Principles of Decontamination Course Manager/ Decontamination SME

ARA‘s ISR division is looking to hire a Principles of Decontamination Course Manager/ Decontamination SME.

As the Principles of Decontamination Course Manager, you will lead the planning and management of DTRA’s Principles of Decontamination (PoD) Course.

You will provide comprehensive support throughout the entire planning, conduct, and follow-up of the course.

Principles of Decontamination Course Manager/ Decontamination SME Responsibilities: 


* Must be in near continuous communication with personnel supporting the course and adapt workloads to accomplish multiple deadlines, provide direction and judgement, and evaluate employee, subcontractor, and consultant performance.


* Serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the US DoD doctrine, TTPs, and SOPs required to conduct decontamination of personnel and casualties, with an emphasis on chemical and biological threat agents.


* Serve as an expert in the use of chemical and biological detection equipment, analytical equipment, and other mission-essential gear.


* Provide training to military and/or civilian personnel on the selection, preparation, and application of a variety of decontamination media for physical removal and neutralization of simulated chemical and biological contaminants.


* Serve as a SME on chemical warfare agent detection equipment to include basic instrument maintenance, operational theory, and interpretation of instrument outputs / responses to both simulant and live agent chemical challenges.

Instruments will include currently fielded US DoD equipment (e.g.

M8 & M256A2 CDK, JCAD, RMX - Raman, FTX - FTIR, MX908 HPMS) and select nonstandard detection equipment (e.g.

multi-gas - 4 gas detector w/ PID, colorimetric test papers and length of stain tubes).


* Serve as a SME on biological warfare agent detection equipment to include basic instrument maintenance, operational theory, and interpretation of instrument outputs / responses to both simulant and live agent biological challenges.

Instruments will include currently fielded US DoD equipment (e.g.

immunoassays, PCR analysis, and mass spectrometry equipment).


* Serve as a SME on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) / Individual Protective Technologies (IPT) to include knowledge of protective fabrics, to include permeation resistance to traditional and emerging threats.


* Serve as a SME on decontamination of live chemical and biological warfare agents and the physical removal techniques utilized by US DoD personnel.


* Serve as a SME on neutralization media application and evaluation utilizing US DoD specific solid and liquid decontaminants.


* Serve as a SME on respiratory protection to include air purifying respirators (APR), powered air purifying respirators (PAPR), canister function, break through, and proper respiratory PPE / IPT selection based established threat agent.


* Update PoD Course Program of Instruction annually or more, as required.


* Maintain prof...