Emergency Preparedness Supervisor - Plant Hatch

Southern Company • Baxley, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Emergency Preparedness Supervisor is responsible to the Site Support Director for the management of onsite emergency preparedness activities. This role also involves coordinating these activities with Licensee, Federal, State, and local response organizations through coordination with the Emergency Planning Supervisor. The position requires implementing strategies, making principled, data-based practical decisions, managing financial performance to contain costs, shaping employee and stakeholder opinions, resolving conflicts, and supporting employee development. Individuals in this role hold themselves and others accountable for superior results and living the Southern Style, building strong teams, respecting individual dignity and diverse viewpoints, and assuming personal responsibility for individual and company success.

Requirements

• 5 years nuclear power experience required
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Proven organizational skills with ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously.
• Capable of working efficiently and effectively across organizations.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making abilities.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products.
• Detailed knowledge of site Emergency Preparedness functions
• Training skills
• Ability to support effective working relationships with federal, state and local personnel involved in Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) support
• Must exhibit the Southern Style behaviors
• Must be a change agent
• Must be inclined toward improving processes and performance
• Must ensure safety standards are understood and enforced and that assigned workers perform their work safely.
• Any applicant accepting this position will be required to meet the background screening and NRC Fitness for Duty requirements.

Nice To Haves

• BS degree in Engineering / PE or BS degree in related technical area preferred
• Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) license preferred
• Health Physics/Radiological Protection (HP/RP) experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Supervise the site Emergency Preparedness Specialists and Emergency Preparedness Assistant.
• Provide support to local communities as requested for emergency responses.
• Maintain professional working relationship and serve as plant interface with local Emergency Management Agency (EMA), Fire Departments, Ambulance Services, hospitals, and other applicable local agencies.
• Advise and support plant management on issues related to implementation of the Emergency Plan.
• Maintain relationship with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and industry to provide benchmarking for improvements within Emergency Preparedness/Emergency Plan (EP).
• Review and maintain the site Emergency Implementing Procedures to ensure that the Emergency Plan is effectively implemented and that change processes do not decrease the effectiveness of the Emergency Plan without the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and/or the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) prior approval.
• Maintain site staff readiness to respond to classified emergency events through conduct/oversight of initial and continuing training of the site emergency response organization personnel.
• Ensure integration of the Emergency and Security plans through participation in threat advisory/order evaluations and Force-on Force drill participation.
• Develop quarterly drill/exercise scenarios to include controller/participant training, objective/extent of play development, scenario development, drill/exercise coordination, critique.
• Provide testing and initiate needed maintenance requests for the site Emergency Response Facilities (Control Room, Technical Support Center, Operations Support Center, and Emergency News Center) and equipment to ensure operability to include: all communications equipment, MIDAS system (dosimetry measuring system), WebEOC system (web based information system), automated recall system (Dialogic), and personal communication devices.
• Maintain assigned NRC EP Performance Indicators.
• Coordinate with the Emergency Planning Coordinators to review negotiated plant specific one-time and ongoing Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) agency contracts and agreements.
• Coordinate maintenance and operability testing of assigned offsite Alert and Notification Systems (sirens and Tone Alert Radios).
• Support the emergency planning staff in completing annual public information programs (Media Day, emergency brochures, etc.).
• Coordinate site Severe Accident Management Guideline (SAMG) maintenance, review and training.

Benefits

• competitive base salary
• annual incentive awards for eligible employees
• health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being
• additional compensation, such as an incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior