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Monday 24 February 2014

Armorer / Small Arms Repair Manager - Afghanistan

Armorer / Small Arms Repair Manager - Afghanistan

Employer: PD Systems Inc. 
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan

Job Description
The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of five (5) years general experience with a minimum of three (3) years specific experience small arms repair operations, supervision, inspection, QA or related areas. A high school diploma or GED is required and two plus years of college or technical school is highly desirable. Experience may be substituted for education at the rate of one year of specific experience for each year of high school or college.

Perform, inspect and supervise direct support level (DS, 30 Level) maintenance to include all gauging, function checks and repairs or replacement of parts. The Small Arms Repair Shop performs services on all equipment that enters the shop for repair. He/she ensures equipment received is IAW applicable technical manuals and publications as well as interface with military counterpart at DS/BMO offices to schedule requested maintenance and assign workload. Responsible for implementing and maintaining the shop safety program as well as providing daily work assignments to other maintenance personnel assigned to work center.

Candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word and Power Point.

Job Description: 
Perform detailed assembly and disassembly of foreign and domestic small arms weapons including small arms inspection, maintenance, and minor repairs. This employee possesses knowledge of the tools (i.e. hammers, punches, files, stones, etc.) and gauges needed to perform assigned duties, has limited knowledge in the operation of gun-smithing machinery such as lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, etc., as well as limited knowledge of tooling used with those machines.

Knowledge of basic shop safety procedures needed to work in a small arms environment, performs support functions for the shop, to include bead blasting and preparing metal parts for refinishing. Other support functions include, but are not limited to, ammo inventory and residue turn-in, publication and catalogue updates, tool and capital equipment maintenance, calibration control, weapons cleaning and organizational level weapons maintenance. This person may assist primary instructor in conducting Armorer’s courses on specific small arms systems.

Perform major repairs on foreign and domestic standard and non-standard small arms weapons, can build either custom pistols or rifles with little or no supervision, possesses excellent knowledge of gun-smithing tools and procedures, and possesses moderate knowledge of firearms operating principles and ballistics.

This worker has a thorough understanding of firearm operation principles, has a moderate knowledge of internal/external ballistic theories, can fabricate special jigs, fixtures and other special tooling with some supervision, can read and understand blueprint drawings, and can work from those drawings under direct supervision.

Must be able to travel
Must also pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen
Must have a valid Passport

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