UXO Technician III

Description

• Performs risk hazard analysis and interprets x-ray of UXO.
• Supervises segregation of UXO-related scrap from non-UXO-related scrap, safe-handling procedures, team preventive medicine, and field sanitation procedures.
• the disposal of UXO by burning and detonation,
• Prepares UXO-related administrative reports and standard operating procedures.
• Supervises field expedient identification procedures to identify explosives contaminated soil, the determining of a magnetic azimuth using a lensatic compass, emergency leak sealing, and packaging of chemical warfare material.
• Supervises the location of subsurface UXO using military and/or civilian magnetometers.
• Prepares an explosives storage plan.
• Conducts daily team safety briefings.
• Supervises donning and doffing of PPE, operation of a personnel decontamination station, and maintenance and operator checks on all team equipment.
• Performs reconnaissance and classification of UXO, identifying U.S. and foreign-guided missiles, bombs and bomb fuzes, projectiles and projectile fuzes, grenades and grenades fuzes, rockets and rocket fuzes, land mines and associated components, pyrotechnics, military, explosives, and demolition materials.
• the construction of UXO-related protective works,
• Performs field maintenance and calibration checks on geophysical detection instruments and related equipment as needed.
• the excavation and recovery of subsurface UXO,
• Determines UXO-related storage compatibility.
• the transportation and storage of UXO, assuring compliance with federal, State, and local laws,
• Takes ownership of assignments, sees them through to completion, and meets internal deadlines.
• the preparation of a UXO disposal site, and
• Executes field activities, records and maintains adequate documentation.
• Implements assignments in accordance with health and safety and quality control requirements.
• the preparation of an on-site safe holding area for UXO.
• Adheres to project-specific safety policies.
• ongoing annual maintenance of a HAZWOPER certification.

Requirements

• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite of products including, Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Graduate of a UXO-TI Course, the EOD assistant’s course or certification of the successful completion of a comprehensive assessment from a Department of Education accredited institution of higher education.
• Eight (8) years MEC related experience, that demonstrates a familiarity with the process, procedures and equipment used for conducting MEC-related activities.
• Graduate of a military EOD School of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, or Australia.
• NOTE: Documentation of course completion or completion of a comprehensive assessment must be provided with application for UXO vacancies.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Graduate of an OSHA-compliant 8-hour management and supervisor training course.
• Must have or obtain OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training upon start to include,
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and independently.
• obtaining a Physician’s statement indicating a successful pass of the HAZWOPER physical exam, otherwise known as a “Fit-for-Duty” exam (at company expense), and
• Ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance