UXO Technician II

Olgoonik; Hawthorne (NV); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Olgoonik is seeking a UXO Technician II in Hawthorne, NV to conduct munitions and explosives of concern related activities, including MEC clearance and field operations under DOD control. You will determine explosives safety status and prepare disposal sites, following strict safety protocols.

Primary duties include handling magnetometers, excavation, and on-site documentation, with adherence to health, safety and quality controls. Three years MEC experience and EOD credentials are required.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a military EOD school.
• UXO-TI course or EOD certification; provide documentation with application.
• Three years MEC-related experience.

Responsibilities

• Performs reconnaissance and classification of UXO and related items.
• Locates subsurface UXO using magnetometers and field equipment.
• Performs excavation procedures on buried UXO using manual or mechanical methods.
• Operates detection instruments and disposal procedures for UXO.
• Maintains on-site documentation and adheres to safety requirements.

Skills

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Independent work

Safety conscious

Equipment operation

Education

Military EOD School

UXO-TI or EOD certification

Tools

Magnetometers

Geophysical detection instruments

Job description

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Temporary Full Time Hawthorne, NV, US

Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview:

The UXO Technician II conducts munitions and explosives of concern related activities 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.
  • Locates subsurface UXO using military and/or civilian magnetometers.
  • Performs excavation procedures on buried UXO by manual means and/or mechanical means.
  • Performs operator maintenance of military and/or civilian magnetometers.
  • Locates surface UXO using visual means. Operates motor vehicle transporting UXO.
  • 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 systems for UXO disposal operations, electric firing systems for UXO disposal operations, and detonating cord firing systems.
  • Disposes of UXO and explosives by burning or detonation.
  • Operates a personnel decontamination station.
  • Dons and doffs appropriate PPE 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 identify explosive-contaminated soil.
  • Performs emergency leak seal and packaging of chemical warfare material.
  • Uses radiographic (x-ray) equipment.
• 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:

• N/A

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.
• Three (3) years MEC related experience, that demonstrates a familiarity with the process, procedures and equipment used for conducting MEC-related activities.

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.
• Ability to operate excavator and front-end loader machinery.
• 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:

None Required

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 accommodation 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 occasionally stand; walk; sit; use hands and/or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; operate office equipment, reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; talk or hear; taste or smell. 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.

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.