SSO Ordnance Specialist

Consolidated Nuclear Security•Oak Ridge, TN

15h•Onsite

About The Position

As the Protective Force Ordnance/Armory Senior Specialist, you will be responsible for comprehensive management of the Explosive Ordnance (EO) Program/Armory at the Y-12 and ORNL sites. Oversee EO program and armory operations, including handling, transporting, inspecting, and storing explosive ordnance, and maintaining a diverse arsenal of DOE/NNSA weapons in strict compliance with federal laws and DOE directives. Your duties include developing evaluation criteria for new weapons, managing inventories, and ensuring operational readiness and safety of all ordinance/armory and protective force weaponry. Collaboration across security departments and with external organizations is essential, as is providing compliance information to auditors and participating in the development of security objectives and policies. You will analyze and interpret complex information from federal laws, DOE orders, technical manuals, and safety regulations to ensure compliance and readiness. The role requires you to plan and carry out work independently, resolve most conflicts, integrate and coordinate the work of others, and interpret policy in terms of established objectives. You will keep your supervisor informed about progress, controversial matters, or developing security conditions with far-reaching implications, and prepare compliance reports and readiness forecasts for review regarding feasibility, compatibility, and effectiveness.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience OR 12 or more years of relevant education, training, and/or progressive experience.
Knowledge of applicable federal laws and DOE orders/directives (DOE O 470.4B & DOE O 473.2A) related to Protective Force operations and explosive ordnance management.
Comprehensive knowledge of explosive ordnance, including functional descriptions, safety precautions, and procedures for rendering safe and disposal.
Familiarity with DOE-STD-1212-2025 (Explosives Safety) and 49 CFR, Parts 100-185.
Skill in maintaining DOE, NNSA, and Y-12 weapons, assisting in evaluation criteria for new systems, and performing maintenance in compliance with protective force procedures.
Ability to obtain and maintain factory armorer certifications, NTC/DOE certification, and a Class C commercial driver license with Hazardous Material (H) endorsement.
Knowledge of emergency procedures for incidents involving unexploded ordnance (UXO).
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.

Responsibilities

Comprehensive management of the Explosive Ordnance (EO) Program/Armory at the Y-12 and ORNL sites.
Oversee EO program and armory operations, including handling, transporting, inspecting, and storing explosive ordnance.
Maintain a diverse arsenal of DOE/NNSA weapons in strict compliance with federal laws and DOE directives.
Develop evaluation criteria for new weapons.
Manage inventories.
Ensure operational readiness and safety of all ordinance/armory and protective force weaponry.
Collaborate across security departments and with external organizations.
Provide compliance information to auditors.
Participate in the development of security objectives and policies.
Analyze and interpret complex information from federal laws, DOE orders, technical manuals, and safety regulations to ensure compliance and readiness.
Plan and carry out work independently.
Resolve most conflicts.
Integrate and coordinate the work of others.
Interpret policy in terms of established objectives.
Keep supervisor informed about progress, controversial matters, or developing security conditions with far-reaching implications.
Prepare compliance reports and readiness forecasts for review regarding feasibility, compatibility, and effectiveness.