Explosives Safety Specialist

Description

The National Security Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for an Explosives Safety Specialist in Albuquerque, NM as part of our Counter-WMD Weapons and Capabilities Systems Engineering and Integration Team, supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Primary responsibilities include ensuring compliance with policies and regulations for the safe handling of explosives. Specific duties include the following:

• Support DTRA explosive's safety managers in ensuring safety and compliance programs for the storage, handling, and transportation of test explosives.
• Provide oversight of safety and compliance of explosive operations conducted during test operations, ensuring the safety of personnel, material, and environmental resources.
• As subject matter expert, support planning and coordination of all phases of explosives recovery operations for weapons and explosives malfunctions to include contact with national level agency, service, and foreign country program managers.
• Support post-test hazard abatement for structural damage, hazardous atmospheres, unexploded ordnance and explosives, and other hazards resulting from test operations.
• Required to enter permit required confined spaces and don up to Level A personal protective equipment.
• Coordinate and communicate with test team members on explosive safety issues. Serve as a Safety Officer assigned to explosive testing work.

Required Education, Experience, Skills, and Clearance:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters and 6+years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Graduate of Department of Defense Joint Service EOD Training Program.
• CPR, First Aid, Confined Space, and HAZWOPER training/permits required
• MUST possess a secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred qualifications include the following:

• Prior support to DTRA RD-TS or RD-CXW.

At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

Original Posting:

August 25, 2025
At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $89,700.00 - $162,150.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Client-provided location(s): Albuquerque, NM

Job ID: Leidos-R-00165293

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-26T18:45:58