Packaging Engineering Supervisor

Consolidated Nuclear Security•Oak Ridge, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

First level manager providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to Packaging and Transportation (PTE) 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. Ensures successful completion of all PTE and supporting documentation deliverables necessary to support CNS Y‐12 and DOE Enterprise mission, including oversight in the development of designs, analysis and Safety Analysis Reports for Packaging (SARP.) Develops designs, analysis, SARPs and supporting documentation to meet deliverables. Develops and supports a team to function as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on packaging, transportation, and storage of hazardous and radioactive materials. This includes design, fabrication, testing and certification of Type B nuclear material packaging. Responsible for approval and implementation of new containers on site. Provides operating areas with specific packaging professional interpretations and advice. Interfaces with DOE/NNSA/NPO Site Representative for Packaging Oversight, DOE/NNSA/Service Center (SC) Packaging and Transportation (OPT.) Provides interagency support and conducts management assessments of the packaging program.

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.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
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 PTE engineer at a DOE or NRC regulated facility
Demonstrated familiarity with the Type B packages and DOE requirements/guidelines used in packaging and transportation evaluation
Demonstrated skill in effective planning, writing, organization, communication, schedule compliance, and management of technical issues

Responsibilities

Providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to Packaging and Transportation (PTE) 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.
Ensuring successful completion of all PTE and supporting documentation deliverables necessary to support CNS Y‐12 and DOE Enterprise mission, including oversight in the development of designs, analysis and Safety Analysis Reports for Packaging (SARP.)
Developing designs, analysis, SARPs and supporting documentation to meet deliverables.
Developing and supporting a team to function as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on packaging, transportation, and storage of hazardous and radioactive materials.
Responsible for approval and implementation of new containers on site.
Providing operating areas with specific packaging professional interpretations and advice.
Interfacing with DOE/NNSA/NPO Site Representative for Packaging Oversight, DOE/NNSA/Service Center (SC) Packaging and Transportation (OPT.)
Providing interagency support and conducting management assessments of the packaging program.