Eod Tech, Uxo Tech Iii, Uxoso, Uxoqc

William E Smith

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American Canyon, CA 94503

Cell 702-***-****

*******@*****.***

Military EOD experience: 8 years, 5 months.

Civilian UXO experience: 18 years, 4 months.

EOD/UXO experience combined: 26 years, 9 month.

Advisor to Kuwait MOD : 2 years, 6 months.

Program Manager for AAR/Brown: 1 year, 8 months.

Site Manager for Zapata Eng: 7 Months

Safety Officer: 6 years

Experience and Qualifications:

Civilian experience:

09/13-Present HydroGeoLogic Inc

Job Title: UXOSO Safety Officer.

As sight Safety Officer I am responsible for insuring all

safety precautions

are being observed. I inspect the teams daily to verify PPE is

being used

in accordance with the Site Safety Plan. I kept a daily log,

made out daily

and weekly report then submitted them to the HGL Safety

Manager.

05/12-08/13 Weston Solutions Inc

Job Title: UXO III, Alt: Sight Safety Officer, SUXOS.

I was hired on as a UXO Team Leader and the alternate UXOSO and

SUXOS, I would take over their duties when they were not on

site. I took

over full time as the site UXOSO/QC responsible for

the safety and well

being of all personnel on site. As QC I insure all

work is being done in

accordance to the Site Work Plan.

04/11-04/12 Raytheon Warrior Training Alliance

Job Title: Principal Training and Development Specialist

I was instrumental in setting up a new training site on

Kandahar Air Base to

include the classroom and the robot lanes. I built the training

IED's that

were used to test the troops. My duties also included

instructing classes, I

taught: Ordnance Safety Precautions, Ord ID, IED Components,

HME-UBE, Site Exploitation, Eng Robotics and Explosives /

Explosive

Effects.

10/08-04/11 DynCorp Int. Ministry of Defense, Kuwait

Job Title: Advisor to the Kuwait Air Force EOD Branch Chief

As the advisor to the EOD Branch Chief I wore several hats; I

was the on

Site Technical Advisor/Safety Officer. I accompanied the Branch

Chief into meetings as his Subject Matter Expert. I planned and

coordinated explosive operations, invited the US EOD teams and

other branches of Kuwait MOD.

I determined training needs and organized training based on my observations

at the range.

I wrote the SOP's for the EOD Branch. This includes SOP's for Range Work/

Demo Operations, Emergency Response, Training and Explosive Storage.

01/07-08/08 AAR/Brown Int. J-6 Ministry of Defense, Kuwait.

Job Title: Program Manager.

Brown International was awarded a 80,000,000 dollar project by

the

Kuwait Ministry of Defense (KMOD); to Integrate Communications

Equipment into their Track Vehicles. As Program Manager I was

responsible for overseeing all aspects of the operation;

Engineering, Drafting, Fabrication and Integration to insure

that all is being done IAW the contract and within budget. I met

regularly with Senior Officers of the Kuwait Military to discuss

progress and work through any identified discrepancies. Our

operations covered seven sites located throughout Kuwait. We

completed our contract ahead of schedule and under budget.

11/05-12/06 MPRI, Camp Menifee, Kuwait.

Job Title: EOD/IED Specialist/Fabricator.

I was responsible for gathering information sent to me by the

IED Task Force and from EOD personnel on ground in Iraq. I would

take this information and use it to re-create the IEDs that were

being used in Iraq. We would use these IED replicas to train the

military and civilian personnel to prepare them for what they

might encounter when going into Iraq.

07/05-10/05 The Logistics Company, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Job Title: Mid Eastern Theater Class 5 Retrograde Manager.

I was responsible for identifying expired Explosives and

Ordnance that needed to be retrograded, I would locate it, order retrograde

and then track movement of these items from start to finish. My AO covered

Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.

08/04-06/05 Zapata Engineering, Inc., The Rock ASP, Falujah, Iraq. (256)

726-0345.

