploma or GED
- Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience with heavy and light vehicle & equipment maintenance and repair, required.
- Must have proven leadership capabilities
- A minimum of one season VMF experience working in Antarctica required.
Expected Skills and Competencies:
- Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be able to communicate well to both management and front-line service workers.
- Must possess critical problem solving and decision-making ability.
- Must have ability to work with minimal supervision and frequent interruptions.
- Must be detail oriented and able to shift focus with changing priorities.
- Proficiency in lifting and bracing large and heavy parts/equipment with jacks, cranes, floor lift and cribbing is required.
- Requires knowledge of sound mechanical practices as applied to commercial and special-purpose equipment, to include electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
Preferred:
- Two years’ experience in a supervisory or leadership position
- Two years’ training at a technical school is preferred.
- Experience with generators, mobile cranes, light plants, compaction, ski resort grooming, waste management and firefighting equipment is highly preferred.
- Experience with Fuel Master (or equivalent fuel management software) strongly preferred.
- Must have computer experience, preferably with Windows 10 and Windows Office suite. Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience with an asset management and electronic corrective maintenance program (Maximo preferred).
- Previous experience with remote polar operations is preferred.
Physical and/or Other Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods
- Successful completion of Medical and Dental examinations required by the NSF for deployment to Antarctica
- Successful completion of drug screening and background check required by employer
- Successful completion of Federal Background Check required by the NSF
- Must be willing and able to lift and move items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum as required by the position.
- Must be willing and able to perform physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors in extreme cold as required by the position.
- Must participate in community programs, such as “house-mouse” (chores), “daisy-picking” (cleaning-up around the station), recycling efforts & safety objectives.
- Valid Driver’s License issued in the United States
- Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
