What You'll Do
The Materials Integration and Disposition Project Leads will provide support for dispositioning excess and unwanted material and difficult material throughout the Y-12 complex. This includes:
- Leading projects in support of multiple programs, evaluating and selecting candidate materials for disposition/disposal/relocation, obtaining authorizations, leading and tracking progress on projects, scheduling and coordinating support from various disciplines, and providing general project support
- Working with operations and programs to solve various project-related problems including capacity, safety, and security
- Assembling and leading project teams composed of personnel from multiple functional and operational organizations
- Establishing the scope, cost, and schedules of the projects/tasks to meet the objectives and milestones
- Implementing planning and execution of work to optimize organizational efficiencies and maximize support for customer requirements
- Approving resources for the Program Managers to establish priorities within the Programs to accomplish project requirements
Responsibilities:
- Conducting research to characterize material and difficult material lots
- Researching and documenting the history of material and difficult material lots
- Understanding the different Y-12 facility material handling and storage requirements
- Developing project plans and disposition paths for difficult materials
- Reviewing work requests and procedures to execute the disposition of materials
- Working independently to resolve project issues
- Providing input to various Program Managers to support their programs
- Determining project risks, capabilities, and proposing commitments
- Supporting project-level planning regarding budgets and programmatic objectives
- Validating processing capability, capacity constraints, and other impediments or opportunities to successfully execute materials disposition
- Managing costs and providing other project status and milestone reports
- Interfacing with Program Managers to ensure program objectives remain on target with ongoing projects
Accountabilities:
- Timely and thorough completion of difficult materials disposition efforts
- Identification and execution of projects that disposition difficult materials
Authorities:
- Providing direction and assigning work scope to team members to facilitate planning and execution of work on difficult materials
- Authorized to manage the inputs and content of relevant databases in support of the difficult material disposition activities
- Authorized to represent production personnel in the definition and execution of projects
What You Can Expect
- 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
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
- OR Master's degree: Minimum 1 year of relevant experience
- OR PhD
- Ten or more years of relevant education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting
Preferred Job Requirements
- Experience in facilities and operations activities and nuclear materials disposition activities
- Ability to interpret and apply program requirements to successfully fulfill job responsibilities, including frequent use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques
- Ability to lead a team and work successfully in a team environment
- Proficiency in computer software that allows efficient data processing and manipulation, including a working knowledge of Y-12 systems that process or store nuclear material information
- An understanding of the NMC&A functions is desired
- Typical experience ranging from 4 to 7 years
Why Pantex and Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work, and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with benefits that make a positive difference in their quality of life, such as medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement, and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex and Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
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.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
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 HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening, and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
