UXO Safety Officer

at  AECOM

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Job Description
AECOM is actively seeking a creative, highly talented UXO Safety Officer (UXOSO) for employment on Guam.
In accordance with Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board Technical Paper 18 (DDESB TP-18), a UXOSO must be able to:
Meet the criteria for and perform the functions of a UXO-TIII. Implement explosives and health and safety plans and programs in accordance with applicable DoD, federal, State, and local requirements. Ensure compliance with a 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. Verify 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 daily results of safety inspections and verifying implementation of corrective actions.
Engineering controls if used to reduce the open detonation minimum separation distance
Heavy equipment operations are conducted in accordance with manufacturer’s specificationsMake the final safety status determination of discovered MEC with the SUXOS.

Qualifications

• High school diploma + 4 years of experience and or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Current driver’s license. The position requires using an AECOM provided vehicle and/or personal vehicle for AECOM company business.
• 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.
• 40-hour HAZWOPER
• 8-hour OSHA Supervisor (initial)
• 10-hour or 30-hour OSHA Construction Safety
• Current 8-hour OSHA refresher

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

• 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.
• On-the-job training including, but not limited to, familiarity with the process, procedures, and equipment (e.g., geophysical) used for conducting MEC-related activities.
• Military EOD school graduates: 1 year minimum MEC-related experience, 1/2 year minimum MEC-Supervisory experience, 8 years total EOD and MEC experience.
• Accredited UXO School graduates: 8 years minimum MEC-related experience. 2 years minimum MEC-Supervisory experience. 10 years minimum total MEC experience.
• Graduate of an OSHA-compliant (Section 1910.120(e)(4) of Title 29, CFR) 8-hour Management and Supervisor Training Course.
• Possesses an understanding of applicable explosives safety criteria and experience in the various phases of a munitions response to MEC or the performance of range clearance activities, as appropriate for the operations to be performed.
• Must have completed a 10-hour OSHA Construction Safety and Health Training and earned a Department of Labor Construction Safety Course Completion Card.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Explosive Ordnance Disposal certificate
• 30-hour OSHA Construction Safety
• 40-hour EM 385-1-1 Hazard Recognition Training
• Prior munitions response-related work experience on Guam

Please refer the Job description for details