HFGCS Sustainment Engineer

Position Title: HFGCS Sustainment Engineer

Department/Location: TIMS / Oklahoma City (Midtown)

Status: Regular / Full-Time Non-Exempt

Position Summary

The HFGCS Sustainment Engineer provides multidisciplinary civil, structural, and electrical engineering support focused on the continued operability, reliability, and lifecycle sustainment of High-Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS) antenna sites and facilities. The position supports globally distributed, mission-critical HF communications infrastructure through preventive maintenance inspections (PMIs), condition assessments, corrective action planning, and sustainment execution, ensuring compliance with USAF, DoD, UFC, NEC, IEEE, and HFGCS engineering criteria.

 

Sustainment-Focused Responsibilities

Civil Engineering (Sustainment)

  • Perform site condition assessments of HFGCS antenna locations, access roads, drainage, grading, and equipment pads
  • Evaluate tower foundations, guy anchor foundations, and concrete structures for cracking, settlement, erosion, and long-term durability
  • Support sustainment repairs including concrete restoration, soil stabilization, drainage corrections, and site hardening
  • Review civil deficiencies identified during PMIs and develop engineered corrective action recommendations
  • Support sustainment planning in remote, austere, and environmentally challenging locations

Structural Engineering (Sustainment)

  • Perform structural condition evaluations of HFGCS antenna towers and support structures, including:
    • LPH-89
    • 120/60 HF vertical monopoles
    • 1830DM and similar HF structures
  • Assess towers for corrosion, fatigue, overstress, guy system condition, anchor integrity, and serviceability
  • Support tower PMIs, including deficiency validation, risk ranking, and repair prioritization
  • Develop repair, reinforcement, or component replacement recommendations to extend service life
  • Provide engineering support for tower modifications, partial replacements, and controlled removals as part of sustainment actions

Electrical Engineering (Sustainment)

  • Evaluate electrical power distribution systems supporting HFGCS transmitters, antennas, and shelters for continued reliability
  • Review and maintain single-line diagrams (SLDs) and grounding documentation as part of as-maintained records
  • Assess grounding, bonding, and lightning protection systems critical to HF performance and equipment protection
  • Identify degraded, missing, or non-compliant grounding components and support grounding system remediation
  • Support sustainment of transformers, generators, UPS systems, antenna power interfaces, and facility electrical systems

Grounding & Bonding Sustainment Oversight

  • Verify long-term integrity of tower, guy, and facility grounding systems supporting HF operations
  • Assess continuity, corrosion, and physical condition of ground rings, radials, counterpoise systems, and bonds
  • Ensure grounding systems maintain low-impedance performance required for HF communications and lightning protection
  • Support development of grounding repair scopes, material lists, and sustainment execution plans

Preventive Maintenance & Condition Assessment Support

  • Support and execute HFGCS PMIs in accordance with contract requirements and USAF guidance
  • Validate inspection findings and translate deficiencies into engineered sustainment actions
  • Support development of deficiency logs, risk categorizations, and corrective action plans
  • Provide technical input to repair prioritization, budget planning, and sustainment scheduling
  • Support follow-up inspections to verify corrective actions and sustainment effectiveness

Integrated Sustainment & Program Support

  • Provide on-site and remote engineering support for sustainment work execution
  • Review contractor repair approaches, RFIs, and field conditions impacting sustainment scope
  • Maintain and update as-maintained engineering documentation
  • Coordinate with USAF Civil Engineering, CORs, system engineers, and OEM representatives
  • Prepare sustainment reports, inspection summaries, technical memoranda, and engineering recommendations

 

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural, or Electrical Engineering
  • 5–10 years’ experience supporting DoD infrastructure sustainment or mission-critical communications or electrical systems
  • Demonstrated experience with antenna towers, grounding systems, or HF communications facilities
  • Working knowledge of UFC, NEC, IEEE, NFPA, and USAF sustainment engineering criteria
  • Ability to travel to CONUS and OCONUS HFGCS sites

Preferred Qualifications

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license
  • Prior experience supporting HFGCS or strategic HF communications sustainment programs
  • Experience with PMIs, infrastructure condition assessments, and lifecycle sustainment planning
  • Familiarity with USAF CE and NAVFAC sustainment processes

 

Clearance

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

 

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

 

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