Supervisor Calibration Lab
Location: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
www.krsjv.com
JOB DUTIES
•Supervises a mid-size team that calibrates, repairs and maintains standard and modified electronic, physical, and mechanical Test Measurement Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) located within the RTS Instrumentation and Support System.
•Supervision includes tasking, monitoring, evaluating and mentoring Calibration Laboratory Employees.
•Other supervisory responsibilities include hiring, budgeting, ordering and reporting key performance metrics.
•Ensures that approved calibration procedures are utilized, accurate TMDE documentation is maintained and traceability to NIST.
•Ensures customers support is consistent with PWS performance standards; the Calibration Laboratory Supervisor performs Quality Assurance inspections and End Item inspections in accordance with Army requirements, and performs various other duties as required.
•Maintains and uses TIMMS database.
•Uses and assists in the revisions of Army ICE, Fluke MetCal and Sure Cal Automated Calibration Programs to verify TMDE.
•Uses computer software to perform parts research, prepare required calibration correction charts, submit changes to calibration procedures, and to control TMDE being calibrated.
•Performs other duties as assigned.
JOB SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Required
•Strong computer skills in Word and Excel.
•Strong understanding of RF/Microwave and Electronic principles, troubleshooting and repair techniques/skills.
•Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds without assistance.
•Knowledgeable in the use of Measurement Standards in conjunction with Army, Air Force, Navy, MFR and Local Calibration procedures to test, repair and calibrate TMDE following standard practices of Metrology and USATA guidelines.
•Demonstrated working knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF), Microwave, Physical Dimensional and DC/LO procedures and the ability to use them effectively.
Desired
•Expert in all aspects of the calibration process.
•Computer literate and self-directed.
•Knowledge in Sure Cal programming.
•Ability to troubleshoot measurement systems using ICE, TIMMS, Fluke Met/Cal.
EXPERIENCE
Required
•5 years working in a calibration lab or 5 year of electronic experience or related.
•2 years experience successfully managing a calibration laboratory.
•Calibration experience in a Military, Commercial or Private Industry Calibration Laboratories.
•Experience in RF, Microwave, Physical Dimensional, DC/LO automated calibration procedures.
Desired
•7-10 years working as a Calibration Lab technician.
•3+ years experience successfully managing a calibration laboratory.
EDUCATION
Required
•High School Diploma or equivalent.•Military, Commercial or Private Industry Calibration Laboratory Courses in Metrology Practices. •Basic Electronics School.•Supervisory training with on the job experience.
Desired
•Military Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) Graduate with supervisory training and on the job supervisory experience.
OTHER SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
•U.S. DoD Secret Security clearance or the ability to obtain one.•Must be able to relocate to the Marshall Islands.
•You and authorized dependents, if any, traveling to Kwajalein are required to have a valid passport in your possession prior to departure. You and your dependents must maintain a current passport during your stay on the island.
•This position is unaccompanied.
This position is unaccompanied
dammit!
Quote from: CalibratorJ on 01-21-2012 -- 07:51:13
This position is unaccompanied
dammit!
Negotiate, the answer is no unless you ask. If, you and they both really want you. Every thinbg can be negotiated.
Don't let my better half see this posting..
She may ask them to take me, so that I am out of her hair for a year or two..
Quote from: CalLabSolutions on 01-21-2012 -- 21:27:59
Don't let my better half see this posting..
She may ask them to take me, so that I am out of her hair for a year or two..
They would love to have you. But, no high speed internet. Hard to run a business from there. But send them an email.
That is torture. I would rather be water boarded than loose High Speed Internet.
Has anyone ever been there? I see posts on here occasionaly. From what I can find there is a military base there? Also no cars are aloowed on the island?
Quote from: CalLabSolutions on 01-22-2012 -- 14:55:27
That is torture. I would rather be water boarded than loose High Speed Internet.
