Strategic Technical Advisor

Location: Amarillo, TX
- Pantex Plant

Job Title: Strategic Technical Advisor

Career Level From: Specialist

Career Level To: Specialist

Organization: Weapon Operations
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Job Specialty: Production Projects

• Evaluates future needs of facilities and processes for operations.
• Compiles and presents information on estimated cost to upgrade/build facilities.
• Pursues funding sources for upgrades and buildings to improve process operations.
• Identifies issues and tracks tasks to correct the issues for upgrading/building facilities.
• Leads team meetings and prepares status reports for assigned area of responsibility.
• Maintains and tracks specifi ed production metrics related to facilities and processes for operations.
• Evaluates special projects and initiatives before accepting scope for the Division to ensure there will not be anyimpacts to the Operations schedule and ensures appropriate funding is available.
• Attends meetings and speaks on behalf of the assigned organization.
• Supports initiatives/meetings with management around the plant.
• Manages Operations Integrated Schedule to ensure work activities can be performed as scheduled.
• Oversees compliance and status tracking of startup, restart, relocation, and staging acitivities in a manufacturing environment.
• Oversee planning of maintenance and outage impacts to operations.

• Bachelor's Degree with:
  Minimum 4 years of relevant experience. (Typical experience ranging from 7 to 10 years.)
• OR Master's Degree with:
  Minimum 3 years of relevant experience. (Typical experience ranging from 7 to 10 years.)
• OR PhD.
• NOTE:
  
  Applicants without a Bachelor's Degree may be considered based on a combination of at least 12 or more years of completed education and/or relevant experience.

• Not Applicable

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 709. Medical requirements may apply.

Pantex is a drug‑free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre‑placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants.

All employees are subject to random selection for drug testing without advance notification.

Pantex is an equal opportunity employer, and does not tolerate discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. Such terms and conditions of employment include, but are not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

Pantex takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans; including disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active‑duty wartime, or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.