Special Agent, Hazardous Agent Mitigation & Medica

BE A PART OF THE HAZARDOUS AGENT MITIGATION & MEDICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM

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The mission of the Secret Service Special Operations Division's Hazardous Agent Mitigation & Medical Emergency Response (HAMMER) Team is to provide hazardous agent mitigation, emergency medical intervention, and extrication support to our protective details. In close coordination with other United States Secret Service (Secret Service) tactical elements, protective details, and medical units, HAMMER can respond into a hazardous, toxic, or lethal environment to locate, extract, decontaminate, and provide life-saving medical interventions for Secret Service protectees. HAMMER personnel utilize cutting-edge monitoring technology to survey the immediate vicinity around the protectee for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats.

• Recruitment Incentive :

Applicants may be eligible for a $60,000 recruitment incentive in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Requirements : U.S. Citizenship.

Possess a current valid driver's license. Must be REAL ID compliant.

Use your

official name

on your application as it appears on your valid government identification (i.e., REAL ID Driver's License, State ID, Passport).

Applicants must be 21 at the time of application and under 37 at the time of a conditional offer, unless they have prior federal law enforcement service under special retirement provisions. Veterans' preference applicants must receive a conditional offer before age 40.

Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment and random drug testing while you occupy the position. Disclose any prior drug use, attempted use, and / or experimentation.

Obtain a Top-Secret Clearance and retain it during your career.

This position requires an automatic credit check after initial qualifications are met.

Carry and use a firearm. Maintaining firearm proficiency is mandatory. You will be ineligible to occupy this position if at any time you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, unless you received a pardon, or your conviction was expunged or set aside.

Complete 13 weeks of intensive training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, GA and 20 - 22 weeks of specialized training at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Laurel, MD. Failure to pass the training program may result in separation from the Secret Service. Click here to review standard.

Sign a mobility agreement stating your willingness to accept assignments anywhere within the United States and overseas.

Certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so, if you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959.

Possess uncorrected visual acuity of no worse than 20 / 100 binocular, possess corrected visual acuity of 20 / 20 or better in each eye.(Note : Lasik, ALK, RK, and PRK corrective eye surgeries are acceptable eye surgeries for special agent applicants. Applicants will be considered eligible for the special agent position provided specific visual tests are passed. The following are waiting periods for visual tests : Lasik-2 months after surgery, PRK-6 months after surgery, ALK and RK-one year after surgery).

Hearing loss, as measured by an audiometer, must not exceed 25 decibels (A.S.A. or equivalent I.S.O.) in either ear in the 500,1000 and 2000Hz ranges.