# Blaster

Join the Family - Come work for an exciting company offering great benefits, challenging opportunities, and colleagues who feel more like family. Job Summary A Blaster conducts field tests to determine the type and quantity of explosives needed for the job. With attention to detail, a Blaster reads and interprets drill patterns, instructions, and diagrams. This position is responsible to effectively communicate with personnel on the job site in order to complete job duties safely and successfully. The Blaster is responsible for arranging and detonating shots, as well as maintaining all required documentation.The Blaster is responsible for ensuring the team complies with our customers' policies/procedures. With the appropriate personnel, the Blaster will coordinate the handling of client issues, blast area incidents, and/or public concerns. Safety is a number one priority. A Blaster must be highly knowledgeable of explosives in order to ensure the work is done safely and mitigating risks. Key Responsibilities and Duties Under direction or in position of Blaster in Charge, reviews drill patterns and diagrams, determines product and shot layout necessary to meet customer needs. Commu

- **Id**: 4221808
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/austin-powder-blaster-2>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Norton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T14:48:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4471
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Mining, Chemical Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 2666773
- **Name**: Austin Powder
- **Domain**: austinpowder.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/austinpowder-2>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.857
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T05:35:22Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 3; Filings 12m: 3

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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