UXO Tech III

Calista Corporation

4d • Onsite

About The Position

As the UXO Technician III, you will work on-site in Alaska and perform reconnaissance and classification of UXO. You will identify U.S. and foreign guided missiles, bombs/bomb fuzes, projectiles/projectile fuzes, grenades/grenade fuzes, and rockets/rocket fuzes. Also, you will identify land mines and associated components, pyrotechnic items, military explosives, and demolition 1930 materials. You will perform data entry in hand-held GPS units and supervise the location of subsurface UXO using military and/or civilian magnetometers or all-metals detectors.

Requirements

• Graduate of a recognized Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)/UXO institution
• Have a minimum of 8 years prior military EOD experience with at least 1year prior MEC-related experience or minimum 8 years MEC-related experience as defined by DDESB TP-18 in munitions response actions or range clearance activities, as appropriate for the contracted operation
• 40-hr or 8-hour Refresher - OSHA HAZWOPER training certificate
• Must pass a State and Federal criminal history/security background check
• Must pass pre-employment drug screening.
• Must pass a Fit for Duty exam by receiving a medically “qualified” fit for duty result letter indicating the employee is medically “qualified” to conduct work activities at the jobsite.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Reliable and able to travel to various job sites as required
• Ability to work in an Alaska Native Corporation multi-business environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the: Excavation and recovery of subsurface UXO.
• Construction of UXO-related protective works.
• Location of surface UXO by visual means.
• Transporting and storing UXO assuring compliance with federal, State, and local laws.
• Preparation of an on-site safe holding area for UXO.
• Prepares UXO-related administrative reports and standard operating procedures.
• Conducts daily team safety briefing.
• Supervises segregation of UXO-related scrap from non-UXO-related scrap, safe-handling procedures, team preventive medicine, and field sanitation procedures.
• Performs risk hazard analysis
• Determines precise location in field environment using a variety of techniques such as use of global positioning equipment, or basic land navigation techniques using topographical map and compass.
• Prepares an on-site holding area to temporarily stow munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) that has an acceptable risk of movement.
• Operates modes of transportation for transporting UXO, for which the risk of movement has been determined acceptable, when appropriate.
• Performs limited technical supervision of Unexploded Ordnance Sweep Personnel (UXOSP)
• Escorts personnel who are not directly involved in UXO-related operations (e.g., personnel performing environmental monitoring), but have activities to perform within exclusion areas.
• Inspects Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH) for the presence of explosives safety hazards
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Health insurance through the Federal Employee Benefit Program (FEHB) with many plans to choose from with ridiculously low employee premiums. Eligible if expected to work 130 hours per month or more for at least 90 days
• Dental and Vision Insurance. Eligible first of month after completing 60 days of employment with an average hours of 30 or more/week
• FSA health care and/or dependent care/HSA with HDHP.
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.
• 401(K) match at $0.50 on the dollar up to 6% of your contribution once you have worked 6 months or worked 1000 hours of service whichever occurs first.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed