Military Munitions Response Sr. Project / Program Manager - U.S. Navy

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Environment:

Our team of environment specialists offers clients expertise in air quality, impact analysis and permitting, environmental health and safety management consulting/due diligence, remediation consulting/engineering and construction/site restoration, specialty and emerging technologies, waste services and water and natural resources.

Background:

The US Department of Defense is transitioning its environmental remediation program away from traditional contaminants to munitions related environmental liabilities. As a major strategic initiative, AECOM is making investments to further strengthen its capabilities to support this market and our clients. As the managing partner of Resolution Consultants, AECOM has recently won the US Navy Southeast Comprehensive Long-Term Environmental Action (CLEAN). This contract, together with our current Pacific Division CLEAN and Performance Based Remediation (PERMAC) contract, are the prime vehicles from which AECOM will provide Military Munitions Response (MMR) support to the US Navy.

Position Description:

This senior level position will report directly to AECOM's MMR Program Director and will become an important member of our MMR program team. AECOM's MMR program supports U.S. Government MMRP funded projects across the CONUS and OCONUS geographies under various DOD and agency contract vehicles.

Our US Navy Program Manager will coordinate directly with and through our Navy Program teams to lead and support MMR projects and tasks. As dictated by project backlog, additional project and staff level resources will directly and indirectly report to this position. The US Navy Program Manager will have full access to AECOM's vast resource pool and will be expected to develop employees and business through excellent project delivery.

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Gulfport, Mississippi Authorities including the Gulfport Police, Biloxi Police, and the BATF responded to a residential house after the resident, a 33-year old man, checked into the hospital with injuries sustained from a munition. Reportedly, the man was dismantling the munition at this house in order to recycle the metal when it exploded. During the inspection of the house, Authorities discovered numerous munitions (specific numbers and types not reported) requiring disposal. The munitions were safely disposed of on-site after neighbors were evacuated.

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Southern, Israel Israel Defense Force (IDF) personnel discovered a major discrepancy during a routine storage magazine count from a facility in Negev, Ynet. The discrepancy included over 1,500 shells reported only as tank shells missing from the storage magazines. Authorities suspect the munitions were stolen over a period time to avoid detection.

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Marseille, France Workers uncovered a WWII era U.S. 500 pound bomb from a construction site. The police were called and the area around the construction site was secured. The responding bomb squad decided to leave the bomb in place for over two weeks under tight security while plans were made for its disposal. Authorities needed the time to organize the safety plan which involved evacuations and warnings to over 10,00 workers and residents within the travel path to the selected offshore disposal site.

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Victoria, Australia a local resident walking his dog in a park came across a munition item. Not having a cell phone handy and concerned that children may find the munition, the man decided to carry the item himself to the police station.

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Leonardtown, Maryland Over the past several days, seven munitions have been found at the Newtowne Neck State Park in St. Mary's County. The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office initially responded to the call from the Maryland Park Service. The USACE Baltimore District also responded to assist after multiple munitions were reported. In all, seven munitions were found and properly disposed of. One of the seven munitions, reported only as a 3-inch projectile is shown below.

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Helmand Province, Afghanistan Three Air Force EOD Airmen were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside IED attack. The three brave Airmen included Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler, Tech. Sgt. Matthew S. Schwartz, and Senior Airman Bryan Bell.

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Helmand Province, Afghanistan Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad R. Regelin, 24, of Cottonwood, California was killed during combat operations. Regelin was assigned as an EOD technician to Marine Special Operations Company Bravo and was stationed at EOD Mobile Unit 3.

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