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Savannah River Tritium Enterprise Operations Manager

SRNS' NNSA Operations & Programs operates the Savannah River Tritium Enterprise, the nation's only facilities for extracting, recycling, purifying and reloading tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is a key element of modern nuclear weapons. SRTE supports five tritium and gas transfer system-related missions on behalf of NNSA: tritium supply, stockpile maintenance, stockpile evaluation, helium-3 recovery and research and development (R&D).

Plan, develop, implement and administer a variety of broad or unique programmatic, technical or administrative functions in direct or indirect support of operations. Provide immediate level guidance, work direction, oversight and leadership to a functional work group(s), section or unit in an operations or operations support capacity. Monitor and assess operations-related evolutions in facility systems or equipment. Ensure the safe and optimally efficient operation of facility systems and equipment.

Perform periodic reviews and assessments to ensure facility systems are operating properly and are being maintained within required limits. Maintain a comprehensive awareness of scheduled or anticipated work evolutions or other related operations support activities that could impact facility operations on shift/area of responsibility. Demonstrate positive and adverse trends in operations and operations support performance measures. Identify causal factors and develop recommendations to mitigate adverse trends and to enhance positive trends.

Prepare and/or review facility work packages and related work control processes in support of operations, maintenance and project work evolutions associated with the daily operations of the area or facility. Interface with other groups within the facility, department and site in support of this effort. Lead ad hoc teams in resolving moderately complex technical or programmatic compliance issues, events and concerns directly or closely associated with operations areas.

Review and ensure the communication and understanding of new and revised technical and operations procedures, bulletins and required reading to operators and other relevant operations support personnel. Conduct training for operations personnel on new systems and equipment and evaluate and critique performance. Establish or assist in establishing training requirements. Function in a variety of contingency coordinator roles in support of operations.