Field Technician at TransCore in Ashburn, Virginia

Job Description:

TransCore, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is seeking a full-time Field Technician to join our team in Ashburn, Virginia.

Summary:  Performs on-site or in-house servicing, repair and/or installation of customer equipment. This job may include any aspect of field support including: troubleshooting and repair of electronic equipment, systems, and wiring; installation of equipment; upgrades, modifications, programming; preventive maintenance actions; documentation. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Installation, preventive and corrective maintenance of equipment to include tolling system equipment, PC based computers, video surveillance equipment, network communications equipment, and/or radio equipment, detectors, antennas, controller cabinets.


• Installs electrical conductor, data conductor, and fiber optic cable.


• Terminates CAT 6 and AVI conductors


• Connects conductors to equipment and ensures the equipment is functioning correctly.


• Connects electrical conductors to power services to energize equipment.


• Tests devices to ensure they function correctly.


• Completes reports, logs and performs shift-to-shift communications in accordance with established policies, procedures and local practices.


• Responds to corrective maintenance requests or alarms within an acceptable time frame.


• Diagnoses and repairs hardware, software, and system issues


• Reports technical status of system with accuracy and completeness.


• Restores equipment to operational status as quickly as possible.


• Maintenance of spare equipment and parts following guidelines set forth to do so.


• Module or PC Board swap out


• Isolation of faults in units or components


• Field test of units or components


• Electronic filing of work orders


• Assists with the training of less experienced technicians.


• Mass production of cables, assemblies, etc. for installation.


• Re-wiring, pulling cable, and/or removals at sites.


• Ability to travel for extended period of times during installation projects


• Must be able to drive and have a clean driving record.

Education:  High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.  One year certificate from college or technical school preferred.

Skill:  Applies acquired job skills and company policies and procedures to complete assigned tasks.

Job Complexity:  Works on assignments requiring some judgment and initiative. Understands implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions.

Supervision:  Normally receives little instruction on daily work, general instructions on newly introduced assignments.

Experience:  Typically requires a minimum of 2 - 4 years of related experience.

Driving Requirement: Must have a valid driver’s license and clean driver’s record. 

Language Skills:  Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to diagnose common problems and apply specified solutions.

Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch for prolonged periods of time; or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 75 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and moving traffic. The employee is exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.  The employee is expected to work alone and without supervision.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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