Manager, Shift Operations Salt Waste Processing Facility; SWPF

Overview

Savannah River Mission Completion, LLC (SRMC) is seeking a Manager, Shift Operations Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) to be based in our Aiken, SC location on the Savannah River Site.

This Manager, Shift Operations SWPF
, is the senior leader responsible for managing safe and efficient facility operations on an assigned shift. Directs all aspects of SWPF operations while on duty by providing work direction and making decisions affecting the accomplishment of work objectives and activities while promoting and ensuring the safety of employees. Position has matrix responsibility for Maintenance, E&I, Work Control, Laboratory, Construction, QA, IH, Technical and HP personnel.

Acts as back-up to plant management during backshifts, weekends, and holidays during absences. Independently makes decisions regarding emergency actions and routine occurrences.

• Responsible for encouraging and providing nuclear safety culture education where all workers understand and are comfortable in raising safety concerns, issues or time outs
• Manages operations personnel on a given shift to ensure work is performed efficiently and in accordance with policies and procedures
• Ensures facility is operated in accordance with all requirements, including, but not limited to, operational safety, process, environment and plant operating procedures. Ensures minimum staffing requirements. Invokes authority and obligation to shut down plant operations or direct any action to ensure the plant meets requirements and is safe to operate
• Sets standards for the operation of the facility and enforces conduct of operations standards
• Responsible for enforcing company and site safety, security, quality assurance and personnel policies. Ensures shift crews review changes to procedures and policies
• Develops plans and path forward actions to address emergent shift needs as a result of failed equipment or changing conditions
• Ensures surveillance requirements are scheduled, completed and tracked
• Authorizes work and plant configuration changes (i.e., the removal or return to service of equipment and systems for maintenance, testing, or operational activities, and operational activities that require abnormal lineups)
• Authorizes the installation of equipment lockouts. This authority may not be delegated. Ensures qualified operations personnel install lockouts for maintenance work
• Tours the plant at least once per shift, troubleshooting and setting operator expectations, checking on evolutions and inspecting plant conditions
• Performs administrative functions including the training, development and performance assessment of personnel
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline with experience in a relevant engineering, operations and/or maintenance function; or
• Associates of Science or Associates of Applied Science degree or non-technical Bachelor’s degree with relevant experience in engineering, operations or maintenance function; or
• High School Diploma or GED with relevant experience in engineering, operations or maintenance function
• Experience working in a nuclear facility or nuclear site

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Deviations to Education and Experience Requirements must follow requirements of DOE Order 426.2.
• Facility qualification process including extensive classroom, formal on-the-job training, and oral board examination conducted by facility management must be completed within one year of assignment to the position

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science
• Previous supervisory experience

Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC), a prime contractor for the US Department of Energy, is responsible for managing the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site’s Liquid Waste operations contract. Located in Aiken, South Carolina, SRMC is a limited liability company formed by nuclear operations and environmental remediation global leaders BWXT, Amentum, and Fluor. The SRMC Team is responsible for the closure of waste tanks, the operation of the Savannah River Site’s Defense Waste Processing Facility, tank farm operations and associated production and disposal…