Unexploded Ordnance Technician III

Saalex Solutions, Inc.

• $100K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-8 years of related experience in unexploded ordnance (UXO) management
  • High school diploma or GED required
  • Ability to maintain a valid driver's license
  • Eligibility to obtain a secret security clearance
  • Experience with both visual and magnetometer UXO detection methods
  • Trained in handling and disposing of explosives and hazardous materials
  • Knowledge of military and civilian safety regulations related to UXO operations.

Responsibilities

  • Perform reconnaissance and classification of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and explosives
  • Use magnetometers and visual methods to locate subsurface and surface UXO
  • Excavate buried UXO using manual and mechanical procedures
  • Prepare safe holding areas and disposal sites for UXO
  • Conduct disposal of explosives, either by burning or detonation
  • Operate personnel decontamination stations in contaminated areas
  • Inspect and classify various UXO-related materials and perform emergency procedures.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care plan including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Retirement plans such as 401k and IRA options
  • Life insurance options including basic, voluntary, and accidental death & dismemberment
  • Generous paid time off policy, covering vacation, sick days, and public holidays
  • Short term and long term disability coverage
  • Opportunities for training and professional development
  • Access to wellness resources for overall health
  • Participation in a stock option plan.
Full Job Description
Unexploded Ordnance Technician III in Ridgecrest, CA.

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $48.45 hourly

Work Location: Onsite.

Essential Functions:
  • The Technician will perform reconnaissance and classification of UXO, identification of U.S. and foreign guided missiles, bombs and bomb fuses, projectiles and projectile fuses, grenades and grenades fuses, rockets and rocket fuses, land mines and associated components, pyrotechnics, military explosives and demolition materials.
  • This technician will locate subsurface UXO using military and/or civilian magnetometers, perform excavation procedures on buried UXO by manual and mechanical means, and perform operator maintenance of military and/or civilian magnetometers.
  • This technician will also locate surface UXO using visual means, operate motor vehicle transporting UXO, prepare an on-site safe holding area for UXO, perform storage of UXO and demolition materials and prepare an UXO disposal site; prepare non-electric firing system for an UXO disposal operation, electric firing system for an UXO disposal operation, and a detonating cord firing system 125.
  • The technician will dispose of UXO/explosives by burning and/or detonation, operate a personnel decontamination station, and wear appropriate personal protective equipment in contaminated areas.
  • This worker will inspect salvage UXO-related material, erect UXO-related protective works, determine a magnetic azimuth using a lensatic compass, perform field expedient identification procedures to ID explosive-contaminated soil, perform emergency leak seal and packaging of chemical warfare material, and use radiographic (x-ray) equipment.
  • Other duties as assigned or required.

Requirements

Required:
  • Ability to maintain drivers license.
  • 6-8 years of related experience and HS Diploma or GED required


Education:

HS Diploma or GED required.

Security Clearance:

Must be eligible to obtain a secret clearance. Requirements to obtain a clearance include US Citizenship, security investigation, etc.

Benefits
  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Wellness Resources
  • Stock Option Plan

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