UXO Technician II

Olgoonik Corporation • Albuquerque, NM

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About The Position

The UXO Technician II conducts munitions and explosives of concern (MEC)-related activities, including munitions responses, operational range clearance activities, and other operations involving intentional physical contact with MEC. The work may also involve determining and documenting the explosives-safety status of material that may present an explosives hazard and is to be transferred within or released from Department of Defense control.

The role performs field activities in accordance with project-specific safety policies, health and safety requirements, and quality-control requirements. It requires maintaining field documentation, completing assignments through to established deadlines, and performing field maintenance and calibration checks on geophysical detection instruments and related equipment. Extensive travel to field sites may be required. Fieldwork is physically demanding and typically consists of five 10-hour days per week in outdoor settings that may involve adverse conditions and remote locations.

Requirements

• Graduate of a military EOD School of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, or Australia.
• Graduate of a UXO-TI Course, the EOD assistant’s course, or hold certification of successful completion of a comprehensive assessment from a Department of Education-accredited institution of higher education. Documentation must be provided with the application for UXO vacancies.
• Three years of MEC-related experience demonstrating familiarity with processes, procedures, and equipment used for MEC-related activities.
• Ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and independently.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite products, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must have or obtain OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training upon start, including a physician’s statement indicating successful completion of the HAZWOPER physical exam (“Fit-for-Duty” exam); the exam is at company expense. HAZWOPER certification must be maintained annually.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including frequent walking on uneven ground and lifting equipment or supplies up to 50 pounds; lifting more than 50 pounds requires two or more personnel.

Responsibilities

• Perform reconnaissance and classification of UXO and related military explosives and demolition materials, including U.S. and foreign-guided missiles, bombs and fuzes, projectiles and fuzes, grenades and fuzes, rockets and fuzes, land mines and components, and pyrotechnics.
• Locate subsurface UXO using military and/or civilian magnetometers.
• Excavate buried UXO manually and/or mechanically.
• Perform operator maintenance of military and/or civilian magnetometers.
• Locate surface UXO visually and operate a motor vehicle to transport UXO.
• Prepare an on-site safe holding area for UXO and store UXO and demolition materials.
• Prepare UXO disposal sites and non-electric, electric, and detonating-cord firing systems for disposal operations.
• Dispose of UXO and explosives by burning or detonation.
• Operate a personnel decontamination station and don and doff appropriate PPE in contaminated areas.
• Inspect salvage UXO-related material and erect UXO-related protective works.
• Determine magnetic azimuths using a lensatic compass.
• Perform field-expedient identification procedures for explosive-contaminated soil.
• Perform emergency leak sealing and packaging of chemical warfare material.
• Use radiographic (x-ray) equipment.
• Implement assignments in accordance with health and safety and quality-control requirements and project-specific safety policies.
• Take ownership of assignments, complete them, and meet internal deadlines.
• Execute field activities and record and maintain adequate documentation.
• Perform field maintenance and calibration checks on geophysical detection instruments and related equipment as needed.

Benefits

• Potential additional bi-weekly earnings for employees who live in a HUBZone, subject to verification and supporting documentation and continued HUBZone residency.
• HAZWOPER Fit-for-Duty physical exam at company expense.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed