Airfield Lighting Technician – Balad, Iraq

About the role

Seeking a full‑time professional in Iraq to support the Navigational Aids (NAVAIDS) Maintenance & Repair Support project. The role ensures safe, efficient, and compliant 24/7 airfield operations in a deployed environment while maintaining mission‑critical lighting systems.

Key responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and replace runway, taxiway, apron, threshold, and approach lighting systems, as well as airfield guidance signs, beacons, REILs, and PAPI systems.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) systems in accordance with FAA, ICAO, UFC, and contract requirements.
• Diagnose and repair faults in Constant Current Regulators (CCR), isolation transformers, underground cable circuits, lighting vault equipment, and control systems.
• Conduct routine airfield inspections to verify operational readiness and compliance of lighting and visual navigation aids.
• Execute electrical testing, insulation resistance (Megger) testing, continuity testing, and fault isolation using specialized diagnostic equipment.
• Install, modify, upgrade, and commission airfield lighting systems, LED fixtures, regulators, and associated infrastructure.
• Maintain maintenance records, inspection logs, work orders, and deficiency reports; coordinate activities with Airfield Management and Operations.
• Respond to lighting outages and emergency service calls, support NOTAM actions, and ensure compliance with LOTO, NFPA 70E, OSHA, and electrical safety requirements.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of experience maintaining airfield lighting systems.
• Technical school, vocational training, military training, or apprenticeship in Electrical Systems, Electronics, or a related field preferred.
• Experience with runway, taxiway, PAPI/VASI, REIL, beacon, guidance sign, CCR, and isolation transformer systems.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, construction drawings, and technical manuals.
• Fluent in English (read, write, speak) and able to work in a deployed environment.

Required skills

• Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) systems
• Runway and taxiway lighting, PAPI/VASI, REIL, airfield beacons
• Constant Current Regulators (CCR) and isolation transformers
• Electrical testing equipment: Megger insulation tester, multimeter, clamp meter, cable fault locator
• Reading electrical schematics and technical manuals