LEAD HMT TECHNICIAN

Full Job Description

The United States Capitol Police (USCP) safeguards the Congress, Members of Congress, employees, visitors, and Congressional buildings and grounds from crime, disruption, and terrorism.

We protect and secure Congress so it can fulfill its constitutional and legislative responsibilities in a safe, secure and open environment.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

(1) Experience providing advice, assistance and management of a hazardous materials incident preparedness and response program.

(2) Experience planning, presenting, documenting, and evaluating an emergency medical training program.

(3) Ability to apply knowledge of CBRN agents and WMD incident prevention, intervention, mitigation, and resolution procedures, policies and tactics to an actual hazardous materials incident response.

(4) Possession of excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills necessary to prepare and present effective and easily understood training plans, procedures, and exercises.

All eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

(Information on Qualification & Education is located at the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/) Major Duties:

This position is located within the US Capitol Police (USCP), Assistant Chief of Police for Uniformed Operations, Operational Services Bureau, Hazardous Incident Response Division, Hazardous Materials Response Team (HMRT).

The role of HMRT is to respond to credible threats of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN), or high-yield explosive incidents in order to conduct consequence management operations by providing capabilities for agent detection, identification, and limited mitigation, casualty search and extraction, and personnel decontamination, limited emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel.

A brief description of the duties and responsibilities are as follows: Leads and coordinates operations to detect, respond to, and defeat chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats arising within the geographical jurisdiction or statutory protective authority of the USCP.

Enters danger areas with protective equipment to sample, test, identify, mitigate, contain, and perform decontamination operations.

Performs within a comprehensive emergency response program and serves as a Hazardous Materials Branch Officer and/or Hazardous Materials Safety Officer (HMSO) performing such duties as part of the responding team within the USCP Incident Management.

Determines response strategies, PPE selection, resource deployment and incident action plans according to national standards of care, OSHA regulations, and National Fire Protection Association standards.

Serves as a CBRN subject-matter expert to implement and assign tasks to control or eliminate immediate life safety hazards, detect, and monitor threats, provide product control strategies, and direct appropriate decontamination for CBRN and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats and incidents.

Designs, develops, conducts, documents, and assesses training programs involving hazardous materials incident response and recovery for the hazmat response teams, USCP specialty staff, and related external entities.

Provides on-the-job training to new employees in accordance with established risk-based response procedures and practices.

Administers limited emergency medical care at hazardous response incidents that may include patient decontamination, assessment and treatment, and medical monitoring to ensure appropriate medical attention and support.

Works under the supervision of the Supervisory Hazardous Material Specialists to ensure that the combined hazmat/medical team operates cohesively during complex responses.