Deployed CAS Practitioner (Contractor Assurance Analyst

Be part of the nation’s only repository for the disposal of nuclear waste known as Transuranic (TRU) waste. Salado Isolation Mining Contractors, LLC (SIMCO), managing and operating contractor of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is currently seeking a qualified individual to serve as a Deployed CAS Practitioner (Contractor Assurance Analyst) and join our team located in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

As a Deployed CAS Practitioner, the successful candidate will fill a key role in the Contractor Assurance Department, a dynamic and agile team of approximately 20 professionals who enable success of the WIPP mission by assisting line organizations in preventing, detecting, and correcting undesirable outcomes in work execution through application of forward leaning programs that define the Contractor Assurance System (CAS).

The CAS is a collection of programs mandated by our customer through DOE P 226.2, Policy for Federal Oversight and Contractor Assurance Systems that includes processes for:

• Issues management – identifying, evaluating, and resolving undesirable outcomes and opportunities for improvement
• Event investigation – initial evaluation of undesirable events to collect relevant information, identify the event trigger, ensure safety of personnel, and identify actions necessary to resume work
• Causal analysis – application of specialized tools and techniques to determine underlying factors that led to an undesirable condition
• Observations – real-time evaluation of work activities to ensure expectations are being met and provide feedback to workers
• Assessments – formal review of programs, systems, and processes to ensure compliance and effectiveness in implementation
• Performance measures – monitoring, analyzing, and responding to performance data
• Requirements management – ensuring contractual requirements are properly implemented
• Lessons learned – capturing, sharing, and learning from internal and external operating experience
• Trending – analyzing data to recognize patterns of performance to identify degrading performance before it becomes a bigger problem

• Facilitate issues management corrective action planning, implementation, and closure
• Lead and participate in event investigations
• Lead and participate in causal analyses
• Facilitate Observation performance and Focus Area identification
• Facilitate assessment schedule development, maintenance, and implementation, and plan, lead, and participate on assessments
• Facilitate development and maintenance of performance indicators, including data analysis
• Coordinate requirements impact assessments and trace development, review, and maintenance
• Coordinate generation and use of lessons learned
• Identify cognitive trends of issues and assist in trend analysis
  
  Provide coaching/mentoring to line organization staff regarding implementation of CAS processes, procedures, and tools

These requirements must be met to be considered for this posting. Uploaded resumes and completed applications are the means of determination. Applicants are encouraged to provide a cover letter that addresses each of the minimum requirements and as many of the desired skills as applicable to their expertise.

• Bachelor’s degree, or
• Associate’s degree with four (4) years of relevant experience, or
• High School Diploma or Equivalency with eight (8) years of relavant experience is required.
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communications skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency with standard business software (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat).
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must be authorized to work and remain in the United States without SIMCO visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy badge for access to the WIPP Site (even if teleworking, must still be able to comply with security requirements to obtain a badge).

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