Job titles: Site Manager, Operations Manager, SUXOS and Tech III

As Site Manager I was ultimately responsible for the safety and well being

of all 250 personnel on site. My responsibilities included assuring all

work was being completed in accordance with the contract /Scope of Work. I

kept the site on target to complete the mission ahead of schedule and sent

in daily progress reports as well as participated in weekly tele-

conferences with our people in Baghdad and Huntsville. I held daily

meetings with the COE representative and the department Managers to plan,

coordinate and de-conflict. During times of heavy military action in our

area I would meet regularly with the commanders in our area to receive

sitreps and to coordinate with them, they would use our site as a jump off

point for Falujah operations.

While Site Manager, our site set the pace for all the other CEA contract

sites in Iraq. The Rock ASP disposed of more ordnance than all other sites

combined and with less than half the personnel. This gave us the

distinction of being the most economical CEA disposal operation in country.

All of this was accomplished while maintaining one of the best safety

records in Iraq for CEA operation. The Rock ASP is just over two kilometers

from Falujah, a hotbed of enemy activity, making work there a logistical

nightmare.

As Operations Manager: I assisted the Site Manager by supplying the

tracking information needed to reach goals set for completion of the clean-

up and disposal operations. My responsibilities included solving the day to

day problems that would arise to allow the Site Manager to be free to focus

on more important issues at hand i.e. the Army COE, our Baghdad office and

our office in Huntsville

As SUXOS: my responsibilities included managing the ASP Sweep Team, the

Demo Team which disposed of up to 500 tons of Captured Enemy Ammunition (

CEA ) daily, and overseeing ASP operations. I managed 30 ex-pats and 60

local laborers during daily operations. I was accountable for the

explosives which would be stored and issued as needed. I participated in

daily planning and served as liaison between Head Shed and supervisors of

the crews. Performed daily IED sweeps of all the range roads.

04/04- 08/04 EOD-Technologies, PO Box 24173, Knoxville, TN. Rock ASP,

Falujah, Iraq.

Job Title: Senor Unexploded Ordnance Supervisor (SUXOS)

Responsible for ASP and Demo operations, I had up to 180 local

workers that I managed daily. During this period I learned

fundamental Arabic. In the ASP we received, inventoried and

stored munitions of all types from many different countries. On

the Demo side we identified the highest priority munitions,

transported them, and destroyed them at the demo site. I was

also responsible for up to 15 Coalition Ammo handlers and 10

Coalition EOD techs. We performed our operations with zero

reportable injuries. I performed daily IED sweeps of all range

roads.

10/85 - 01/91 Aerojet Ord. Chino, CA.

Job Title: Range Safety Officer, Firing Officer and EOD Tech /

Gunner.

Responsible for performing test firing of various types of 25

and 30 mm projectiles. Extensive work with Depleted Uranium.

Performed disassembly and failure analysis of projectile and

bomb fuses.

Military Experience:

01/83 - 10/85 Senior EOD Tech. 137th ORD DET. Corpus Christi NAS, TX.

Directed responses to ordnance and IED's found in southern TX.

Performed numerous large-scale range clearances on ranges

covering over 400 acres. Taught IED Search and Response classes

to local and federal law enforcement agencies throughout South

TX.

06/81 -01/83 EOD Tech, 546th ORD DET EODCC, Ft Sam Houston, TX.

Responsible for unit and control area training and inspections.

Assisted in many range clearance operations.

05/78 - 06/81 EOD Tech. 36th ORD DET EOD. Canal Zone Panama.

Conducted EOD operations in Central and South America,

Participated in many range clearance operations in the Canal

Zone. Taught ordnance and improvised explosive device

recognition and safety classes, in Spanish to local LEA.

Performed Intel. gathering op's for MI. in Panama and Peru

06/77 - 05/78 EOD Tech. 18th ORD DET EOD. Ft Bragg, NC.

Member of a response team, responded to many incidents and

participated numerous range clearances.

Other Qualifications:

Languages: Fluent in Spanish, some: German, Tagalog (Filipino) and Arabic.

Heavy Equipment Operator: Backhoe Front-end Loader, Roller and Excavator.

References:

1.Melvin Young Email Address: ********@*****.*** 360 224-

5649

2.Daniel Ramos Email Address: **********@***.*** 940-***-****

William E Smith

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