Job Description
MUNITIONS RESPONSE SCIENTIST V/VI Pittsburgh, PA Office
Specialty/Discipline: Sciences Location: Tetra Tech NUS, Inc. – Pittsburgh, PA Job Level: Senior Employment Status: Full-Time (Regular), Exempt JOB SUMMARY: This position is responsible for supporting management and technical aspects of munitions response program (MRP) projects. Primary activities will be to provide support for CERCLA remedial process requirements as applied to munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) and munitions constituents (MC), operational range assessments, and RCRA permitting of open burning / open detonation (OB/OD) units for military munitions. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: These duties and responsibilities include the following: • Designs, directs, and performs the planning, development, and implementation of Work Plans for MRP CERCLA projects integrating CERCLA requirements, MEC investigation and safety requirements, UFF-QAPP, and MC requirements as well as state-specific requirements. • Provides guidance to senior and lower-level scientists, UXO staff, geologists, and geophysicists in the planning, development, and implementation of CERCLA MRP projects. • Assumes overall lead and/or primary technical roles in preparation of proposals and cost estimates. • Oversees the work of Field Technicians and/or Subcontractors. • Work on and prioritize a variety of technical, business development, and propose assignments and complete work satisfactorily and on schedule. • Other duties may be assigned as determined appropriate by the supervisor based on level of experience and company needs.
Munitions Response Scientist V: Plans and conducts assignments, generally involving the larger and more important projects or more than one project. Reviews progress, conducts planning sessions, evaluates results, and recommends major changes in procedures. Operates with considerable latitude for un-reviewed action or decision. Munitions Response Scientist VI: Plans and directs projects and supplies technical inspiration, leadership and consultation to professional co-workers. May represent the organization in outside discussions, planning sessions, and technical forums. Generally works with wide latitude for un-reviewed action or decision. EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: BS or advanced degree in natural sciences or engineering. EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Munitions Response Scientist V: Minimum of 8 years experience Munitions Response Scientist VI: Minimum of 10 years experience Directly related relevant experience with CERCLA / RCRA projects involving MEC and MC. In particular projects involving the preliminary assessments, site inspections, remedial investigations, and feasibility studies for ordnance items and chemical constituents of ordnance items, projects involving the development of RCRA S-X Permit Applications and closure plans for OB/OD units and/or project involving environmental assessments of operation DoD ranges. . Experience in conducting and assisting in regulatory negotiations and conflict resolution in a professional manner to the satisfaction of clients. SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: Skills requirements include the following: • Good technical, writing, and verbal communication skills required. • Knowledge of IBM-compatible computers and Microsoft Windows Office software applications required. • Ability to direct others in planning sessions, negotiations with regulatory agencies, development of planning documents, and oversight of field investigations. • Ability to reduce, evaluate, interpret, MEC and MC data to draw appropriate conclusions and recommendations. • Language Skills: o Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as safety rules, databases, field notes, reports. o Ability to write clear and concise sections of advanced-level technical reports and correspondence. o Ability to speak effectively before groups of customer or employees of organization. • Mathematical Skills: o Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in al units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals o Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, rations, and proportions to practical situations. o Ability to calculate values and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, • Reasoning Ability: o Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. o Ability to deal with complex problems involving several concrete variables in unstructured situations.
PHYSICAL REQAUIREMENTS OF THE JOB: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee will be required to negotiate difficult terrain while performing field surveys. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is on occasion exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or or humid conditions, fumes and airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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