Explosive Test Operator - Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

VetJobs•Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of more qualified personnel, the Explosive Test Operator performs tasks associated with testing tracked or wheeled combat vehicles. The work includes operating and maintaining vehicles, weapons, systems, and communication equipment while supporting firing programs and test missions on and off test courses and firing ranges. The incumbent may work in ammunition, weapons, environmental conditioning, or ballistics areas. The position is performed primarily in the field, with some work in an environmentally controlled office.

Requirements

Certificate of Completion from the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD).
Sufficient UXO personnel qualifications in accordance with Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board Technical Paper 18 to accomplish UXO and MPPEH missions.
Obtain Ammunition Skill Level III Certification in accordance with ATC Regulation 350-8 within 9 months of employment.
Obtain Explosive Test Operator Certification in accordance with ATC Regulation 350-7 within 9 months of employment.
Obtain Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) certification within 6 months of employment.
Class C Commercial Driver’s License endorsed for Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) and unrestricted for air brakes.
License to operate forklifts up to 25,000 pounds, backhoes, farm tractors, bulldozers, and other required support equipment.
Obtain clearance for unaccompanied access to Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives within 6 months of employment.
Respiratory Protection qualification, including medical screening, fit checks, and Respiratory Protection Training.
U.S. citizenship.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Valid driver's license without special restrictions.
Pass a pre-employment drug screening and periodic retests.
Successfully complete a background screening.
Possess or be able to obtain a security clearance before employment and maintain it for the duration of employment.
Ability to repeatedly lift 105 pounds chest-high without assistance during the duty day.
Ability to lift and transport 105 pounds unassisted over level ground for 50 feet.
Ability to ascend and descend equipment.
Tolerance for frequent weapons systems firings.
No color vision deficiency.
Good manual dexterity.
Ability to wear appropriate personal protective equipment for assigned tasks.

Responsibilities

Provide technical advice and perform operations related to ammunition and high explosives.
Apply applicable SOPs and risk assessment policies and guidelines to inspect or modify foreign and domestic ammunition or explosives.
Review models, drawings, x-rays, and schematic diagrams before modifying ammunition or explosives.
Plan safe and effective ammunition modifications for static detonation.
Review test plans to verify that technical test requirements are met.
Collect test data and prepare inspection reports on munitions before and after rough handling, packaging, or transportation tests, and on fired and recovered munitions for analysis.
Prepare explosive charges for static detonation tests and use series, parallel, and combination firing circuits to fire charges.
Search firing and recovery ranges for hazardous unexploded ordnance and other live or inert ammunition components.
Collect unserviceable, deteriorated, and obsolete explosives and residue, ammunition, and ammunition components from loading plants, test sites, and storage areas.
Prepare demolition pits, determine compatibility of items placed in pits for destruction, and conduct burning or detonation operations in accordance with applicable environmental regulations and permits.
Operate, adjust, set up, and maintain locally fabricated and Ammunition Peculiar Equipment, including hydraulic presses, crimping machines, bullet pull machines, resizing presses, sewing machines, primer insertion/removal machines, spent brass sorting machines, band saws, torque machines, and fuse assembly and disassembly machines.
Operate heavy machinery directly or by remote control from behind barricades or inside bomb proofs; use hand tools and devices such as portable propane burners, oxyacetylene torches, and equipment for residual propellant decontamination and tracer demilitarization.
Use magnetometers to search for unexploded ordnance.
Assist with management and disposal of Hazardous Waste Munitions, including compliant receiving, labeling, marking, handling, storing, packaging, inventory, and record-keeping.
Perform required inspections of Satellite Accumulation Sites, Temporary Storage Sites, and Temporary Storage Disposal Facility Open Burning/Open Detonation operations under applicable Federal, State, Department of Defense, and local regulations.
Perform ammunition and explosives accountability functions, including physical inventories, data input/output, compatibility storage, research, and ammunition warehousing.
Process the issue and turn-in of ammunition and explosive materials.
Prepare Job Hazard Analyses and conduct or participate in Hazard Analysis Working Groups for ammunition processes and modifications.
Provide job-related training and conduct munitions-related research.
Operate and maintain combat vehicles, weapons, systems, and communication equipment in support of firing programs and test missions.