MFG Readiness Assistance Advisor

What Youll Do

The Readiness Assistance Advisor will provide technical oversight and guidance to ensure compliance with requirements and operational practices as relevant to facility and activity startups governed by DOE Order 425.1. The advisor will work within multi-discipline teams comprised of production operations safety and technical professionals project management and construction/maintenance execution. The advisor will regularly interface with management to ensure timely effective and efficient execution of organizational initiatives related to readiness preparations. Additionally the advisor maintains floor-level presence in assigned production areas to better guide developmental efforts associated with performance improvement and personnel level of knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Reports to and serves as a primary support team member for the Readiness Assistance Manager.
• Provides specific guidance and collaborates across all operating elements of Operations addressing issues that are cross-cutting and require division or company level solutions.
• Significantly impacts the organizations ability to evolve meet customer requirements gain efficiency and operate safely.
• Assists in developing strategic direction; assesses and evaluates organizational performance; leads evaluation of performance issues and development of related action plans and training content; leads improvement initiatives; implements specific technical initiatives; and/or communicates directions strategies and plans across the Organization.
• Applies appropriate and effective tools for project management to ensure timely effective and efficient execution of Organization-level initiatives.
• Represents Readiness Assistance on special project teams in a diversity of subject areas; works within multi-discipline teams; obtains buy-in on execution plans and schedules from organizations involved in work.
• Employs special tools and techniques as appropriate i.e. project management operational analysis nuclear criticality safety etc.
• Communicates and coordinates information sharing across the organization and the DOE complex.

What You Can Expect

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelors degree: Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
• OR Masters degree: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• OR PhD: Minimum 6 years of relevant 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). DOE 426.2A experience requirements can be satisfied following the interim newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities. (Ref. DOE O 426.2A)

Preferred Job Requirements

• Preferred candidates will have a bachelors degree in engineering mathematics chemistry or physics.
• Preferred candidates will have extensive experience in nuclear start-ups and/or readiness assessments.
• Preferred candidates must demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Preferred candidates must have demonstrated broad knowledge of plant facilities operations safety management programs and understanding of requirement flow down as related to DOE O 425.1.

Why Y-12

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.