Operations Center Operator; Operator
Listed on 2026-09-18
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Business
Operations Management
What You Will Do
This position is open for external candidates only to apply
You will report to a TA-55 Shift Operations Supervisor. Operations Center Operators (OCOs) provide continuous operational coordination and facility-status oversight for TA-55 and serve as a primary interface among Facility Operations, tenant organizations, Maintenance, Engineering, safety organizations, support services subcontractors, and the Facility Operations Director (FOD) organization.
OCOs maintain broad awareness of facility conditions and coordinate work activities in accordance with DOE O 422.1, Conduct of Operations, the facility Authorization/Safety Basis, Integrated Work Management, and approved work-control processes. The position requires sound operational judgment, clear communication, conservative decision-making, and the ability to recognize changing or abnormal facility conditions and take or initiate appropriate action.
Primary duties include, but are not limited to:- Facility access control and work authorization/release by tracking, screening, and verifying that activities are properly scheduled through the Plan-of-the-Day (POD), are ready to execute, and are compatible with current facility conditions.
- Administration of the lockout/tagout (LOTO) management program, including issuing and controlling locks, maintaining required records, and supporting procedural development and improvement.
- Tracking Technical Safety Requirement (TSR) and Administrative Surveillance Instruction (ASI) surveillances to ensure required facility-system surveillances remain in conformance with the established Authorization/Safety Basis.
- Maintaining accurate facility operational status, logs, status boards, restrictions, impairments, and required shift-turnover information.
- Receiving, evaluating, communicating, and tracking changes in facility conditions, abnormal conditions, work impacts, restrictions, and required follow-up actions.
- Coordinating notifications and communications during abnormal events, Potential Process Deviations (PPDs), emergency response
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