Lead Nuclear Accountability Specialist

OUTSOURCE Consulting Services, Inc.•Aiken, SC

4d•Remote

About The Position

Seeking a Lead Nuclear Accountability Specialist to remotely support our federal government client in Aiken, SC. Application Deadline: Monday, 2/02/26 at 12:00 noon EST. The Contractor will 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. Work Hours: A 40 hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including 5/8s (8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10’s (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80’s (9 hours/day, five days on week AA and four days on week BB. Work week excludes the client holidays. Each workday has 30-minute lunch. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the discretion of the Manager. The anticipated work schedule is Mon-Thurs, 6:30 am to 5:15 pm. Area Security Access: Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance. An active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties. After award, the selected candidate will be notified when to apply for a clearance based on specific work assignments. Travel: Travel may be required up to one week a month. The following situations would require travel. Travel to to the site for badging, meet and work with core team and management Travel to other DOE Sites or to other locations to meet with NNSA or DOE to support software requirements, development or testing of nuclear material accounting software Qualifications: Required 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 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 Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" security clearance Education 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. Preferred CPA preferred QMF/SQL Training Experience in developing requirements for software NOTE: US Citizenship is required to perform this government contract. Additional Information: OUTSOURCE Consulting Services, Inc. (OCSI.co) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA. OCSI.co participates in E-Verify. Learn more about applicant rights under Federal Employment Laws. OCSI.co provides great benefits to our federal contractors: Holidays, PTO, Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Short/Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), 401(k) Savings Plan, and Direct Deposit. To learn more about OCSI.co, please visit our corporate website at www.ocsi.co. Thank you for your interest in our jobs. We look forward to seeing your resume! Note: We are unable to sponsor H1B Visa’s and/or subcontract to Third Party Vendors.

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
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
Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" security clearance
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.
US Citizenship is required to perform this government contract.

Nice To Haves

CPA preferred
QMF/SQL Training
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.