UXO Technician II

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Temporary Full Time Hawthorne, NV, US

Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

• 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.

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• 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.

• Ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form.
• Ability to maintain effective…