ARA‘s ISR division is looking to hire a CWMD Advance Course Manager. As the CWMD Advance Course Manager, you will lead the planning and management of DTRA’s CWMD Advanced Course. You will provide comprehensive support throughout the entire planning, conduct, and follow-up of the course.

CWMD Advance Course Manager 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 detect, protect, decontaminate, and treat casualties in a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) environment. Serve as an expert in the treatment protocols and protection measures associated with exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents as well as exposure to high-level external ionizing radiation. Provide training to military and/or civilian personnel on patient diagnosis, treatment and procedures required to treat CBRN casualties. Planning, scheduling, and managing the DTRA Special Operations Forces (SOF) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Advanced Course. This course provides both medical and non-medical SOF personnel with the skills necessary to detect, protect, decontaminate, and treat casualties in a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) environment. Serve as a SME on conducting training on casualty treatment and operations in a CBRN environment as well as clinical and planning strategies for multi-system trauma patients in a prolonged field care setting. Serve as a SME on conducting training to recognize the signs and symptoms of CBRN agent exposure, treatment of contaminated soldiers, and decontamination. Serve as a SME on casualty treatment techniques and procedures that are based on doctrine, extensive research, and evidence-based medical and scientific studies. Update SOF CWMD Advanced Course Program of Instruction annually or more, as required. Oversee the movement, distribution, and storage of both durable and expendable course equipment. Maintain proficiency and awareness of 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). Maintain proficiency and awareness of 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 applying the essential techniques of the Joint Trauma Systems (JTS) Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) MARCHE2 process.

Offer is contingent upon contract award.

CWMD Advance Course Manager Required Qualifications: 

US Citizen with a minimum Secret Clearance required to start. Must be able to obtain a Top-Secret clearance. Bachelor's Degree or higher with 10 to 12 years of experience OR 18 years of professional experience in lieu of a degree Must be able to obtain a US Passport Knowledge of chemical warfare agents, their synthesis, exposure routes, signs, and symptoms, and their mode of transmission. Knowledge of biological warfare agents, their synthesis, exposure routes, signs, and symptoms, and their mode of transmission. Understanding the basic concepts of radiation physics, radiobiology, and the mechanisms by which radiation causes damage to the human body. Experienced with practical application of CBRN-related skills, to include operating in contaminated environment and employment of CBRN PPE. Graduate of the Advanced HAZMAT Life Support (AHLS) provider course from the University of Arizona. Knowledge of contaminated casualty doctrine as outlined in current DoD publications to include: Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Injury Part I: Initial Response to CBRN Agents (CPG ID: 69) (01 May 2018) Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Injury Response Part 2: Medical Management of Chemical Agent Exposure (CPG ID:69) (25 Mar 2022) Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Injury Response Part 3: Medical Management of Radiation Exposure and Nuclear Events) (20 Aug 2024) Medical aspects of Biological Warfare, Published by the Office of The Surgeon General Department of the Army (November 2007) Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare, Published by the Office of The Surgeon General Department of the Army (January 2008) Medical Consequences of Radiological and Nuclear Weapons, Published by the Office of The Surgeon General, Department of the Army (October 2012) ATP 4-02.83 / MCRP 4-11.1B / NTRP 4-02.21 / AFMAN 44-161(I), Multiservice Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Treatment of Nuclear and Radiological Casualties (05 May 2014) ATP 4-02.84 / MCRP 3-40A.3 / NTRP 4-02.23 / AFMAN 44-156_IP, Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Treatment of Biological Warfare Agent Casualties (21 November 2019) ATP 4-02.85 / MCRP 3-40A.1 / NTRP 4-02.22 / AFTTP(I) 3-2.69, Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Treatment of Chemical Warfare Agent Casualties and Conventional Military Chemical Injuries (02 August 2016) Work in an office and field environment Possess effective oral and written communication skills, and proficient in using the Microsoft Office Suite of tools. Emphasis placed on PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Visio. Shall be able to travel worldwide on short notice and work non-standard hours. This includes obtaining the required immunizations. Shall be able to perform duties in all weather and climate conditions and be capable of carrying loads of up to 60 pounds over uneven terrain. Shall be capable of flying in utility helicopters for extended periods of time and be available for expeditious foreign travel for extended periods of time.

CWMD Advance Course Manager Preferred Qualifications: 

Current Top-Secret Clearance Graduate of the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Field Management of Chemical & Biological Casualties (FCBC) and/or (MCBC) course is highly desired. Experience as a US military active-duty medical professional is highly desired. Experience as an instructor at a training command or in an operational unit’s training department, to include development and delivery of training curriculum is highly desired. Knowledge and experience in principles of Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation of medical treatment equipment is highly desired.

Who is ARA?

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,271 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.

To find out more about what the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/