Some Typical Duties & Responsibilities Include:

The Operations Technical Advisor position within the Pit Production Operations group offers an exciting opportunity for a skilled professional to provide pivotal leadership and technical expertise in support of operational excellence. The incumbent will play a central role in ensuring safe, efficient, and effective facility operations through oversight, guidance, and programmatic control.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Plans, develops, implements, and administers a variety of broad or specialized programmatic, technical, and administrative functions to directly or indirectly support operations.
• Provides mid-level guidance, work direction, oversight, and leadership to functional work groups, sections, or units within an operations or operations support capacity.
• Executes a wide range of complex, advanced, and diverse tasks in support of assigned operational areas, departments, sections, or units.
• Receives assignments as objectives and establishes actionable goals to achieve those objectives efficiently.
• Exercises centralized control over programs or processes that are critical to operational success.
• Interprets and communicates programmatic, technical, or process changes to operations personnel to ensure seamless transitions and understanding.
• Monitors and assesses operational developments in facility systems or equipment, ensuring safe and optimally efficient performance.
• Conducts periodic reviews and assessments to verify that facility systems are functioning correctly and maintained within required parameters.
• Maintains comprehensive awareness of scheduled or anticipated work activities that could impact facility operations within the area or shift of responsibility.
• Analyzes operational and support performance measures to identify trends, determine root causes, and develop recommendations to mitigate adverse trends and enhance positive outcomes.
• Prepares and reviews facility work packages and related work control processes to support ongoing operations.
• Facilitates the communication and understanding of new or revised technical and operational procedures, bulletins, and required reading among operators and support personnel.
• Conducts training sessions for operations personnel on new systems and equipment, and evaluates performance to ensure competency.
• Serves in various contingency coordinator roles to support operational readiness and response.

Required Qualifications
• Associate's degree in relevant field plus completion of applicable certification or on-the-job training plus at least five years of experience (YOE) in an applicable role,
OR Bachelor's degree in relevant field plus at least three years of experience (YOE) in a relevant role,
OR Master's degree in relevant field plus at least two years of experience (YOE), OR Doctoral degree in relevant field.
• Equivalencies to experience and education requirements will be considered.

We'd Also Like to See
• Demonstrated experience within complex industrial or nuclear environments.
• Detailed expertise in facility operations, with a proven ability to ensure compliance and operational excellence.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the assigned functional area, including specific familiarity with the supported facility, area, or location as applicable.
• In-depth understanding of relevant policies, practices, procedures, Department of Energy (DOE) orders, and regulatory requirements governing the supported function or facility.
• Strong experience in coordinating multi-organizational initiatives within a complex industrial setting.
• Engineering and/or Operations background is highly desirable.

What We Offer

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) Benefits team is constantly assessing trends in the benefits area to provide the best possible services to our workforce. We ensure high quality outcomes of each service provider by consistent monitoring and oversight for positive results. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce. Your SRNS Health & Welfare benefits provide peace of mind and financial protection for you and your family. Some of the Benefits offered to full service employees include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options
- Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
- Employer paid life insurance with buy up options
- Employer paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
- 401(k) with Employer Match
- Various wellness programs
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Discounts and other supplemental benefits
SRNS employees are critical to the success of SRNS, all while making the world a safer place. The work that we do every day makes a difference.

Discipline Description

Operations support personnel provide general direction, guidance, data analysis or administrative support to ensure the implementation and maintenance of operations and programmatic functions. These functions will typically be in direct or indirect support of a specific facility (or facilities), location or functional area. They perform routine facility or area walkdowns, procedures reviews, inspections, or evaluations to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the facility. They conduct inspections and provide direction on resolution of issues identified. They perform various administrative or program functions in conjunction with or in support of operational program compliance, cost and budget, planning and scheduling, training, projects or special projects or related areas. Operations support personnel lead ad hoc teams in resolving moderately complex technical or programmatic compliance issues, events and concerns directly or closely associated with operations areas. They prepare and review technical work documents. They coordinate the functions of construction, operations, work control, maintenance, projects and other facility support personnel in facility operations and maintenance activities. They conduct and track training for operations personnel on systems and equipment and evaluate and critique performance. They support operations activities directly as needed by maintaining ancillary plant qualifications. They fulfill various operations support functions necessary to meet regulatory, industrial safety, and operational requirements.

Career Band Description

• Roles in this band contribute to the business processes to achieve results by providing support of a technical nature to others who use the resulting information, materials, and/or analysis.
• Performs technical work, often in support of professional roles
• Typically requires vocational training or the equivalent experience
• Performs duties according to established procedures

Career Level Description

Requires full proficiency gained through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience to perform a range of tasks; identifies key issues and patterns from conflicting data; completes work with limited degree of supervision, and may act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience.

Job Family Description

Operations personnel have overall responsibility for the execution of nuclear non-proliferation, defense programs, and environmental remediation mission activities, as well as the management and coordination of multi-functional areas. This includes Radiological, Maintenance, Engineering, Nuclear Criticality, Quality Assurance, Nuclear Material Control & Accountability, and Weapons Production activities. Operations personnel oversee the safe and efficient functioning of plant systems, equipment, and machinery in a nuclear setting. They monitor operational parameters, conduct routine inspections, and ensure adherence to safety protocols and regulatory requirements. They may respond to alarms, troubleshoot various issues, and implement corrective actions as needed to maintain operational stability.

Note for Salary

This is the range within which SRNS expects the majority of qualified candidates would enter this role if offered. Actual offers may be more or less than the amounts shown depending on candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and other factors.