Location: Oak Ridge TN
Job Title: UPF Production Supervisor
Career Level:Supervisor
Job Specialty: Nuclear/High Hazard Operations
What Youll Do
The Production Front Line Supervisor plans schedules and directly supervises the work of hourly personnel assigned to their work crew.
Responsibilities:
- Achieving established goals for production quantities product quality personnel safety procedural adherence and security protocol adherence within their assigned area of responsibility
- Setting performance expectations and monitoring productivity of employees assigned to their work area
- Maintaining the training and qualifications of assigned workers and matching tasks with employee skills experience and training qualifications
- Instructing employees in safety controls equipment processes and special fabrication methods and techniques
- Ensuring employees have the knowledge experience skills and are trained and qualified to perform assigned functions
- Ensuring that work assignments are in accordance with union contracts and craft jurisdictions
- Maintaining safe work conditions good housekeeping and organization of workplace tools and materials
- Proactively preventing injuries contaminations or other hazardous exposures to the workforce
- Obtaining work start authorization for daily operations to ensure compliance requirements are met
- Executing work within required cost and schedule agreements
- Conducting crew briefs and pre-job briefs monitors timekeeping and accountable absences maintains appropriate records and documents activities and events
- Handles personnel matters associated with the work group including administration of the bargaining unit contract
- Interviews hires or makes hiring recommendations; evaluates performance coaches counsels rewards and disciplines employees as appropriate; handles employee complaints and personnel problems
Accountabilities:
- To the Production Support Manager for the Production division deliverables and employee safety
- To their assigned crews for training coordination involvement issue resolution and communication including resolution of personnel and/or equipment issues
Authorities:
- Authorized to manage the Production craft workers to support mission deliverables
- Authorized to resolve cost schedule or resource conflicts regarding mission deliverables within their span of control
- Authorized to represent the Production Division in interactions with Labor Relations personnel
- Authorized to represent the workers in development of procedures and operating protocols that directly affect the work conditions and job performance
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
- Bachelors degree: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
- Thirteen or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting
- In addition the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e. High School diploma and 3 years nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative)
Preferred Job Requirements
- Three years relevant job experience in hazardous/chemical material processing operations in a disciplined facility production environment is required
- Minimum one year of relevant experience in low-level radioactive waste handling and hazardous/radioactive waste processing
- Skilled in developing innovative measures to promote efficiency and achieve economies to ensure that requirements are reasonable and compliant
- Requires demonstrated logical reasoning and ability to communicate both in writing and through interpersonal skills
- Requires strong leadership skills and establishing effective working relationships with Senior Managers peers and other team members in order to achieve organizational objectives
- Must have demonstrated good decision making skills oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills
- Must be willing to take accountability have initiative self-motivation and proven success in meeting objectives through teamwork
- Must be able to adapt and accept/manage change; and understand and be able to administer the bargaining unit contract
- Must demonstrate strong ethical character in all interactions and demonstrate the ability to work effectively and productively in high stress environments
- Previous experience in packing and shipping of hazardous materials (SNM) is highly preferred along with a general understanding of DOT requirements for compliant packaging processes and methodology; in addition a broad knowledge of security and specialized facility operations is preferred
- Previous supervisor/relief supervisor experience is recommended
Why 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 the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits 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 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.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712) which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a designated position identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709 requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
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 based on merit and without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin protected veteran status or disability.
Required Experience:
Manager