Description

The ARA Engineering Science Division is seeking a staff field technician to join our progressive and passionate Reactive Materials Group on-site at Tyndall AFB. The qualified applicant will have experience in the handling, testing, and analysis of explosive substances, to include homemade/terrorist explosives and chemical precursors.

What you will do as a staff field technician :

• Assist in the testing, moving, repair, and adjustment of equipment associated with trouble reports and perform routine maintenance.

• Assist in all phases of testing and perform other support functions necessary to assist the group in executing different projects. The support functions include but are not limited to: safety monitoring of hazardous operations, yard and building maintenance, handling of chemicals and explosives, introducing test articles into Transportation Security Equipment, and recording the results of test data.

• Work closely with the group’s senior operator of the Micro CT Xray system, and initially learn the broader concepts and applications of the instrument, with the goal of attaining a higher level of understanding and capability of the instrument.

• Broadly apply basic principles, theories and concepts to job assignments and exhibit technical and operational proficiency solving problems of moderate complexity contributing to the completion of projects and programs in area of expertise.

• Interface with internal and/or external customers and provide guidance to other employees.

Staff field technician requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent. Technical training equivalent to an associate degree preferred.

• 3-4 years of related experience in the handling, testing, and analysis of explosive substances, to include homemade/terrorist explosives and chemical precursors. Must be comfortable with handling explosive materials on a daily basis.

• Must be a U.S. citizen with an active DoD Security Clearance (or cleared within the previous 12 months) and the ability to obtain a DHS Suitability Clearance.

• Must be able to obtain a C class CDL with Hazardous Material endorsement.

• Must be able to lift 50 lb or more.

Company information:

ARA is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)