Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: NMC&A Statistician
Career Level From: Associate
Career Level To: Senior Associate
Job Specialty: Mathematics
What You'll Do
Manages the collection and evaluation of process, sampling, and measurement data for statistical monitoring and to meet measurement needs of Y-12 Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability (NMC&A) and requirements of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
Develops and maintains item and process monitoring programs, writing software to calculate material balances for new process units, modifying existing software as process changes occur, and calculating process estimates and limits. Provides ad hoc statistical support to item and process monitors.
Designs and participates in sampling and holdup studies, completes periodic assessments and reporting of target values, and creates control charts to monitor laboratory control data. Develops and maintains software for production sample information and unanalyzed inventory. Develops or evaluates sampling procedures for operating areas to ensure their appropriateness for obtaining precise and accurate estimates of element and isotope quantities of Special Nuclear Material (SNM).
Performs in-depth and complex data analyses and evaluations of nuclear material inventory differences (IDs), including ID explanations, ledger adjustments, and pro-rations of holdup and salvage credits. Calculates uncertainties associated with measurement techniques and produces limits about IDs using propagation of variance (POV) methodology. Manages POV tables (including those for measurement, sampling, holdup, lab procedure, and process average uncertainties), active inventory, and POV software. Computes limits of error on shipments and/or receipts of SNM.
Participates in POV Board discussions, evaluating IDs, uncertainties, and limits. Evaluates IDs over time, researches potential causes of statistical trends, documents technical justifications, and reports trending analyses and unanalyzed material metrics to management each inventory period.
Provides programming and statistical support for various positions within NMC&A and the operating areas. Reviews procedures and other NMC&A activities, commenting with respect to statistical issues. Assists in special inventory activities and writes software to pull a sample with defined statistical parameters.
Duties include regular interface with other NMC&A functions, Production and Systems personnel, measurement teams, and management. Conducts planning for item and process monitoring, proper sampling methods, and inventory reconciliation in future processing; identifies potential issues; and coordinates resolutions to reduce impacts on operations at start-up.
Position may require presentations to both internal and external (including international) customers.
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/science discipline
- OR Master's degree in engineering/science discipline
Preferred Job Requirements
- Working knowledge of Y-12 systems (including SAP ME, the NMC&A accountability system, and LIMS), the Work Request process, and Production material flows, products, and processes is highly desirable
- Experience with statistical software (ideally SAS Viya) and proficiency in Tableau, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel are highly desirable
- UCNI Reviewing Official and Derivative Classifier qualifications or the ability to achieve these qualifications is desirable
- Requires excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong mathematical, analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills are necessary
- Attention to detail and organizational skills are essential
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.
