Radioisotope Program Shipment Coordinator

The Isotope Science and Engineering Directorate (ISED) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks applications for a Radioisotope Program Shipment Coordinator. ORNL is the largest US Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. ORNL has an extraordinary 80‑year history of solving the nation's biggest problems.

Our team is made up of over 7,000 dedicated and innovative individuals! Our goal is to create an environment where a variety of perspectives and backgrounds are valued, ensuring ORNL is known as a top choice for employment. These principles are essential for supporting our broader mission to drive scientific breakthroughs and translate them into solutions for energy, environmental, and security challenges facing the nation.

ISED supports the largest radioisotope production and research portfolio within the Department of Energy Isotope Program, together with a growing stable isotope enrichment mission. ISED produces and ships isotopes such as Cf‑252, Ac‑225, Ir‑192, Th‑228, Pm‑147 and Se‑75 for medicine, science, national security, and industry, using unique ORNL facilities that include the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC), Bethel Valley hot cells, and associated waste handling facilities.

Every product that leaves an ISED facility, and many intermediate materials that move between ORNL facilities, depends on safe, compliant, and on‑time radioactive material transportation.

• Serve as the ISED single point of coordination for all radioisotope program (DOE‑IRP) sponsored material shipments, both on‑site transfers and off‑site shipments, working with the ORNL Transportation team, Transport Activity Owners (TAOs), Radioisotope Product Leads, Transportation Safety Compliance (TSC), and ISED divisions and facilities, including HFIR, REDC, Bethel Valley hot cells, and waste handling.
• Coordinate shipment requests and preparation in accordance with SBMS procedures, including the On‑Site Transportation of Hazardous Material subject area and the ORNL On‑Site Transportation Safety Document. Ensure timely and complete submittal of required documentation, such as ORNL‑530, Request for Approval for On‑Site Shipment; ORNL‑531, On‑Site Hazardous/Radioactive Materials Shipping Paper;
  Radioactive Material Transfer Data Sheets; off‑site shipment requests; and transportation plans when required by TSC.
• Establish and maintain the integrated ISED radioisotope program shipment schedule. Link shipment demand to ISED production schedules, and the ISED integrated master schedule in Primavera P6, and maintain a rolling look‑ahead of at least 30 days.
• Provide early notification of forecast shipments so that Transportation can reserve personnel, vehicles, packaging, and trained drivers. Ensure requests meet required lead times, including the 14‑day advance notice requested for shipments that require TSC approval and standard lead times for routine movements.
• Protect recurring shipping windows for short‑half‑life and time‑critical products (for example, Ac‑225 and Ir‑192) and coordinate production release, quality assurance release, packaging, and carrier cutoff times to reduce late‑day compression and after‑hours movements.
• Track the readiness of each shipment against required prerequisites, including material characterization, packaging selection, quality assurance release and certificates, receiving‑site acceptance and license verification, customer documentation, and carrier arrangements.
• Establish, track, and report shipment KPIs, such as on‑time shipment performance, request lead‑time…