ADVISORY ENGINEER- 1486- SRS- Aiken, SC

OLH•Aiken, SC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

OLH Inc. is hiring two Advisory Engineers to provide staff augmentation support to SRNS in Aiken, South Carolina. The role provides senior technical leadership and engineering direction for assigned projects and tasks, including developing solutions to complex technical problems, influencing technical direction across disciplines, and recommending technical and research programs. The Advisory Engineer integrates engineering activities, establishes design criteria and project plans, and manages task cost, schedule, quality, and resources. The position is projected to start January 19, 2026, and has a one-year duration with two one-year renewal options. U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance; an active clearance is not required initially. The position requires field walk-downs at job sites, which may include uneven construction surfaces, walking distances over half a mile, climbing ladders, wearing protective clothing, and working in areas requiring a respirator. The work week is scheduled for 40 hours, using one of several SRNS schedules: 5/8s, 4/10s, or 9/80s. Overtime may be expected at times to meet deliverables, at the manager’s discretion.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Typically, an advanced degree and substantial experience: Ph.D. with about 15 years of experience, master’s degree with 17 years, or bachelor’s degree with about 21 years.
Experience providing overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks.
Experience integrating engineering resources and establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and engineering tools.
Experience providing administrative guidance to leads and managers.
Experience managing assigned project and task administration, scheduling, and priorities.
Experience managing administration, document control, project controls, and quality-engineering sections through section supervisors.
Experience resolving conflicts between project direction and functional managers’ technical direction.
Experience participating in programmatic issue resolution and quality improvements.
Experience building teams and developing engineering expertise to meet project objectives.
Experience evaluating subcontractor work and design outputs against technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
Experience establishing baselines for design activities and engineering work requests.
Experience recommending subcontractor authorizations for new work and baseline changes.
Experience evaluating cost and schedule variances and implementing corrective actions.
Experience with EVMS tools.
Experience reviewing cost accounts for procurement of engineered materials.
Experience working with diverse teams to deliver results.
Experience establishing project scope of work and ensuring firm customer requirements are developed.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance; an active DOE clearance is not initially required.
Ability to perform job-site walk-downs that may involve uneven surfaces, walking more than half a mile, climbing ladders, protective clothing, and respirator-required environments.
Ability to coordinate, interface, and communicate with management, engineering, facility, operations, quality-assurance, and test personnel.
Ability to communicate clear, concise, and accurate technical and project information in written and oral formats.
Ability to mentor junior team members and develop their design knowledge.

Nice To Haves

Possession of an active DOE L or Q clearance within the past two years.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership and determine solutions to complex problems in areas of expertise and adjacent technical fields.
Recommend research, engineering, and technology development and application programs; assist with planning those programs.
Influence technical direction across the department and communicate across disciplines to support effective technical problem-solving.
Conceive technical programs, sponsor new ideas, and place technical needs in context with other SRNS site needs.
Prepare plans, schedules, budgets, and personnel requirements for major technical tasks; monitor progress, expenditures, and work quality.
Plan and oversee research, development, testing, and quality-assurance requirements.
Communicate results in reports, manuscripts, presentations, and other formats; represent SRNS and SRS to oversight groups and professional societies.
Mentor less senior professionals in communication skills and transfer technical knowledge and design expertise to junior team members.
Support Division and Department Total Quality initiatives through active leadership and technical resources.
Integrate and manage engineering activities for assigned projects, including establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, priorities, and engineering tools.
Apply project-management tools and methods, support future project development, and manage task cost and schedule results.
Conduct field walk-downs for engineering work at job sites.
Coordinate and communicate with management, engineering, facility, operations, quality-assurance, and test personnel.
Prepare clear, concise, and accurate reports, evaluations, documents, procedures, reviews, comment resolutions, emails, and oral presentations.
Provide engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks.
Provide administrative guidance to leads and managers and manage the scheduling and priorities of assigned tasks and projects.
Manage administration, document control, project controls, and quality-engineering sections through section supervisors.
Resolve conflicts between project direction and technical direction from functional managers.
Participate in department- and site-wide programmatic issue resolution and quality improvement.
Build project teams by requesting, evaluating, and developing engineering expertise needed to achieve project objectives.
Evaluate subcontractor tasks and design outputs against technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
Establish design-activity baselines for assigned projects and engineering work requests.
Recommend subcontractor authorizations for new work and changes to baselines.
Evaluate project cost and schedule variances and implement corrective actions.
Review cost accounts for procurement of engineered materials.
Establish project scopes of work and ensure firm customer requirements are developed.