Explosives Investigator
Location: Arlington, VA
Announcement Number: DE-12452366-24-DMB
Salary: $68,405 - $128,956
Closing Date: July 11, 2025
The mission of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) is to provide force protection, security, and law enforcement to safeguard personnel, facilities, infrastructure, and other resources for the Pentagon Reservation and designated DoD facilities (hereinafter referred to as "the Pentagon Facilities") within the National Capital Region (NCR).
This is an open continuous announcement. Applicants will be reviewed throughout the open period of the announcement. The first cut-off date for consideration of applicants will be 8/10/2024. Thereafter, the cut-off for applications received will be 9/10/2024; 10/9/2024; 11/8/2024; and 12/10/2024; etc., until the job opportunity announcement closes.
Under this recruitment, applications will be accepted and selections made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application.
There will be a cut-off of 100 resumes each time applications are submitted to hiring managers.
This Public Notice is to gather applications which may or may not result in a referral or selection.
Please read this Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.
Under this recruitment, applications will be accepted and selections made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application.
There will be a cut-off of 100 resumes each time applications are submitted to hiring managers.
This Public Notice is to gather applications which may or may not result in a referral or selection.
Please read this Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.
- Serves as a liaison with other law enforcement, public safety officers and fire service personnel and provides technical investigative assistance and expert advice in support of investigations involving criminal violations of Federal explosives and arson laws.
- Responsible for the daily transportation and physical protection of government property, such as: explosives, explosive evidence, and other hazardous materials.
- Conducts investigations of post-blast scenes, technical investigative guidance, and provides expert advice in support of investigations.
- Locates explosives, booby traps; and identifies the presence of additional hazardous materials which may present a threat to agent, officer, or to public safety.
- Provides technical assistance and expert advice in support of investigations involving criminal violations of Federal explosives and arson laws.
- Develops bomb threat awareness and safety programs for potentially affected personnel, particularly the Pentagon facilities workforce.
- Renders safe and/or removal of suspected Improvised explosive devices (IED's) incendiary devices, explosives, explosive chemicals, pyrotechnics, and ammunition.
