Certified Packaging Program Supervisor II

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Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site's Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air.

Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

You will serve as a primary interface between the Certified Packaging Program (CPP)/Onsite Transportation Safety Document (OTSD) Program and other programs/projects. You will be an integral part of a team of experts providing services such as fissile material handling, certified packaging operations, leakage rate testing, and transportation of hazardous materials.

Key Responsibilities

• At the direction of the CPP Manager, directly supervise a team of Fissile Material Handlers and direct/coordinate critical nuclear operation activities. Including approving time, coordinating performance evaluations, and participate in the recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training staff.
• At the direction of the OTSD Program Manager, coordinate/execute transfers of hazardous material in accordance with the OTSD safety basis.
• Ensure necessary tools and equipment are available to support various Fissile Material Handling activities.
• Implement and follow company policies, procedures and directives.
• Establish activity level work assignments and/or work projects.
• Organize and supervise day-to-day operations, ensuring that schedules are kept.
• Monitor performance against metrics and goals as established/approved by others.
• Responsible for working within assigned budget.
• Interact daily with subordinates and frequent interaction with the CPP manager.
• Maintain external interactions with vendors and/or customers.
• May perform work of the same type as those being supervised, as well as providing technical guidance.
• Create an environment where employees feel safe to raise issues, empowered to address issues, and supported to resolve issues.

• Bachelors' degree or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 8 years of related and progressively responsible experience.
• 3 years of experience in nuclear operations or nuclear maintenance, such as at a DOE nuclear facility, commercial power plant, or US Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program; or experience with high explosives handling and operations; or chemical handling, storage, transfer, and controlled release activities.
• Proficient knowledge of the profession they are to supervise.
• Must be familiar with DOE/NNSA Type B packages.
• Experience working with requirements-based systems for areas such as facility operations.
• Training or experience in areas related to DOT regulated hazardous material shipments.
• Proficient computer skills in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Domestic travel may be required.
• The primary work location will be at the Nevada National Security Site (located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada)
• Work schedule will be 4/10s Monday through Thursday (subject to change).
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.

MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance.

Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age.

Reference DOE Order 472.2, "Personnel Security". If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the…