Safeguards Manager

Idaho National Laboratory • Idaho Falls, ID

20h • $107,844 - $274,980 • Onsite

About The Position

The Safeguards Senior Manager leads a multidisciplinary team supporting nuclear material control and accountability, safeguards oversight, and analytical activities. This position directs resources and establishes criteria for special nuclear material (SNM) receipts, shipments, transfers, inventories, and related activities across INL facilities, while ensuring implementation of DOE requirements, effective cross-functional coordination, and sound technical decision-making.

This role works a 4x10 schedule (every Friday off) and is based primarily at INL's Materials and Fuels Complex facility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant experience or 14 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience is required, including: organizational change, proactive leadership, change management, team development, management of managers, etc.
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" Clearance, which requires US citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Manage the operations staff to ensure applicable DOE requirements are correctly interpreted and implemented at INL
• Negotiate with DOE complex-wide entities to establish criteria for SNM receipts and shipments
• Direct integration and oversight of all nuclear material activities and assign resources across INL facilities, including CWI facilities
• Assist in implementing DOE's protection strategy for INL's nuclear material inventory
• Support programmatic results for nuclear operations, research, and material disposition
• Direct multiple groups within Safeguards to ensure duties, development opportunities, goal assignments, performance appraisals, and resource needs are well managed
• Participate in leading staff meetings to build unity and enhance communication across the organization
• Initiate correspondence with facility and program management to ensure Safeguards requirements are met and to communicate pending changes to DOE or Laboratory requirements
• Manage personnel resources by hiring, training, and retaining staff, and by developing and implementing a succession plan
• Manage deliverables through resource allocation; advise personnel on the application and interpretation of MC&A requirements; ensure staff performs within DOE Orders and NRC regulatory criteria

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with a 4.2% employer contribution and up to 4.8% match (regular positions) or self-contribute access (postdoctoral positions)
• Paid time off (personal leave)
• Employee Education Program (tuition assistance for eligible positions)
• Comprehensive Relocation Package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager