Castelion
Explosives Safety & Operations Officer
Rio Rancho, NM +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- Rio Rancho, NM
2601 29th Ave NW, Rio Rancho, NM 87144 - Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Physical Science, Safety, Military Science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- No visa policy stated.
About the job
Provides field-level explosives safety support for energetic manufacturing, development, assembly, and test operations, and helps implement and improve the safety program across sites.
What you'll do
- Oversee explosives safety during energetic manufacturing, assembly, and testing, including solid rocket motor operations.
- Conduct hazard analyses, safety reviews, and readiness assessments; develop procedures, training, and operational controls.
- Support explosives inventory, storage, inspections, off-nominal response, and commissioning of New Mexico operations; travel frequently to Midland, Texas.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Physical Science, Safety, Military Science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
- Experience supporting energetic manufacturing, explosive operations, missile systems, solid rocket motors, munitions, or other high-hazard industrial operations.
- Working knowledge of explosives safety principles and applicable ATF and DoD explosives safety standards.
- Experience with hazard analyses or similar risk-management activities, and developing or delivering technical, operational, or explosives safety training.
Nice to have
- Experience with solid rocket motor manufacturing, energetic material processing, propulsion development, or energetic testing.
- Experience applying DoD 4145.26-M, ATF requirements, quantity-distance criteria, or comparable explosives safety requirements.
Tools
ATF, DoD 4145.26-M, Flight Termination Systems (FTS)
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