Communications Technician – Balad (USN)

About the role

Versar Global Solutions is seeking a Communications Technician to support 24/7 aviation operations at Balad, Iraq. The role ensures safe, efficient, and compliant airfield communications for mission‑critical systems in a deployed environment.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, program, and configure VHF, UHF, HF, ground‑to‑air, and airfield communications systems.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance in line with FAA, ICAO, DoD, OEM, and contract requirements.
• Diagnose and repair radio transmitters, receivers, antennas, repeaters, base stations, dispatch systems, and related infrastructure.
• Conduct system testing, performance verification, signal analysis, and fault isolation using specialized electronic test equipment.
• Support frequency management, spectrum utilization, and communications reliability.
• Install, modify, upgrade, and commission communications hardware and systems.
• Maintain documentation, maintenance records, inspection reports, and configuration control records.
• Coordinate activities with Airfield Management, Operations, ATC, and other stakeholders.
• Provide technical support and training to users, and respond to outages and emergency service calls.
• Ensure compliance with electrical safety, cybersecurity, environmental, and quality control standards.
• Support airfield operational readiness inspections and mission‑support activities.

Required profile

• U.S. citizen.
• Fluent in spoken, written, and read English.
• Valid driver’s license and passport with at least 12 months validity from deployment date.
• Ability to perform duties in a deployed environment.
• Associate degree, military technical training, or vocational training in a related field.

Required skills

• VHF, UHF, HF communications systems.
• Radio transmitters, receivers, antennas, repeaters, base stations, dispatch systems.
• Electronic test equipment for signal analysis and fault isolation.
• Frequency management and spectrum utilization.
• Knowledge of FAA, ICAO, and DoD communications standards.