SCA- UXO Safety Officer (Southern California field location)

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About the Role

The UXO Quality Control Specialist works as a lead UXO Quality Specialist on site. A candidate must have at least 10 years EOD/MEC experience if an EOD school graduate, or 13 years if a graduate of a UXO Technician I school. There are other time and experience level requirements associated with this position. Reference DoD TP 18 dtd 24 June 2020.

In accordance with Department of Defense Technical Paper 18, a UXOQCS must:

• Meet the criteria for, and perform the functions of, a UXO-TIII, UXOQCS, and UXOSO.
• Ensure compliance with a DoD Military Service- and/or DDESB-approved site plans.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise all on-site munitions response and operational range clearance activities.
• Supervise up to ten UXO teams.
• Assist in the development of required plans (e.g., quality control plans).
• Review all field reports (e.g., daily reports, audits) and approve UXO team reports.

Responsibilities

For Reference UXO-TIIIs must be able to:

• Meet the criteria for, and perform the functions of, a UXO-TI and UXO-TII.
• Supervise and perform on-site destruction or demilitarization of MEC in place or at a consolidated detonation site. This includes determining where and when it is safe to initiate destruction and when engineering controls are required to mitigate the effects of a detonation.
• Implement an explosives storage plan in accordance with applicable guidance.
• Prepare administrative reports required for munitions responses (e.g., daily UXO team report), operational range clearance activities, and similar operations.
• Develop and 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.
• Supervise MEC-related activities performed at a site.
• Determine if MDEH, which is not known or suspected to be UXO, is safe to ship and properly documented for transport over PTRs in accordance with Technical Bulletin 700-2, Naval Sea Systems Command Instruction 8020.8C, Technical Order 11A-1-47.
• Package military munitions, commercial explosives, and MDEH that has been determined safe for transport over PTRs.
• Serve as the UXO team leader.

UXOQCSs Must Be Able To:

• Develop and, on approval, implement the project’s quality control (QC) plan for MEC-related activities in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Conduct and document QC audits of MEC-related activities for compliance with applicable requirements.
• Identify, document, report, and ensure completion of corrective actions to ensure MEC-related activities are in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Ensure compliance with DoD Military Service- and/or DDESB-approved site plans.
• Prepare QC reports.

UXOSOs Must Be Able To:

• Develop and, on approval, implement explosives and health and safety plans and programs in accordance with applicable DoD, federal, State, and local requirements.
• Ensure compliance with DoD Military Service- and/or DDESB-approved site plans.
• Analyze the potential risks (e.g., operational, explosives safety, general safety) associated with MEC-related activities and develop and implement required mitigating measures.
• Establish and ensure compliance with site-specific explosives safety requirements, including:
  • Enforcing personnel limits and explosives safety quantity distance (ESQD) arcs for explosive-related operations.
  • Conducting, documenting, and reporting the results of safety inspections and ensuring implementation of corrective actions.
  • Ensuring protective works and safety equipment within an exclusion zone are used, when required; and operated in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications, applicable DDESB approvals, DoD policy, and federal, State, or local statutes, regulations, and codes.
• Ensure that air-monitoring equipment is operated and maintained properly at sites with known or potential airborne contaminants (e.g., CWM sites).
• Evaluate the risk of movement (e.g., consolidation) of MEC within an MRS or on an operational range with the SUXOS, and provide approval for movement by a UXOT when the risk of movement is determined to be acceptable.

Requirements

• At least 10 years EOD/MEC experience if an EOD school graduate, or 13 years if a graduate of a UXO Technician I school.
• Experience and qualifications in accordance with Department of Defense Technical Paper 18 (DoD TP 18 dtd 24 June 2020).

Pay

Salary Range: $15.68 - $71.30 per hour.