UXO Technician III

Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview:

The UXO Technician III conducts munitions and explosives of concern related activies which may include munitions responses to MEC, operational range clearance-related activities, and similar operations that involve intentional physical contact with MEC.  These activities may also include determination and documentation of the explosives safety status of material potentially presenting, and explosives hazard to be transferred within or released from DOD control.

IMPORTANT:  FPM Remediations, Inc. is an 8(a) HUBZone business certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA). FPMR employees who live in a HUBZone, may be eligible to receive additional earnings paid on a bi-weekly basis. These additional earnings will be paid following verification and provision of supporting documents. The HUBZone earnings will continue to be paid if residency in a HUBZone is maintained.

Primary Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Supervises the location of subsurface UXO using military and/or civilian magnetometers.
  • Supervises,
  • the excavation and recovery of subsurface UXO, 
  • the construction of UXO-related protective works, 
  • the location of surface UXO by visual means, 
  • the transportation and storage of UXO, assuring compliance with federal, State, and local laws,
  • the disposal of UXO by burning and detonation,
  • the preparation of a UXO disposal site, and
  • the preparation of an on-site safe holding area for UXO.
    • Determines UXO-related storage compatibility.
    • Prepares an explosives storage plan.
    • Supervises donning and doffing of PPE, operation of a personnel decontamination station, and maintenance and operator checks on all team equipment.
    • Prepares UXO-related administrative reports and standard operating procedures.
    • Conducts daily team safety briefings.
    • 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 and interprets x-ray of UXO.
    • 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.
• Implements assignments in accordance with health and safety and quality control requirements.
• Takes ownership of assignments, sees them through to completion, and meets internal deadlines.
• Adheres to project-specific safety policies.
• Executes field activities, records and maintains adequate documentation.
• Performs field maintenance and calibration checks on geophysical detection instruments and related equipment as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Education and/or Experience:

• 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 certification of the successful completion of a comprehensive assessment from a Department of Education accredited institution of higher education.
• NOTE: Documentation of course completion or completion of a comprehensive assessment must be provided with application for UXO vacancies.
• Eight (8) years MEC related experience, that demonstrates a familiarity with the process, procedures and equipment used for conducting MEC-related activities.
• Graduate of an OSHA-compliant 8-hour management and supervisor training course.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 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 of products including, Word, Excel and Outlook.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Must have or obtain OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training upon start to include,
• 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 
• ongoing annual maintenance of a HAZWOPER certification.

Security Clearance:

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to be able to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle tools and controls; operate vehicles and equipment, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, ascend and descend equipment, balance, stoop, kneel, see and distinguish colors, talk, hear. The employee must be able to lift heavy equipment/supplies up to 50 lbs (Note: lifting more than 50 lbs requires two or more personnel). 

This position also requires frequent walking. Fieldwork is performed in various outdoor terrain and regularly requires the ability to navigate uneven ground or other obstacles found in natural surroundings.

Work Environment:

Extensive travel to field sites may be required. Fieldwork involves performing physically demanding tasks and working 10-hour days (typically five (5) 10-hour days per week), potentially in adverse field conditions (cold, hot, high wind, dusty environment, rough terrain) in remote locations.

Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. As an Alaska Native corporation, Olgoonik provides hiring preference to Olgoonik shareholders, descendants, and their spouses to the extent allowed by law.