Lead Nuclear Accountability Specialist (100% Remote)

UDR Consulting Inc • Aiken, SC

4d • Remote

About The Position

UDR is seeking qualified candidates for a Lead Nuclear Accountability Specialist (100% Remote) opportunity for our customer in Aiken, SC to support the Savannah River Site.

Lead Nuclear Accountability Specialist
Close Date: 2/02/2025
Job #- 1498

DUTIES

Lead the Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) Programs Topical Area which includes the Site NNMC&A Plan, Material Control topics, performance testing, self-assessment and the Site NMC&A System Effectiveness Plan.

Provide oversight for Manual 14Q Procedures (i.e. reviews, revisions and approvals).
Issue Annual NMC&A System Effectiveness Report.

Designee and Issue Analysis for all NMC&A STAR records.

Use the System Effectiveness Plan to develop new LOIs each year for all 4 NMC&A self-assessment
cards.

Approve NMC&A Self-Assessment Cards

Monitor anomalies and document in the System Effectiveness Plan.

Performance Test (PT) NMC&A systems.

Create and approve PTs.

Create, coordinate, approve, and act as a controller for Enterprise Assessment (EA) combined limited
notice test performed (LNPT).
As the NMC&A Training SME, create, maintain, revise, and approve SRNS NMC&A courses and teach
SRNS and NTC classes.

Assist Manager with budget projections.

Perform Management Field Observations (MFO).

Develop NMC&A Strategies for new site missions.

Actively assist the Classification office with NMC&A Topics.

Assist Vulnerability Assessment Team (VA) with Security Risk Assessments (SRA), roll-up categorization
issues.
Act as back-up Site Shipping and Receiving Coordinator.

Subject Matter Expert and contact for the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Approve purchase requisitions.

May provide feedback and recommendations to management on work group performance for training,
discipline, promotion and demotion.

May provide relief for or represent the next immediate level of management.

Additional Duties
Lead the development and communication of functional requirements for nuclear material accounting software that performs detailed inventory analyses and automates existing manual processes at NNSA/DOE Sites.
Lead implementation of approved software at NNSA sites including supporting local site testing, recommending and providing expert opinion on local process changes and procedures and coordinating across the complex for consistent implementation.
Organizes, leads and communicates acceptance testing of nuclear material accounting software based on defined requirements
Serves as an expert on nuclear material accounting software and Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) processes at NNSA sites
Support Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration sites in their implementation of nuclear material accounting software
Provide helpdesk support for LANMAS software

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business field. Concentration in accounting is preferred and 12 years of accounting or nuclear inventory experience required or an advanced degree (MBA or MS) with 2 years’ experience. Eight years of Material Control and Accountability experience may be substituted for bachelor’s degree requirements. Comprehensive knowledge of accounting, chemistry, and physics as it applies to tracking nuclear material. General knowledge of nuclear material measurement techniques.
• Computer proficiency is needed to perform spreadsheets and analysis on complex issues.
• Understanding of DOE nuclear material accounting systems and reporting requirements.
• Requires significant experience with Nuclear Material Control and Accountability at a DOE/NNSA site
• Requires significant experience with Local Area Nuclear Material Accounting Software (LANMAS) and performing day-to-day accounting
• Requires nuclear material accounting experience and physical inventory reconciliation at a DOE/NNSA site

Nice To Haves

• CPA preferred
• QMF/SQL Training
• Preferred experience in developing requirements for software

Responsibilities

• Lead the Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) Programs Topical Area which includes the Site NNMC&A Plan, Material Control topics, performance testing, self-assessment and the Site NMC&A System Effectiveness Plan.
• Provide oversight for Manual 14Q Procedures (i.e. reviews, revisions and approvals).
• Issue Annual NMC&A System Effectiveness Report.
• Designee and Issue Analysis for all NMC&A STAR records.
• Use the System Effectiveness Plan to develop new LOIs each year for all 4 NMC&A self-assessment cards.
• Approve NMC&A Self-Assessment Cards
• Monitor anomalies and document in the System Effectiveness Plan.
• Performance Test (PT) NMC&A systems.
• Create and approve PTs.
• Create, coordinate, approve, and act as a controller for Enterprise Assessment (EA) combined limited notice test performed (LNPT).
• As the NMC&A Training SME, create, maintain, revise, and approve SRNS NMC&A courses and teach SRNS and NTC classes.
• Assist Manager with budget projections.
• Perform Management Field Observations (MFO).
• Develop NMC&A Strategies for new site missions.
• Actively assist the Classification office with NMC&A Topics.
• Assist Vulnerability Assessment Team (VA) with Security Risk Assessments (SRA), roll-up categorization issues.
• Act as back-up Site Shipping and Receiving Coordinator.
• Subject Matter Expert and contact for the International Atomic Energy Agency.
• Approve purchase requisitions.
• May provide feedback and recommendations to management on work group performance for training, discipline, promotion and demotion.
• May provide relief for or represent the next immediate level of management.
• Lead the development and communication of functional requirements for nuclear material accounting software that performs detailed inventory analyses and automates existing manual processes at NNSA/DOE Sites.
• Lead implementation of approved software at NNSA sites including supporting local site testing, recommending and providing expert opinion on local process changes and procedures and coordinating across the complex for consistent implementation.
• Organizes, leads and communicates acceptance testing of nuclear material accounting software based on defined requirements
• Serves as an expert on nuclear material accounting software and Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) processes at NNSA sites
• Support Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration sites in their implementation of nuclear material accounting software
• Provide helpdesk support for LANMAS software

Benefits

• UDR offers highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

What This Job Offers

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