Criticality Safety Officer

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Job Title: Criticality Safety Officer

Career Level From: Associate

Career Level To: Senior Specialist

Job Specialty: Nuclear/High Hazard Operations

• Provide technical guidance to ensure proper implementation of nuclear criticality safety (NCS) requirements to assure fissile materials are processed, stored, transferred, and handled safely so that personnel and property are protected against a criticality accident.
• Verify adequate implementation of requirements and controls on equipment, processes, and procedures is established for new or revised criticality safety documents.
• Implement and oversee processes to ensure compliance with criticality safety requirements and NCS command media requirements.
• Review, from an operations perspective, and provide input to criticality safety documentation; assist with resolving minor non-compliances and deficiencies along with proactively monitoring trends to reduce future issues.
• Develop and control NCS posting requirements.
• Perform CSO surveillances.
• Coordinate changes in NCS documentation between Operations and the Criticality Safety Office.
• Facilitate consistency, standardization and simplicity in the application of Criticality Safety across production operations.

• To the Criticality Safety Office Manager and Criticality Safety Management & Integration Senior Director for the establishment, maintenance, and implementation of a defined criticality safety office and integration of production and engineering functions to support nuclear criticality safety for Y-12.
• To the facility Production Directors for resolution of conflicting priorities, ensuring a healthy respect for Conduct of Operations principles, and interpreting policies or procedures when questions arise regarding criticality safety principles and applications.

• Assist with the definition and/or resolution of conflicts regarding implementation of criticality safety requirements.
• Assist with abnormal response to criticality safety issues when required to maintain compliance with policies and procedures governing Y-12 operations.

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security.
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues.
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization.
• Career advancement and professional development programs.
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree:
  No experience.
• OR Master’s degree:
  No experience.
• In addition, the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., Baccalaureate in engineering or related scientific major, 2 years job‑related, and 1‑year nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).
• Eight or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years‑of‑experience requirements for this posting.

• Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Safety or Engineering.
• Seven (7) years of operations experience in areas involving NCS requirements.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Criticality Safety analysis process, Conduct of Operations, Integrated Safety Management, Security Programs, and other safety management programs.
• Proficient communicator, both orally and in writing among various levels of the organization.
• Some understanding of technical operations; knowledge of plant operations, services, and structure, Conduct of Operations, and Integrated Safety Management.

Notes:
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.

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…