What are the responsibilities and job description for the Herndon VA MDDU Technical Equipment Support position at Mele Accociates?
MELE Associates is seeking a full-time employee to perform as a CBRN technical equipment support to support the Department of Homeland Security, Mobile Detection Deployment Unit MDDU in Herndon, VA. This position supports the United States Government capability to technical detect chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear CBRN threats across the nation. The MDDU Equipment Support maintains the readiness of CBRN detection equipment and conducts nation-wide technical CBRN detection operations, training, and exercises to augment and train capability of Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners. This position is contract award dependent.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
Duties will include but are not limited to the following.
- Track and maintain care, custody, and control of MDDU equipment, including detection equipment, and radioactive sources.
- Conduct inventories of DHS MDDU property and update computerized tracking information as required.
- Ensure MDDU equipment is repaired, calibrated, and maintained in a ready state for deployment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. This includes conducting field level routine repairs in consultation with equipment manufacturers and designated subcontracting repair companies.
- Safely handle, use, transport, and ship radioactive sources following federal regulations including those requirements of the Department of Transportation. Perform work as a "radiation worker."
- Conduct procurements of supplies and equipment following administrative procedures.
- Perform CBRN detection operations with Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and stakeholders. This includes performing operations at Department of Homeland Security Special Event Assessment Rated SEAR Events, National Security Special Events NSSE, and critical infrastructure sites.
- Perform CBRN "just in time" training with technical detection equipment with Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and stakeholders.
- Perform or assist in CBRN technical detection exercises with Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and stakeholders.
- Routinely train, acquire, and maintain technical skills and experience, and share job knowledge with other MDDU team members.
- Maintain integrity, good conduct, and the highest level of professionalism during work and outside of work hours.
- Maintain flexibility and adaptability to changing assignments and work schedules. Work may often require work to be performed beyond an 8-hour day, on weekends, and holiday. Excessive work hours can be flexed when work allows. MDDU employees are subject to recall to work from off duty status upon a matter of national security.
- Work independently and as a team to meet all MDDU requirements.
- Follow guidance and direction from the MDDU Site Lead Team Leader, Project Manager, client Program Manager, and designated MELE supervisor.
- Initiate, organize and report on all planning and management taskings.
- Coordinate, initiate and track the progress of deployments of the assigned MDDUs or equipment.
- Assist / prepare timely after-action reports of MDDU missions.
- Provide oral and written status updates of tasks to the team lead, project manager, or client program manager as required.
- This position requires travel between 50 to 75 percent of the month within the contiguous United States and US territories to support program needs. This may include mission deployments over 10-days with back-to-back travel to another missions.
- This position requires the safe operation of a truck and 5th wheel trailer.
- Following MDDU guidance documents, federal travel regulations, and Federal Acquisition Regulations.
- Maintain administrative proficiency in preparing accurate and timely travel and procurement expense reports.
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DESIRED EXPERIENCE :
LOCATION : This is a full-time position in Herndon, VA, USA dependent on contract award
S ALARY : Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.
Benefits MELE Offers
About MELE Associates, Inc.
With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran and minority-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include National Security and Intelligence, CBRNE Defense and Security, Facility Management and Engineering, Law Enforcement and Emergency Response Training, Technical, Analytica, and Program Management Support, and IT / Cybersecurity.
MELE Associates, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer.
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