Emergency Management Lead

Aalo Atomics

$95K — $115K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in emergency management or high-hazard response roles.
  • 2+ years leading an emergency preparedness program in high-risk environments.
  • Knowledge of emergency planning and hazard assessments relevant to nuclear operations.
  • Experience with inter-agency coordination during emergencies and drills.
  • Preferred understanding of radiological and industrial hazards, along with continuity-of-operations challenges.
  • Proven ability to make quick, informed decisions under pressure and communicate effectively.
  • Relevant certifications in emergency management or incident command are preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain the emergency management program compliant with DOE standards.
  • Define emergency response protocols including command, control, and accountability frameworks.
  • Establish formal response communication interfaces with various off-site organizations and emergency services.
  • Recruit and train a qualified Emergency Response Organization for operational readiness.
  • Plan and execute emergency drills covering a range of scenarios and document outcomes.
  • Maintain emergency facilities and equipment to ensure they're operational and ready at all times.
  • Integrate emergency preparedness into facility design and operational planning processes.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Corporate Gym Membership
Full Job Description
About the role

The Emergency Management Lead establishes and maintains Aalo's emergency management program for CTR, Aalo-0, Aalo-X, and associated Idaho Falls activities. The Lead ensures credible events are identified, response plans and procedures are executable, personnel are trained and drilled, facilities and equipment are ready, and interfaces with Idaho National Laboratory and MFC response organizations are clearly defined. This role reports to the ES&H Director and has direct access to the Plant Operations Director and facility authority for urgent readiness or response concerns.

What you'll do
  • Develop, implement, and maintain the emergency management program, emergency plan, implementing procedures, hazards assessments, emergency action levels, and response organization for Idaho Falls activities. Programs must meet DOE requirements.
  • Define command, control, notifications, classifications, protective actions, accountability, medical response, radiological response, fire response, security interfaces, recovery, and reentry responsibilities.
  • Establish formal response and communication interfaces with MFC, Idaho National Laboratory, DOE, local emergency services, hospitals, law enforcement, and other off-site organizations as applicable.
  • Internally recruit, train, qualify, drill, and maintain an Emergency Response Organization with sufficient depth for shifts, absences, construction, testing, startup, and sustained operations.
  • Plan and conduct drills and exercises that test realistic radiological, sodium, fire, industrial, medical, security, natural-phenomena, and loss-of-infrastructure events; document performance and corrective actions.
  • Maintain emergency facilities, communications, alarms, accountability systems, protective equipment, supplies, maps, callout rosters, and response equipment in a ready and tested condition.
  • Integrate emergency preparedness requirements into facility design, modifications, work planning, operating procedures, training, commissioning, and readiness reviews.
  • Establish drill and response performance indicators, conduct self-assessments and management observations, and ensure deficiencies are entered into the corrective action program and effectively closed.
  • Provide technical and programmatic support during actual emergencies, including classification, notifications, protective-action recommendations, consequence assessment, public information coordination, and recovery planning.
  • Stop or delay operations or testing when emergency response capability, required staffing, equipment, communications, or external support arrangements are not adequate for the planned activity.
Qualifications
  • Five or more years of progressively responsible emergency management, nuclear operations, radiological protection, fire protection, security, or high-hazard emergency response experience.
  • Two or more years leading an emergency preparedness program or significant portion of an Emergency Response Organization at a commercial nuclear power plant, DOE nuclear facility, national laboratory, or comparable high-hazard site.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of emergency planning hazards assessments, classifications, action levels, notifications, protective actions, drills and exercises, consequence assessment, recovery, and program assessment.
  • Experience coordinating with DOE, national laboratories, state and local agencies, fire and medical services, law enforcement, and off-site response organizations.
  • Working knowledge of radiological events, sodium hazards, industrial accidents, fires, natural phenomena, security events, and continuity-of-operations challenges preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead under pressure, make conservative decisions with incomplete information, and communicate clearly with responders, leadership, regulators, and outside agencies.
  • Relevant professional certification or qualification, such as Certified Emergency Manager, emergency director, radiological emergency coordinator, or incident command qualification, preferred.
  • Bachelor's degree in emergency management, health physics, engineering, physical science, public safety, or a related field preferred; substantial directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
    Requirements:
  • Based in the United States
  • Willing to work on-site in Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • Available for emergency callout, drills, critical tests, nights, weekends, and rotating on-call coverage
  • Able to obtain and maintain required site access, response qualifications, medical/fitness status, and information-access authorization

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary
  • Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Corporate Gym Membership

Additional Information:

Direct applicants only. No recruiters or staffing agencies, please.

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