Job DescriptionWe are seeking a Night Shift Operations Manager (OM) for the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation (PULSE) facility. The OM reports to the PULSE Deputy Facility Manager and is responsible for managing operations within the facility during night shift. This position supports the facility's mission of performing subcritical experiments as part of the Stockpile Stewardship Program.
Nuclear Facility Worker - This position is subject to the requirements of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2. Education and experience requirements will be screened.Key Responsibilities- Managing Shift Operations Managers, Operations Superintendent(s), and Nuclear Facility Operations Specialists designated to support the OM for operator rounds, facility monitoring and control, and operations personnel (craft or other) during night shift.
- Interfacing with the facility Work Management Center and Work Control Coordinator.
- Maintaining overall responsibility for coordinating and deconflicting facility operations, maintenance, and construction activities within the facility and for those activities external to the facility that may impact the facility. The OM deconflicts and coordinates with experiment, maintenance, and construction activities that are on-going at or impact PULSE.
- Providing oversight and direction for safe operations and implementation of conduct of operations processes within the facility.
- Overseeing the facility operations status, including reporting concerns to the Facility Manager and Deputy Facility Manager, and maintaining the facility operations logbook in conjunction with direct reports.
- Working with facility maintenance personnel to ensure facility structures, systems, and components (SSC) are maintained as required and outages are coordinated and communicated properly.
- Ensuring that facility SSC are in a condition to support the operations for which they are intended.
- Ensuring compliance with operational limits (i.e., Technical Safety Requirements, Limited Condition for Operation) established with the approved Safety Basis.
- Ensuring the facility is ready to support nuclear and subcritical experiment operations.
- Help meet configuration management and compliance requirements.
- Acting as an Alternate Facility Manager.
- Acting as a Local Emergency Director.
- Act as the Control Account Manager for the facility operations budget and ensuring operations personnel work within the operations budget.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 11 years of related and progressively responsible experience.
- Four years of nuclear experience is required per DOE O 426.2.
- Must have a working knowledge of DOE Orders: DOE O 412.1A, DOE O 425.1D, DOE O 433.1B, DOE O 426.2, DOE O 422.1, DOE O 420.1C, PD-P200.002, "NNSS Underground Facility Safety and Health Program Description," and 10 CFR 851, "Worker Safety & Health Program."
- Ability to work in an underground environment (tunnel/mining).
- Demonstrated leadership qualities with emphasis on safety, continuous improvement, and team building.
- Experience leading teams, performing workload distribution, and execution of the work.
- Skilled in working and communicating effectively with managers of other project functional groups, primarily Engineering, Construction, Maintenance, and Project Management, and with diverse customers.
- Proficient in oral and written communication.
- Skill and ability to understand complex data, terminology, procedures, laws and regulations.
- Ability to create and maintain the highest levels of confidentiality when dealing with proprietary information and sensitive situations.
- Computer skills and knowledge of software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, etc.).
- Ability to work outside in cold temperatures during the winter and extreme heat in the summer.
- The work location is in the forward area of the NNSS, approximately 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
- This position is for night shift.
- Schedule is (4) 10-hour shifts, Monday-Thursday from 1530 to 0200 (subject to change).
- Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
- Must have a valid driver's License.
Annual salary range for this position is:
$126,984.00 - $203,174.40.Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.