Hope to see you soon :evil:
Brian,
Me too! I thought for sure the last updates we made to PS-Cal (now being the only package to update ALL the Agilent sensors) would raise some eyebrows out there. But not luck.
We are working on Boonton Support and Anristu Support right now. We will be the only company with Boonton Power Sensor support shortly and we will be the only company performing all the tests of that I am sure.
Mike
Quote from: USMCPMEL on 01-23-2012 -- 08:02:31
Has anyone ever been there? I see posts on here occasionaly. From what I can find there is a military base there? Also no cars are aloowed on the island?
I spent 30 wonderful months there and would still be there, if I hadn't gotten married.
The whole island is a military base. about 1/2 mile wide and 4 miles long. Bus service to far end of island from downtown to work buildings. Overwise, feet or bike. No private cars. Electric carts for most work vechiles. Lots of water related things to do, sailing, boating, snorkeling, swimming, fishing, ( Marlin, tuna, mai mai and oni) scuba diving amoung WWII battle field wrecks.
Down side, military TV, and no high speed internet, Military mesh hall for single people. and the streets roll up at 7:30 pm except for the 2 bars.
David
Sounds like a nice place to vacation but not a great place to live? I wonder if the food and housing are free? WHAT no TGI Fridays??? Im out...
Being a single person, I wouldn't mind doing a short stint over there for a year or so just to get away from the rat race and let all the crud clear out of my head, yet keeping my technical skills sharp, if only they had an engineering position and provided some sort of per diem to live there (I'm sure the cost of living on an island is extraordinarily high!)
Quote from: scottbp on 01-24-2012 -- 09:54:11
Being a single person, I wouldn't mind doing a short stint over there for a year or so just to get away from the rat race and let all the crud clear out of my head, yet keeping my technical skills sharp, if only they had an engineering position and provided some sort of per diem to live there (I'm sure the cost of living on an island is extraordinarily high!)
Free room and board for all single people. Free housing for married. If, you can get them to take you. They are going to unaccompanied. Flying in and out is expensive on your own. But, they pay for most of your flights. If, you need more than the basic hospital and dental can do. They fly you to Honolulu on their dime. 30 days vacation a year at their expense. With them paying for your flight home.
Food at the commisarry is a little higher. But, over all the place is great.
I'm not job hunting, but a few months ago in an A.D.D. moment, I saw a really cool PMEL job for Raytheon in Alice Springs Australia. It was at Pine Gap (or something like that) I think, which is outside of Alice Springs. According to some websites I found (still in the A.D.D. moment) that place is like our Area 51, and there were reports of flying saucers doing crazy aerobatics, etc. That would be a cool place to work. Problem would be, then after you did a tour there, you couldn't tell anyone about it (the great advantage to not doing it, as I can share freely what I don't know).
I wonder what pay is like in Australia? If I were a younger man I would jump on the opportunity to go spend some time there. Almost like a free vacation...
Quote from: Hawaii596 on 02-02-2012 -- 08:28:40
I'm not job hunting, but a few months ago in an A.D.D. moment, I saw a really cool PMEL job for Raytheon in Alice Springs Australia. It was at Pine Gap (or something like that) I think, which is outside of Alice Springs. According to some websites I found (still in the A.D.D. moment) that place is like our Area 51, and there were reports of flying saucers doing crazy aerobatics, etc. That would be a cool place to work. Problem would be, then after you did a tour there, you couldn't tell anyone about it (the great advantage to not doing it, as I can share freely what I don't know).
Among other things, there is also a NASA facility out there to maintain communications with satellites and other spacecraft when they're on that side of the world. I remember seeing something about it on one of the Discovery/History/Science channels. Just like Kwajalein Atoll, anywhere there are radar and communication facilities at any little outpost in the world there is going to be a nearby repair shop with some sort of PMEL support...
