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[Nuclear Engineer] LEAD NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY SPECIALIST

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Lead the Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) Programs Topical Area which includes the Site NNMC&A Plan, Material Control topics, performance testing, self-assessment and the Site NMC&A System Effectiveness Plan.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
Provide oversight for Manual 14Q Procedures (i.e. reviews, revisions and approvals). Issue Annual NMC&A System Effectiveness Report.
Designee and Issue Analysis for all NMC&A STAR records.
Use the System Effectiveness Plan to develop new LOIs each year for all 4 NMC&A self-assessment cards.
Approve NMC&A Self-Assessment Cards
Monitor anomalies and document in the System Effectiveness Plan. Performance Test (PT) NMC&A systems.
Create and approve PTs.
Create, coordinate, approve, and act as a controller for Enterprise Assessment (EA) combined limited notice test performed (LNPT).
As the NMC&A Training SME, create, maintain, revise, and approve SRNS NMC&A courses and teach SRNS and NTC classes.
Assist Manager with budget projections.
Perform Management Field Observations (MFO). Develop NMC&A Strategies for new site missions.
Actively assist the Classification office with NMC&A Topics.
Assist Vulnerability Assessment Team (VA) with Security Risk Assessments (SRA), roll-up categorization issues.
Act as back-up Site Shipping and Receiving Coordinator.
Subject Matter Expert and contact for the International Atomic Energy Agency. Approve purchase requisitions.
May provide feedback and recommendations to management on work group performance for training, discipline, promotion and demotion.
May provide relief for or represent the next immediate level of management.
Lead the development and communication of functional requirements for nuclear material accounting software that performs detailed inventory analyses and automates existing manual processes at NNSA/DOE Sites.
Lead implementation of approved software at NNSA sites including supporting local site testing, recommending and providing expert opinion on local process changes and procedures and coordinating across the complex for consistent implementation.
Organizes, leads and communicates acceptance testing of nuclear material accounting software based on defined requirements
Serves as an expert on nuclear material accounting software and Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) processes at NNSA sites
Support Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration sites in their implementation of nuclear material accounting software
Provide helpdesk support for LANMAS software


Education and Experience
Must be a US Citizen
Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business field. Concentration in accounting is preferred and 12 years of accounting or nuclear inventory experience required
Advanced degree (MBA or MS) with 2 years’ experience. Eight years of Material Control and Accountability experience may be substituted for bachelor’s degree requirements.
Comprehensive knowledge of accounting, chemistry, and physics as it applies to tracking nuclear material.
General knowledge of nuclear material measurement techniques.
Computer proficiency is needed to perform spreadsheets and analysis on complex issues.
Understanding of DOE nuclear material accounting systems and reporting requirements.
CPA preferred QMF/SQL Training
Requires significant experience with Nuclear Material Control and Accountability at a DOE/NNSA site
Requires significant experience with Local Area Nuclear Material Accounting Software (LANMAS) and performing day-to-day accounting
Requires nuclear material accounting experience and physical inventory reconciliation at a DOE/NNSA site
Preferred experience in developing requirements for software
100% Remote may be applicable
Could be at an alternate duty location

Area Security
Access: Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance. An active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties. After award, the selected candidate will be notified when to apply for a clearance based on specific work assignments

Work Hours
A 40-hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including 5/8s (8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10s (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80s (9 hours/day, five days on week AA and four days on week BB. Work week excludes SRNS holidays. Each workday has 30-minute lunch. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the discretion of the Manager.


Work Environment / Physical Demands
This job operates in a professional office environment and uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
o Ability to sit/ stand for up to 8 hours per day.
o Ability to move freely for up to 8 hours per day.

DISCLAIMER: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. This job description doesn't constitute a contract of employment and the company may exercise its employment-at-will rights at any time.




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