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Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success.\nSummary:\nOver-see all blasting operations in and around McMurdo Station. Provide effective planning and leadership to ensure efficient and productive blasting operations. Lead small teams of people under the guidance of the Supervisor within Fleet Operations. Proactively coordinate with all ASC departments as needed to facilitate and complete all sustaining and project needs of the United States Antarctic Program. Operate heavy equipment when blasting operations are not being conducted.\nPosition Responsibilities:\nResponsible for the safe storage, handling and use of commercial grade explosives required for science, construction and maintenance projects in Antarctica. When required and approved by NSF, also provides assistance/advice to NSF-sponsored scientific project personnel using explosives during their field investigations.\nEstablishes and maintains exclusive authority over the explosives cache at McMurdo Station and other U.S. stations and camps. Ensures that the caches are a safe distance from the stations and camps, are properly marked and secured, and that explosives are stored in accordance with applicable commercial regulations. \nRegularly inspects stored explosives according to manufactures' recommendations and government regulations to ensure that degradation does not occur and that expiration dates are observed. Disposes of dated explosives in accordance with appropriate procedures/regulations. \nMaintains accurate inventory records and provides end of season explosives usage reports detailing all explosives usage and inventories remaining.\nProvides estimates and cost analysis of future explosive blast and drill project needs and makes purchase recommendations as required.\nMeasures, places, wires and detonates explosives in accordance with relevant technical/safety procedures including, but not limited to, Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) procedures, necessary station/camp field safety procedures, and after coordinating the work with agency (ASC, Military, NSF) management personnel as appropriate.\nPerforms blast design including size, placement, timing and composition of explosive charges. \nActs as blaster-in-charge at all blast sites. The Blaster Lead may delegate this roll to another qualified blaster as required.\nSupervises all explosives related work at the storage/detonation sites. Ensures that access, handling and use are limited to appropriate personnel only. \nProvides advice/assistance to scientific parties concerning appropriate explosive types/quantities for geophysical or other investigations, as required. Alsoprovides assistance in the field with the storage, transportation, and use of explosives. \nComplete blasting operations IAW OPS-SOP-0141 McMurdo Station Blasting Procedures\nOperate autonomously under the guidance of the Supervisor to complete specific tasks and projects in support of Fleet Operations.\nEffectively lead small groups of people to achieve departmental goals on a daily, weekly, and sometimes longer-term basis under the guidance of a Foreman Remove Foreman. Blaster Lead is equal to or above a Foreman’s position. or the Supervisor. These small teams may include equipment operators, heavy equipment operators, and others\nCoordinate with other HEO Leads and Foremen within Fleet Operations to ensure department-wide goals and daily operations are met and department wide resources are used efficiently.\nEnsure safe and efficient use of all equipment assets that are being used by their team at McMurdo Station and its surroundings.\nPerform daily equipment checks and ensure that all safety and maintenance issues are reported to the Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) daily via proper reporting methods. (Ex: Submit Work Order to VMF for repair)\nEnsure all team members read and understand the equipment manual for each piece of equipment prior to using that piece of equipment.\nEnsure all team members are properly trained and evaluated in the safe use of any piece of equipment prior to allowing that team member to use the equipment unsupervised.\nProvide written reports as needed summarizing work completed, issues encountered, lessons learned, equipment status, etc to ensure effective passing of information from shift to shift.\nSafely and proficiently operate and/or over-see the operation of light vehicles such as pickups, heavy equipment such as bulldozers, articulating loaders, excavators, graders, drills, backhoes, fork-lifts, snow blasters, tracked agricultural tractors, Pistenbullys, dump-trucks, snow moving and grooming equipment, and cranes.\nComplete daily work requests and assignments in a timely manner.\nAttend meetings as needed to gain knowledge from and ensure coordination with all other departments in support of ASC operations.\nProvide input to the Foremen and the Supervisor aiding in the completion of pre-season, mid-season, and end-of-season team member performance evaluations in accordance with established HR procedures.\nEnsure all spills are properly reported and cleaned up per existing SOP’s.\nPerforms duties in support of Operations Division metrics.\nComplies with and ensures all team members understand and comply with ASC Environmental Health & Safety and Quality Assurance goals and requirements.\nPerforms physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of tall vehicles and heavy equipment, crawling as needed, working outdoors in extreme cold, and walking long distances daily. \nSnow shoveling, ice-chipping, and other forms of manual labor required due to location of position.\nImplements and maintains a safe workplace program and ensures that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.\nMaintains self-control and represents ASC-PAE to the highest standards during on and off hours\nPerforms other duties as required.\nRequired Education, Experience, Certificates and Licenses:\nHigh School diploma or GED\nMinimum 5 years’ experience required as a certified Explosives Handler/Blaster in construction related blasting. \nEvidence of previous license and/or certification preferred with no recertification restrictions.\nOne year of experience as an equipment operator, driller (such as those outlined above).\nExpected Skills and Competencies:\nFamiliarity with Microsoft Office.\nGeneral knowledge and understanding of project schedules and planning.\nPreferred:\nClass A CDL license\nExperience with permafrost and snow blasting conditions and other explosives handling/use in cold weather/polar regions.\nPrior cold-climate equipment operations.\nCollege degree is preferred.\nPrior experience working in austere environments.\nAbility to thrive in an equipment and resource limited environment.\nPhysical and/or Other Requirements:\nWillingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods\nSuccessful completion of Medical and Dental examinations required by the NSF for deployment to Antarctica\nSuccessful completion of drug screening and background check required by employer\nSuccessful completion of Federal Background Check required by the NSF\nMust be willing and able to lift and move items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum as required by the position.\nMust be willing and able to perform physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors in extreme cold as required by the position.\nMust participate in community programs, such as “house-mouse” (chores), “daisy-picking” (cleaning-up around the station), recycling efforts & safety objectives.\nValid Driver’s License issued in the United States\nNo clearance requirement but the contract and/or the site requires US Citizenship to be approved for access. 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