Transportation Logistics Manager

Department of Energy Headquarters • Carlsbad, NM

12h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is part of the Office of Environmental Management - Carlsbad Field Office, Department of Energy. As a Transportation Logistics Manager, you will be managing the National Transuranic (TRU) waste transportation services across the nation and to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Duties As an Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Physical Scientist (Transportation Logistics Manager), you will: Oversee the planning, design, and safe execution of scientific and engineering projects supporting the National Transuranic (TRU) waste program, including packaging (Type A and Type B) and shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Analyze technical data, emerging technologies, and operational challenges to resolve engineering uncertainties, mitigate risks, and establish improved operational criteria and standards. Participate as a technical specialist on the Incident/Accident Response Team to respond to radioactive release risks, assess shipping package integrity, and coordinate recovery operations. Monitor and enforce strict adherence to Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, state, and tribal requirements governing hazardous and radioactive materials transport. Serve as an authoritative technical advisor on national task forces, interagency working groups, and public forums to defend DOE policies and negotiate agreements with federal, state, tribal, and industry entities holding conflicting viewpoints. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), preparing statements of work, establishing budgets, and negotiating multi-million-dollar contractual and cost-sharing terms with commercial carrier services.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
• If selected, your appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• Occasional travel required.
• This position is not included in a Bargaining Agreement.
• You will be required to complete an OF-306, "Declaration for Federal Employment" form to (a) determine your suitability for Federal employment.
• At the GS-14 level, you're required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, at the GS-14 level, OGE-450, Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually.
• Must be able to acquire and maintain FAC-COR 2 within 2 years of accepting position.
• Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
• OR Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
• Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
• Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
• Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
• BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR 1301 SERIES A. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.
• OR B. Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
• Coordinating the transportation logistics of hazardous, radioactive, or dangerous materials across highway, rail, or multimodal networks in accordance with applicable federal, state, or commercial transport regulations.
• Evaluating hazardous or radioactive containment systems and packaging for structural integrity, safety standard compliance, or incident/emergency response readiness.
• Monitoring contractor or commercial carrier performance, developing technical statements of work (SOWs) or specifications, and tracking project milestones, schedules, or resource allocations.
• Analyzing data to resolve transportation/system anomalies, mitigate operational risks, or improve safety and process efficiencies.
• Directing or overseeing the operational logistics, scheduling, carrier allocation, and dispatching of hazardous, radioactive, or dangerous materials shipments across inter-facility, regional, or nationwide transport networks.
• Interpreting and enforcing multi-jurisdictional transportation regulations and assessing certified containment systems.
• Serving as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), technical monitor, or commercial contract lead by preparing statements of work (SOWs), evaluating technical proposals, monitoring operational performance, and recommending contractual adjustments.
• Conducting scientific or engineering analyses to resolve technical uncertainties, address transportation or packaging anomalies, and participate as a technical specialist in accident or incident emergency response involving hazardous or radioactive material containment.

Nice To Haves

• Must be able to acquire and maintain FAC-COR 2 within 2 years of accepting position.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the planning, design, and safe execution of scientific and engineering projects supporting the National Transuranic (TRU) waste program, including packaging (Type A and Type B) and shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
• Analyze technical data, emerging technologies, and operational challenges to resolve engineering uncertainties, mitigate risks, and establish improved operational criteria and standards.
• Participate as a technical specialist on the Incident/Accident Response Team to respond to radioactive release risks, assess shipping package integrity, and coordinate recovery operations.
• Monitor and enforce strict adherence to Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, state, and tribal requirements governing hazardous and radioactive materials transport.
• Serve as an authoritative technical advisor on national task forces, interagency working groups, and public forums to defend DOE policies and negotiate agreements with federal, state, tribal, and industry entities holding conflicting viewpoints.
• Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), preparing statements of work, establishing budgets, and negotiating multi-million-dollar contractual and cost-sharing terms with commercial carrier services.

Benefits

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• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
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What This Job Offers

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