Radiological Security Project Manager

Hunatek•Washington, DC

18d•Onsite

About The Position

HunaTek is seeking a full-time, on-site Washington, DC-based project manager to support the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Global Material Security, Radiological Security (ORS). This position supports the management, oversight, and implementation of analytical and radiological security projects. ORS works in the United States and across the globe to protect radioactive sources used for medical, research, and commercial purposes; remove and dispose of radioactive sources no longer in use; and reduce the global reliance on high-activity radioactive sources through the promotion of viable alternative technologies. ORS partners with a broad range of stakeholders including representatives from industry; foreign governments; state and local governments and first responders; international organizations; non-governmental organizations; and industry associations to achieve its work. ORS conducts a broad range of outreach and engagement activities with these stakeholders to promote awareness of its offerings and build support for its mission and strategies. This position supports the technical and analytical backbone for ORS strategic planning and operational prioritization. This risk analysis and decision support role provides integrated technical analysis, threat assessments, and decision support that provides a greater understanding of the relative risk certain radionuclides pose to national security enabling ORS leadership to make timely, defensible, risk-informed decisions that measurably reduce the risk posed by these radionuclides. The project manager will support ORS federal staff with the management, coordination, and execution of analytical workstreams, rapid decision support tasks, and the annual project selection cycle. The project manager should have a background and experience in nuclear engineering, international affairs, national security, or a related field.

Requirements

a Master’s Degree in nuclear engineering, international affairs, national security, or a related field;
an active DOE Q or the ability to acquire a Q clearance;
at least five (5) years of full-time professional experience supporting analytical, national security, radiological security, or similar programmatic work, including managing complex projects or portfolios;
ability to report to customer site five (5) days a week;
ability to coordinate technical and analytical activities across national laboratories, interagency partners, and international organizations.
the ability to work well both independently and as part of a team;
excellent organizational, event, and task management skills;
the ability to synthesize information and write concise summaries and reports;
outstanding oral communication and presentation development skills;
willingness to take initiative, accept ownership of job responsibilities, and make appropriate decisions;
the ability to work well under pressure, prioritize, and respond effectively to short deadlines;
experience in supporting and interfacing with customers;
experience evaluating complex projects and organizing project documents;
the ability to operate efficiently in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams, and database systems;
ability to quickly learn the customer's business operations and maintain a current understanding of ongoing and planned changes or impacts to the business.
demonstrated capability to manage complex analytical portfolios and translate analysis into leadership-relevant decision support.

Responsibilities

Support the development and maintenance of project work plans; portfolio and analytical engagement strategies; and maintain awareness of project milestones, funding requirements, and challenges to implementation.
Lead the planning, coordination, and tracking of the analytical portfolio, ensuring alignment with ORS mission priorities and the Eliminate and Prevent strategic pillars.
Support the development of programmatic policy and technical analysis on radiological security issues and analytical questions that inform ORS decision-making.
Manage the annual project planning cycle, including development of focus areas, proposal review, and final selection.
Attend regular and ad hoc coordination meetings to provide input on project status, analytical progress, performance tracking, and policy or technical issues.
Coordinate rapid-turn analytical support in response to emerging leadership questions, operational challenges, evolving threat information, or urgent program needs.
Develop and deliver briefings, reports, and summaries on radiological security and analytical topics associated with ORS programmatic efforts.
Attend internal, NNSA, and interagency meetings on radiological security and analytical priorities.
Support and interact with ORS program staff, DOE national laboratories, other federal agencies, and different offices within DOE to participate in project-specific calls, analytical discussions, and interagency meetings.
Support oversight of national laboratory partners conducting analytical work, ensuring deliverables are timely, relevant, and aligned with ORS leadership decision needs.
Ensure portfolio outputs are communicated effectively to ORS leadership, program teams, interagency partners, and international collaborators.