Fuel Fabrication Department Manager

Idaho National Laboratory • 1w ago

The Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is seeking a Department Manager who will be responsible for delivering a wide range of nuclear fuel development and demonstration work. This position reports to the Director of the Fuel Fabrication & Nuclear Material Management (FFNMM) Division. Our team works a 4x10 schedule located out of our Materials and Fuels Complex with every Friday off. INL was established as the lead national laboratory for DOE-NE to provide much of the nuclear research, development, and demonstration capability needed to move nuclear innovation forward to deployment. MFC hosts a unique combination of personnel, facilities and infrastructure and offers the ability to perform research, development and demonstration on nuclear technologies. The FF&NMM division seeks to support the INL’s nuclear research mission through several key areas: 1) expanding our basic science research capabilities; 2) expanding our fuels development capabilities, including new processes; 3) expanding our irradiation experiment assembly capacity and capabilities; and 4) prepare for engineering-scale demonstration of new fuel systems. The department manager is responsible to provide strategic leadership and direction supporting these initiatives, with a primary focus on fuels development and experiment assembly. Responsibilities: - Continually work to improve the experiment assembly process. Including coordination with the multiple organizations involved. - Strategic development and leadership of research, development and demonstration efforts with fabrication of new fuel concepts including ATF. - Line management of a group of 20+ employees across multiple disciplines - Contribute to Laboratory, MFC, and FF&NMM division initiatives with strategy and presentation writing as well as presentation delivery when needed - Lead efforts to establish university relationships for the development of new research staff and expand research output. - Use expertise and resources to obtain consistent desired outcomes for work execution and adherence to regulatory expectations. - Must understand and communicate effective application of NQA-1 expectations.