Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: UPF Production Support Manager
Career Level: Senior Manager
Job Specialty: Nuclear/High Hazard Operations
What You'll Do
The Production Support Manager provides the main leadership in an assigned production area to translate the customer deliverables into daily work tasks for execution by the production crews.
Responsibilities
- Achieving established goals for production quantities, product quality, personnel safety, procedural adherence, and security protocol adherence within their assigned area of responsibility.
- Ensuring processes, procedures, tooling and equipment are developed and functional to support production requirements.
- Setting performance expectations and monitoring performance of employees assigned to their work area ensuring the assigned workers maintain their training and qualifications and that work assignments are in accordance with union contracts and craft jurisdictions.
- Utilizing workers to participate in job hazard analysis, procedure development, and productivity initiatives to maximize employee involvement in workplace conditions and practices.
- Executing work within required cost and schedule agreements, including approval and monitoring of overtime for workers.
- Obtaining work start authorization for daily operations to ensure compliance requirements are met ensuring material accountability is maintained and security protocols followed.
- Utilizing System Engineers and System Health process to evaluate condition of production equipment and determine risk to operations.
- Identifying and evaluating emerging technologies for application to operations creating a work environment focused on Continuous Improvement.
Accountabilities
- To the UPF Director for the production division deliverables, including schedule and quality, and employee safety.
- To the Operations Manager for adherence to requirements that define and maintain a safe and secure work environment for manufacturing operations utilizing trained and qualified workers.
- 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.
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
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related science or technical discipline that provides a strong foundation in physical sciences, analytical reasoning, and systems-based decision-making. Acceptable degree disciplines include, but are not limited to: Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science / Metallurgical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Technology (with demonstrated technical rigor), and other applied science or technical disciplines with clear relevance to nuclear operations.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience. Minimum 5 years of relevant supervisory/ management experience.
- In addition, the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., Baccalaureate in engineering or related scientific major and 4 years nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).
Preferred Job Requirements
- Strong working knowledge of enriched uranium production operations and equipment, hazards and controls.
- Requires strong technical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of Conduct of Operations, Integrated Safety Management System and Quality requirements.
- Demonstrated implementation of Lean, 5S and Productivity Improvement projects.
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.
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.
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.
