Firefighter

Role Overview

Firefighter position with V2X, physically located in Kuwait in support of WEXMAC. Under the supervision of the Fire Officer, the Firefighter responds to multiple types of emergencies and maintains vehicles, equipment, tools, and protective clothing in serviceable condition.

Company Overview

V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. The company brings 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. V2X is a $4.5B company with 16,000 people working alongside clients globally to tackle complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

Role Purpose

The Firefighter operates across emergency response, fire suppression, rescue operations, and facility safety management. The role ensures emergency equipment remains operational and ready, conducts fire prevention activities, and responds to fires, medical emergencies, hazardous materials incidents, and other emergency events in accordance with departmental standard operating procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Emergency Response and Firefighting Operations

• Enter burning or contaminated structures, vehicles, and other immediately dangerous to life and health areas to fight fires and perform rescues while wearing required personal protective equipment.
• Act as a crew member for structural fires, aircraft fires, rescue operations, medical emergencies, hazardous materials responses, and other emergency events as directed in accordance with departmental standard operating procedures.
• Extinguish fires and take precautions to prevent fire rekindling.
• Operate pumps, foam generators, turrets, nozzles, and other firefighting tools and equipment.
• Serve as a team member on a rescue unit, ladder truck, engine company, water tender, or airport ARFF apparatus.

Equipment and Facilities Management

• Maintain vehicles, equipment, tools, and protective clothing in a serviceable condition.
• Ensure emergency equipment is operational and in a state of readiness as required by NFPA or other industry standards.
• Maintain and clean personal protective equipment and work as an effective team member in cleaning equipment and facilities.
• Perform additional property control and logistical duties in support of fire department operations, including maintaining accountability of equipment, scheduling maintenance of equipment, coordinating appointments of subordinates, and other administrative duties as needed.

Safety and Compliance

• Actively participate and maintain a safe workplace, ensuring safety is the highest priority.
• Comply with all Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements and goals.
• Maintain documentation as necessary to meet EHS and QA requirements.
• Exercise caution to avoid personal injury and property damage and comply with strict health and safety standards.
• Must comply with all Fire Department, company, and Army safety policies.

Fire Prevention and Planning

• Conduct fire inspections, pre-incident planning, and ensure that facilities are safe, with documentation recorded and tracked as part of a team.
• Protect and preserve evidence indicating the cause of the fire at the site of a fire.

Operations and Communications

• Operate computerized digital fire alarm receiving equipment including two-way radio communications equipment.
• Communicate professionally both orally and in writing with team members and others as needed to relay information necessary for job success, including performance appraisals, job requirements, division metrics, projects, quality standard procedures, and safety practices.

Training and Professional Development

• Conduct and participate in frequent reoccurring proficiency training and on-the-job training.
• Maintain required certifications.
• Properly wear personal protective clothing.

Performance and Reporting

• Perform duties in support of organizational metrics.
• Adequately and honestly track all data related to metrics.
• Provide direct support to the achievement of all metrics related to WEXMAC.

Team and Contract Compliance

• Participate as a positive team member and understand and conform to the WEXMAC contract Performance Work Statement.
• Attend meetings in the absence of the supervisor or as needed.

Additional Duties

• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum one year related experience as a firefighter (one year of related experience may be substituted for one year of education if degree is required).
• Minimum one year experience as a firefighter working on a DOD Installation preferred.
• Must pass annual firefighter Occupational Health Exam and SCBA Fit Testing in accordance with NFPA 1582 and 1583.
• Required to meet position certifications in accordance with DoD Manual 6055.06.
• Firefighter I/II certification required.
• HazMat Operations with Mission-Specific Competencies, Personal Protective Equipment, and Product Control certification required.
• First Aid Provider (FAP) certification required.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification required.
• Airport Firefighter certification required.
• D/O Pumper certification required.
• D/O Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting certification required.
• D/O Aerial certification preferred.
• D/O Mobile Water Supply certification required.
• Must have a valid Home Country License with a minimum one year validity.
• Must have a valid Passport with a minimum of two years validity.
• Must be available for recall.

Skills & Competencies

• Read, write, and speak English fluently.
• Demonstrate firefighter knowledge and skills in a professional manner.
• Work effectively with fellow employees and management personnel at all levels, including multinational staff and military officials.
• Exercise strong professional discretion and good judgment and understand the effect of decisions made.
• Exhibit strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing.
• Possess good computer skills in MS-Word, MS-Excel, and MS-Outlook.
• Meet or exceed physical requirements contained in the current edition NFPA 1582, including physical strength and ability to perform heavy and strenuous tasks for extended periods of time under dangerous and uncomfortable conditions, often while wearing bulky protective gear including self-contained breathing apparatus.
• Climb ladders to gain access to upper levels of buildings or to rescue individuals from burning structures or when trapped.
• Respond and work in all types of weather and in less than ideal conditions and enter hazardous environments as required.

Additional Information

Working Conditions

• Duties involve conduct of work outdoors with potential exposure to extreme climatic conditions, including frequent dust storms and high temperatures up to 130 degrees in summer months.
• Potential exposure to chemical or biological agents could exist.
• Employee use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in certain areas is required, including head, foot, hand, torso, respiratory, vision, and hearing protective devices.
• Must be available for recall and manage personnel issues off duty.

Equal Opportunity Commitment

V2X is deeply committed to equal employment opportunity, including protection for Veterans and individuals with disabilities, and fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All individuals are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity. The company recognizes the strength that comes from a workforce rich in diverse experiences, perspectives, and skills and leverages differences to encourage innovation and expand success in the global marketplace.