Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Power Operations Supervisor
Career Level: Supervisor
Job Specialty: Infrastructure Maintenance Services
What You'll Do
The Power Operations Supervisor is responsible providing comprehensive leadership and guidance to multiple supervisory teams (HV Test, HV Maintenance, and Line Crew Supervisors) to ensure the safe, efficient, and compliant execution of all operations. This includes championing a proactive safety culture, strictly adhering to Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) principles, Integrated Safeguards and Security Management (ISSM), and Conduct of Operations requirements, and interpreting technical documents like prints and sketches to plan job methodologies with maintenance planning personnel. The individual is responsible for reviewing and coordinating maintenance schedules, directing crews to meet deadlines and maintain high workmanship standards, and actively participating in hazard identification, assessment, and control implementation. Additionally, this position oversees personnel matters, including hiring, performance evaluation, coaching, and training, ensures continuous improvement through worker involvement and feedback, conducts formal safety investigations, manages timekeeping and attendance, oversees training and certification, issues work permits, and maintains excellent housekeeping in shops and well-maintained equipment.
Major Duties And Responsibilities
- Provides leadership in maintaining safe working conditions and is proactive in preventing injuries, radiological contamination, and other chemical and hazardous exposures to the workforce.
- Ensures the principles of the Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) and Integrated Safeguards and Security Management (ISSM) and Conduct of Operations requirements are implemented at the crew level and are used for all operations.
- Provides leadership and guidance to the HV Test, HV Maintenance, and Line Crew Supervisors.
- Ensures strict application of regulations for security and plant protection.
- Interprets prints and sketches.
- Works with maintenance planning personnel to organize and design job methodology included in job packages.
- Reviews schedules and planned maintenance job packages and work to be accomplished by maintenance craft.
- Coordinates and directs crews so that schedules are met, and standards of workmanship are maintained at a high level.
- Participate in hazard identification, hazard assessment, and implementation of appropriate controls for safe execution of work.
- Ensure appropriate worker involvement, feedback, and continuous improvements are part of the work control process.
- Participates in the formal safety investigations of all accidents involving his/her employees and prepares special reports required in accident investigation or occurrences.
- Conducts meetings, job briefs, and crew briefs, monitors timekeeping and accountable absences.
- Oversees required training and worker certification, maintains records, and issues work permits.
- Ensures maintenance activities are completed in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Ensures good housekeeping in shops and that shop equipment is well maintained.
- Handles all personnel matters associated with work group including requirements of bargaining unit contract.
- Participates in interviews; makes hiring recommendations; evaluates performance; coaches, counsels, rewards and disciplines employees, as appropriate; and trains and develops crew.
- Provides leadership and personal interaction to promote positive work environment and encourages individual involvement.
- Handles labor grievances per the contract and employee complaints and resolves personnel issues.
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: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
- Thirteen or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
- In addition, the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., High School diploma and 3 years nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).
- Overtime is required in this position.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Working knowledge of shop math and the capability to read and interpret blueprints, vendor manuals, and other related data.
- Journeyman license, training or applicable experience.
- Broad knowledge and experience with maintaining 480V and 15kV switchgear. This includes underground cabling and high voltage Line Work.
- Some college or vocational training.
- Experience in a nuclear plant/facility.
- Ability to analyze and evaluate jobs and be able to effectively administer the bargaining unit contract.
- Possess good interpersonal and demonstrated leadership skills.
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.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
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.
