Savannah River Nuclear Solutions is looking for a Senior Technical Advisor - Lead Operations Support Specialist
Onsite or Remote? Local candidates or willing to relocate at the candidate's expense.
Will close to submissions on May 18th at 5:00PM EST.

Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 12 years of relevant experience Associate degree in a technical discipline and 16 years of relevant experience. High School Diploma and 20 years of relevant experience

Top Required Skills:
- A comprehensive level of knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the functional area assigned is required, including specific knowledge of a facility or area or location supported, where appropriate.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of all pertinent policies, practices, procedures, DOE orders and regulatory statutes which impact the function or facility supported.
- Candidate shall have a minimum of thirty (30) years of experience in facility operations support.
- Candidate must have a minimum of twenty (20) years of experience in management roles in Operations organizations.
- Candidates with knowledge of Site Services scope, fire protection, LOTO, Conduct of Operations and Conduct of Maintenance.
- Conduct of Operations related procedures and requirements in the DOE environment.
- Working knowledge of DOE / NNSA orders/procedures/requirements.
- Working knowledge of Hazardous Energy Control and HPI Tool use.
- Working knowledge of fire protection requirements in the DOE environment
- Candidates must demonstrate strong mentoring/coaching capabilities, verbal and written communication skills, excellent listening skills, ability to work well with others in a team environment, and excellent planning and organizational skills.

Nice to Have Skills:
- Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.
- Candidates with previous SRS experience are preferred.
- Extensive knowledge and experience with the Department of Energy Orders and Regulations, relative to the technical and operations support required of DOE facilities and Site Services scope, is preferred.
- Candidates with fire protection knowledge in DOE facilities are preferred.

Interview Process: MS Teams

DUTIES
Plan, develop, implement and administer a variety of broad or unique programmatic, technical or administrative functions in direct or indirect support of operations. Provide immediate level guidance, work direction, oversight, and leadership to a functional work group(s), section or unit in an operations or operations support capacity. Act in a lead capacity and may direct the work of both exempt and nonexempt employees in a non-supervisory capacity.
Perform a wide variety of complex, advanced and diverse functions in direct or indirect support of operations in the area, department, section, unit or work group assigned. Receive assignments in the form of objectives and establish goals to meet objectives. Exhibit competency at the highest technical or programmatic level as demonstrated through both personal expertise and the effective direction and leadership of assigned work group. Provide centralized control of a program or process that supports operations. Interpret and communicate programmatic, technical or process changes to operations personnel. Generally acknowledged as the highest level subject matter expert in a staff position for the general function or area supported. Monitor and assess operations-related evolutions in facility systems or equipment. Ensure the safe and optimally efficient operation of facility systems and equipment. Perform periodic reviews and assessments to ensure facility systems are operating properly and are being maintained within required limits. Maintain a comprehensive awareness of scheduled or anticipated work evolutions or other related operations support activities that could impact facility operations on shift/area of responsibility. Demonstrate positive and adverse trends in operations and operations support Performance measures. Identify causal factors and develop recommendations to mitigate adverse trends and to enhance positive trends.
Prepare and/or review facility work packages and related work control processes in support of operations.
Review and ensure the communication and understanding of new and revised technical and operations procedures, bulletins and required reading to operators and other relevant operations support personnel.
Conduct training for operations personnel on new systems and equipment and evaluate and critique performance. Function in a variety of contingency coordinator roles in support of operations. 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.

Work Hours: A 40 hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including 5/8s (8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10’s (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80’s (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. May be expected to support the backshift on occasion.