Well, I've been down here in Australia since 1982, starting in an instrument firm calibrating and repairing - then calibration officer at another university and now here for many years at this university. Ex-USMC PMEL and have worked for Tektronix and the old wonderful airline TWA...Anyway...except for a few Saudi contracts I've been living here in Perth since then. What can I say....sometimes I miss the US a little....or think about another overseas contract wherever...but mostly I'm very happy here - as are nearly all Americans who've come here. Metrology/calibration is an oddly newish field downunder....there hasn't been the legal incentive or cultural quality impetus that other countries have had - to ensure accuracy and traceability. Last 2-3 years things have changed. Personally I work for a university here...very nice place..they keep threatening to downsize or eliminate my department but so far I'm still kicking...I work for a biology department, supervise a few biology lab technicians, repair and calibrate lab equipment, do some IT support. My current salary in USD terms...$43.30 an hour...plus I get another 17% into my retirement fund (similar to 401k)...oh, and I get 4 weeks leave every year, a 2-week paid Christmas shutdown....and 13 weeks off every 7 years for what they call - Long Service Leave...2 weeks sick leave/personal leave on top of that - which accumulates if you don't use it. In addition, I get a subsidized car (leased almost tax-free from the university) - my latest wheels are a new Jeep Patriot 4WD. Change over every couple years...And get a new computer every year thru a tax free purchase thru the employer. Pretty good package....I have seen a couple calibration adverts lately - they seem to pop up once a month or so here....but I'd take a 15k cut to move back into the field...Nice work but not cost effective for me...Industrial instrumentation is very much in demand - if you have the skills and experience - you can make $120 - 150k yearly working up north on a fly-in fly-out basis.
That said, if you are thinking of a change...life is good down here. People are great, weather is fine, beaches are the best on the planet, countryside (and there is plenty of it) is beautiful - and you are a long way from the rest of the world...which has its advantages. There is none of that $7 an hour bullsh!t you see for menial jobs in the US. Everyone here makes a decent amount of money - it may not be great in some jobs.... but it's not that sleeping on park benches crap either. Stacking cans at the local supermarkets is $17 (18.20 USD) an hour currently. Oh, and we have free universal medical care....that means you won't die in the gutter because no hospital will take you because you can't pay them - or lose your home to the medical fraternity just because you got sick....or suffer in pain because you can't afford the treatment.
Disadvantages - well higher salaries mean higher costs...think Hawaii prices and add about 20%. Taxes are higher, so are benefits....free medical, unemployment payments without end until you get a job (not long for most people - 5% unemployment here, 4% locally), good infrastructure, schools, parks everywhere, and everything works just fine down here.. Anyway, if you are considering moving someplace different - consider Australia. My only regret is not doing it sooner....Frankly, this is the best place in the world to raise a family.
Check out this fantastic country on the web....and contact the nearest Australian embassy/consulate for the latest details on how to move here as an immigrant. You won't regret it, and neither will your children and grandchildren. It's a big move - and the smartest one you'll ever make.
Please stay tuned for the following message from the Australian tourism council... The previous message was a paid advertisment LOL
I thought it was a good, objective view of the differences between working here in the US and working down under. Just because the writer made it sound good doesn't mean its a "paid advertisement". It might just be possible that their system is a more equitable arrangement between workers and corporations. Maybe that's why it sounds good.
I can (mostly) second the praises of living downunder. I'm a retired 324X0 ex-E7 living on the Gold Coast of Queensland. Moved here in 2000 and was able to bring up family w/2 kids on my retirement check! {{'Course it was 2 to 1 in my favor then}} Metrology isn't prevalent everywhere but I did knock back an offer of $70k/yr because I didn't want the 1 hour drive each way to city.
And yes, the beaches are some of the best and that's what keeps me here. AW
If I was a single man I would have considered Australia for sure. I was not knockin the guy just trying to be amusing the key word there is "trying" oh well... I do have to say that it must be pretty expensive over there if the gas station attendents get over $18 an hour. Just an observation.