ENG- Nuclear Criticality Safety Line Supervisor

CNS•Oak Ridge, TN

13d•Onsite

About The Position

First level manager providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS) engineers, technical support personnel, and potentially subcontract employees. Responsible for maintaining safe working conditions and safety awareness, establishing goals, expectations, and priorities and integrating work within the supervised organization. Monitors department workload to ensure staff is cognizant of cost, schedule, and technical commitments. Advises management of staffing needs necessary to address both forecast and emerging workload. Develops, reviews, and/or approves budgets, proposals, cost estimates, schedules, and related documents required to meet customer needs. Frequent contact with external and internal customers is required. Performs Criticality Safety Analysis of equipment, processes, and procedures prescribing correct methods, control requirements, and limitations. Performs or participates in surveillance, inspections, walkthroughs, appraisals, or audits of fissile material operations to ensure compliance with Nuclear Criticality Safety Approvals, Nuclear Safety rules, including Safety Analysis Reports, Safety Assessments, Safety Reviews, and risk assessments/analyses. Provides operating areas with specific NCS professional interpretations and advice. Provides training to employees in basic criticality safety. Validates, maintains, and operates nuclear computer codes and nuclear cross-sections.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from an EAC/ABET accredited program in the United States or designated equivalents from Canada or Mexico, the Washington Accord, or the list of substantially equivalent as documented by ABET.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
Must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., Baccalaureate in engineering or related scientific major, 2 years job-related, and 1-year nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status.
The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP).
If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709.
Medical requirements may apply.
Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation.
As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter.
U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants.
All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.

Nice To Haves

Prior qualification as an NCS engineer at a DOE or NRC regulated facility
Experience in MCNP and/or KENO
Demonstrated familiarity with the applicable national consensus codes, standards, and DOE requirements/guidelines used in NCS evaluation
Demonstrated skill in effective planning, writing, organization, communication, schedule compliance, and management of technical issues

Responsibilities

Providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS) engineers, technical support personnel, and potentially subcontract employees.
Maintaining safe working conditions and safety awareness.
Establishing goals, expectations, and priorities and integrating work within the supervised organization.
Monitoring department workload to ensure staff is cognizant of cost, schedule, and technical commitments.
Advising management of staffing needs necessary to address both forecast and emerging workload.
Developing, reviewing, and/or approving budgets, proposals, cost estimates, schedules, and related documents required to meet customer needs.
Performing Criticality Safety Analysis of equipment, processes, and procedures prescribing correct methods, control requirements, and limitations.
Performing or participating in surveillance, inspections, walkthroughs, appraisals, or audits of fissile material operations to ensure compliance with Nuclear Criticality Safety Approvals, Nuclear Safety rules, including Safety Analysis Reports, Safety Assessments, Safety Reviews, and risk assessments/analyses.
Providing operating areas with specific NCS professional interpretations and advice.
Providing training to employees in basic criticality safety.
Validating, maintaining, and operating nuclear computer codes and nuclear cross-sections.