UXO Technician III

Overview

Na Ali'i is seeking an UXO Technician III. The UXO Technician III will support munitions and explosive of concern (MEC)-related activities which includes the performance and supervision of UXO Technicians performing, but not be limited to, munitions response to MEC, operational range clearance-related activities, and similar operations that involve the intentional physical contact with MEC such as ground-disturbing or other intrusive activities in areas known or suspected to contain MEC.

Responsibilities

To conduct, manage, or oversee MEC-related activities (e.g., require and investigate anomalies, document explosives safety status of materials) required during munitions responses and operational range clearance activities and/or verify the completion of such responses and activities safely and in accordance with applicable requirements and approved plans.

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Specific duties include:

The UXO Technician III must be able to perform:

• Ensure compliance with DoD Military Service- and/or DDESB-approved site plans.
• Supervise and perform on-site destruction or demilitarization of MEC in place or at a consolidated location when safe and with engineering controls when appropriate.
• Implement an explosives storage plan in accordance with applicable guidance.
• Prepare reports required for munitions responses (e.g., daily UXO team report), operational range clearance activities, and similar operations.
• Implement standard operating procedures and work plans for munitions responses and operational range clearance activities.
• Assist in the preparation of risk and hazard analyses.
• Conduct daily site safety briefings.

The UXO Technician III must be able to perform and/or supervise:

• Reconnaissance and classification of UXO.
• Identifies 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.
• Locates subsurface UXO using military and/or civilian magnetometers:
• Performs excavation procedures on buried UXO by manual means; mechanical means.
• Performs operator maintenance of military and/or civilian magnetometers.
• Locates surface UXO using visual means. Operates motor vehicle transporting
• Prepares an on-site safe holding area for UXO.
• Performs storage of UXO and demolition materials.
• Prepares a UXO disposal site.
• Prepares non-electric firing system for a UXO disposal operation, electric firing system for a UXO disposal operation, and a detonating cord firing system.
• Disposes of UXO/explosives by burning or detonation.
• Operates a personnel decontamination station.
• Dons and doffs appropriate personal protective equipment in contaminated areas.
• Inspects salvage UXO-related material:
• Erects UXO-related protective works.
• Determines a magnetic azimuth using a lensatic compass.
• Performs field expedient identification procedures to ID explosive-contaminated soil.
• Performs emergency leak seal and packaging of chemical warfare material.
• Uses radiographic (x-ray) equipment.

Qualifications

Skills/Qualifications:  Personnel who are trained as a UXO Technician III must demonstrate the requisite knowledge and ability to perform and supervise UXO Technicians performing required tasks in compliance with applicable operational and explosive safety requirements which includes understanding the purpose, requirements and procedures for the following:

• Store explosive materials per applicable guidance, including preparing on-site holding areas to temporarily store and secure MEC or MPPEH, and other explosives (e.g., donor charges).
• Determine, using a variety of techniques (e.g., global positioning equipment, land navigation techniques), and record the location of subsurface anomalies, surface MEC and other material of interest in a field environment.
• Perform field-collection and -testing procedures to identify explosives-contaminated media or material (e.g., equipment used for the load-assemble-pack of military munitions).
• Inspect and document the explosives safety status of MPPEH.
• Supervise, as required, UXO-Technician II, UXO Technician I and Sweep Personnel (SP).
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Education/Experience:  To hold the UXO Technician III position personnel must possess one of the following combinations of education and experience:

• Be a graduate of a DoD Certified UXO T-I course with a minimum of 8 years of MEC experience with on-the-job training including, but not limited to, familiarity with the process, procedures, and equipment (e.g., geophysical) used for conducting MEC-related activities or;
• A graduate of a military EOD School of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, or Australia, and 8 years combined EOD/MEC experience (1 year, minimum, of being MEC industry experience), or;
• A graduate of a military EOD School of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, or Australia with 8 years’ EOD experience may immediately fill position as a UXO-TIII after leaving Active Duty.

 Candidates for a UXO Technician III must successfully complete:

• 40 hours of HAZWOPER training per 29 CFR 1910.120.
• 8-hour HAZWOPER Supervisor training
• 8-hour HAZWOPER training refresher, if applicable.
• Maintain annual HAZWOPER physical in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.120.

Physical Requirements: The ideal candidate must at a minimum be able to meet the following physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation: 

• Ability to perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, and fingers. 
• Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergency situations. 
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer. 
• Participate in the medical monitoring program, if required.

This federal government project is subject to the Service Contract Act (SCA). The hourly rate for this position is determined by the location where work is performed. In addition to hourly pay, positions subject to SCA are entitled to a health and welfare (H&W) payment, which may be adjusted based employee selection of company benefits in lieu of H&W.