Lead Nuclear Accountability Specialist

Pinnacle Specialty Group, Inc.•Aiken, SC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Pinnacle Specialty Group is a woman-owned and operated small business specializing in providing project and contract management for Professional, Technical, Engineering, IT and Support Services. We offer full benefits to include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 401K - Company Matched. 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. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 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. 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. Experience/Skills:

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
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
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.