UXOQCS Technician

UXOQCS Technician

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Your Role:

ATI, Inc. is looking for qualified Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician III on a part time as needed basis. These job assignments are located across the U.S.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Performs reconnaissance and classification of UXO. Identifies U.S. and foreign guided missiles, bombs and bomb fuzes, projectiles and projectile fuzes, grenades and grenade fuzes, rockets and rocket fuzes, land mines and associated components, pyrotechnic items, military explosives, and demolition materials.
• Performs data entry in hand-held GPS units.
• Supervises the location of subsurface UXO using military and/or civilian magnetometers or all-metals detectors.
• Supervises the:
  • Excavation and recovery of subsurface UXO.
  • Construction of UXO-related protective works.
  • Location of surface UXO by visual means.
  • Transporting and storing UXO assuring compliance with federal, State, and local laws.
  • Disposal of UXO by burning/detonation.
  • Preparation of a UXO disposal site.
  • 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 personal protective equipment, 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 briefing.
  • 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; interpret x-ray of UXO.
  • Supervises field expedient identification procedures to ID explosives contaminated soil, the determining of a magnetic azimuth using a lensatic compass, emergency leak sealing and packaging of chemical warfare material.
  • Works under general supervision.

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• 4 years of experience as a UXO tech
• Position requires using an ATI provided vehicle or personal vehicle for ATI company business.

In accordance with Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board Technical Paper 18 (DDESB TP-18), a UXO Technician shall meet the following minimum requirements:

• Graduate of a military EOD assistant course; or an accredited UXO technician training course; or military EOD school of the US, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, or Australia.
• Candidate must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Pass pre-employment drug screen.
• Participate in and successfully complete a post-offer, pre-employment fitness for duty exam in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.120.
• This position is contingent upon passing a Fit for Duty exam by receiving a medically “qualified” fit for duty result letter indicating the employee is medically “qualified” to conduct work activities at the jobsite.
• Annual HAZWOPER exam. Training and annual monitoring program requirements including 40 hour and 8 refresher training courses annually.
• Physically able, with or without an accommodation, to work in outdoor environments with uneven terrain, variable outdoor conditions including heat, cold, moisture, dryness, noise, and chemicals.
• Position requires walking 5 – 10 miles per day over large areas of uneven ground to perform surface sweep duties (Picking up metals/munition fragments)
• Frequent lifting, carrying and loading less than 25 pounds unassisted. Metal/munition fragments will be collected and carried in a bucket and unloaded periodically in designated drop off points.
• Occasionally lifting, carrying of 25-45 pounds. Assisted lifts of 44 pounds or more each of large or heavy metal or munition objects/loads to designated area. Typically, shorter distances as compared to unassisted loads less than 25 pounds.
• Frequent repetitive bending/stooping and digging to perform surface sweep duties. (Picking up metal/munition fragments and occasional digging out partially exposed fragments from the ground)
• Position requires occasionally wearing personal protective equipment including gloves, safety glasses/goggles, shoes/boots, hard hat, hearing protector, including respirator equipment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with EM-61 and similar geophysical equipment
• Explosive Ordinance Disposal Certificate
• Minimum 8 years prior military EOD experience with at least 8 years prior MEC-related experience as defined by DDESB TP-18 in munitions response actions or range clearance activities, as appropriate for the contracted operation.
• Heavy Equipment Certifications.
  
  Must be fluent in the English language – writing and speaking, etc.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often exposed to outdoor weather conditions, wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts.The candidate is expected to travel extensively to client sites and/or project locations nationwide as part of their essential duties. Candidate must have valid driver’s license in good standing.

At ATI, safety and health play a vital role in our success. ATI’s employees work together to comply with all applicable health & safety practices and protocols, including health orders and regulations related to COVID-19 that are mandated by local, state and federal authorities.

The candidate is expected to travel extensively to client sites and/or project locations nationwide as part of their essential duties. Candidate must have valid driver’s license in good standing.

About ATI, Inc.

ATI, Inc. is a full-service engineering, and facilities management firm providing solutions to federal, state, local, and private sector clients. ATI’s goal is to become an industry leader in all our market sectors by providing sustainable and innovative solutions with an emphasis on client satisfaction. We are achieving this goal while maintaining a nurturing, growth oriented and fun working environment for our employees.

At ATI, Inc., health and safety play a vital role in our success. ATI’s employees work together to comply with all applicable health & safety practices and protocols, including health orders and regulations related to COVID-19 that are mandated by local, state and federal authorities.

ATI, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. ATI,Inc. complies with applicable local, state and federal laws governing nondiscrimination in employment at each location the Company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

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