Senior UXO Supervisor

About This Role

This role primarily oversees unexploded ordnance (UXO) technicians and support personnel, ensuring proper inspection and handling of energetic materials, munitions debris, and range residue. The Senior UXO Supervisor ensures project compliance with safety regulations and contributes to client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of unexploded ordnance (UXO) technicians and support personnel during MEC-related work
• Attend site visits and assist Project Managers with cost estimates and technical proposals for MEC activities
• Provide key input into and review project plans including Explosives Safety Submissions (ESS) and Health & Safety Plans (ESP)
• Inspect unexploded ordnance, ordnance related materials, and range residue to verify presence or absence of energetic materials
• Certify materials as free of energetic materials
• Supervise UXO Technicians, equipment operators, and construction laborers during sorting, movement, and segregation of UXO
• Oversee demilitarization of ordnance, military type vehicles, and assorted residue
• Operate hand held radiation detection instruments to screen range residue for low-level radioactive waste items
• Operate handheld magnetometers and conduct range sweeps to locate subsurface anomalies
• Identify and verify unexploded ordnance, fuzes, and fuze conditions
• Supervise and/or perform intrusive operations to excavate and identify anomalies
• Perform on-site explosive demolition of munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) and MEC related items
• Oversee the storage, transport, handling, and administrative accounting of demolition explosives
• Provide technical expertise and assistance to staff
• Perform administrative tasks necessary for project execution, including time sheets, expense reports, and purchase orders

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED
• Graduate of U.S. Army Bomb Disposal School, U.S. Naval EOD School, or equivalent military EOD school
• 10 years combined military EOD and civilian contractor UXO experience in all phases of UXO and UXO related operations
• Experience supervising and performing on-site disposal of munitions and explosives of concern (MEC)
• 10 years of experience supervising activities and personnel on ordnance avoidance and investigation, range clearance, hazardous material and waste management project sites

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/General Education Diploma (GED) and graduate of U.S. Army Bomb Disposal School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, U.S. Naval EOD School, Indian Head, MD or military EOD school of Canada, Great Britain, Germany or Australia
• 10 years combined military EOD and civilian contractor UXO experience in all phases of UXO operations and supervising activities on ordnance avoidance and investigation, range clearance, hazardous material and waste management project sites

Benefits