Waste and Transportation Oversight Sr. Specialist
Job in
Lemont, DuPage County, Illinois, 60439, USA
Listed on 2026-04-21
Listing for:
Argonne National Laboratory
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-04-21
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Environmental Compliance, Environmental Engineer, Waste Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Argonne National Laboratory seeks a Waste and Transportation Sr. Specialist to provide senior-level, independent technical leadership, governance, and assurance for the Laboratory's Waste Management Program (WMP) and associated on-site and off-site waste transportation activities.
Operating from the Worker Safety and Environment Division within the ESH Directorate, this position leads oversight regulatory compliance, and performance of the full lifecycle of hazardous, radioactive, mixed, Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), and Transuranic (TRU) wastes-from planning, generation, processing, storage, characterization, packaging, on-site transportation, and final disposition. The Sr. Specialist reviews regulations, waste acceptance criteria, procedures and directives to develop clear oversight priorities, while serving as a mentor.
This position works in concert with the ESH, Radiological Operations, Facilities, the Transportation Safety Program Manager, Nuclear, Waste, Site Services (NWS) Division and external stakeholders (e.g., Department of Energy-Argonne Site Office (DOE-ASO), Illinois Environmental Protection Act (IEPA/EPA), Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Carlsbad Field Office (WIPP-CBFO), and commercial treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) to strengthen technical rigor, identify program weaknesses and collaboratively develop improvements that drive continuous improvement, and ensure safe, compliant, and efficient, full service waste operations.
Key Responsibilities
Program Governance and Technical Leadership
* Lead independent oversight of the Waste Management Program and related transfer and transportation activities to ensure compliance with DOE Orders, federal and state regulations, contractual requirements, and Laboratory policies.
* Set technical expectations and priorities for waste, transfer and transportation oversight, coordinate oversight scopes and schedules.
* Lead periodic reviews of waste and transportation program documents ensuring required review cadences and provide recommended changes for compliance with changes to regulations and DOE requirements.
Independent Assurance
* Lead the planning and execution of independent assessments, surveillances, and readiness reviews of:
* Waste characterization, accepted knowledge/process knowledge (AK/PK), sampling and analysis, data quality and validation.
* Waste processing, treatment, and packaging.
* Waste storage, inventory control, and data integrity in waste management systems.
* Waste shipping compliance, carrier qualification, and transportation operations.
* Ensure issues are properly documented, coordinate, perform, assess causal analyses, and verify effectiveness and completion of corrective actions to closure in institutional corrective action programs, including effectiveness reviews.
* Champion application of Nuclear Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility applications (NQA‑1) and DOE O 414.1D quality assurance principles, as applicable, in oversight activities; mentor other staff in Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) rigor and assessment techniques.
Facility and Transportation Compliance
* Provide lead oversight of waste-related activities in nuclear and radiological facilities for compliance with safety basis requirements (e.g., Documented Safety Analysis (DSA), Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs), Specific Administrative Controls (SACs), Limiting Condition for Operation (LCOs)) and movement controls.
* Perform oversight activities to ensure compliance to DOE transportation requirements (e.g., DOE O 460.1D/460.2A, transportation safety documents and TSRs) for on-site transfers and off-site shipments.
* Lead technical oversight of compliance with DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) regulations (49 CFR) related to hazardous materials classification, packaging, marking, labeling, placarding, shipping papers, emergency response information, and hazmat security planning.
* Oversee and guide reviews of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)/TSCA shipping requirements (manifests, e‑Manifest, Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR)…
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