Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: PIO - NPAC Technical Lead
Career Level: Advisor
Job Specialty: Program-General-Technical
What You'll Do
Within the Global Security and Strategic Partnerships (GSSP) Division, the Nonproliferation and Arms Control (NPAC) group is responsible for supporting a range of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Government (USG) nonproliferation and arms control objectives. Specifically, the NPAC team focuses on leveraging current and historic Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) activities, infrastructure, and capabilities to support the USG’s nuclear nonproliferation missions. As a member of the NPAC group, you will work with a highly-motivated multidisciplinary team that is engaging, friendly, mission-focused, and solution-oriented.
As a Nonproliferation and Arms Control (NPAC) Technical Integration Lead, you will have the ability to have a high level of ownership of the NNSA Office of International Nuclear Safeguards (NA-241) portfolio by establishing and executing strategic direction, building collaborations and partnerships, and directing and managing all phases of projects, while also providing technical expertise and oversight to projects within the position’s portfolios. This position includes leadership and autonomy of multiple NA-241 programs, with a focus on strategic growth, creative new ideas, as well as expanding Y-12/NPAC support to new customers and directions. The desired candidate will primarily work with other NPAC team members on international nuclear safeguards projects, as well as serving in a technical visionary and integration role to leverage Y-12 capabilities; the position also includes opportunities to apply expertise to a broad range of nonproliferation missions within the NPAC and GSSP team. The Technical Integration Lead is empowered to make commitments on behalf of NPAC, serve as spokesperson with and to federal customers for multiple independent programs, and determine program goals and objectives. This position reports to the Y-12 Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control.
NPAC Technical Integration Lead responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Advising the NPAC Director with strategic thinking and planning for the NPAC portfolio, with a particular focus on strengthening support to current customers and identifying opportunities for new growth areas
- Exercising considerable latitude in determining priority objectives, approaches, and NPAC NA-241 or other customer goals
- Applying specialized knowledge in safeguards technical areas and building and leading integrated teams to mission success
- Mentoring new and junior staff in project / program management, nuclear nonproliferation, and related topics
- Maintaining clear and consistent communications
- Regularly assessing state-of-health of the NA-241 portfolio and its programs
- Driving the direction of, leading, and executing projects, which may include: developing new technologies or materials, evaluating technology performance against defined objectives, writing research papers, and hosting events for domestic and international partners
- Developing innovative research proposals, statements of work, cost estimates, contracts, and work requests, and obtaining budgetary funding for projects
- Regularly interfacing with customers to ensure that assigned projects are planned and executed within cost and schedule parameters, and represent CNS to external customers
- Maintaining personal accountability for scheduling and budgets, and coordinating all resources necessary to execute projects within established fiscal, schedule, and compliance boundaries
- Managing multiple complex and independent programs and customers, impacting the most important short- and long-term objectives of the organization.
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 12 years of relevant experience.
- OR Master's degree: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
- OR PhD: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
- Degree in nuclear engineering, nuclear physics, chemistry or a related technical field
- Project, program, or line management experience
- Demonstrated ability to conduct strategic planning and thinking
- Highly self-motivated and self-directed, with attention to detail and the ability to independently accomplish objectives and deliverables on time and on budget, while managing competing priorities without continuous supervision
- Ability to multitask while accurately completing critical time-sensitive deliverables
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Previous experience in nonproliferation and international nuclear safeguards, nuclear facility operations, and/or research and development
Preferred Job Requirements
- A PhD in nuclear engineering, nuclear physics, chemistry or a related technical field, and 15+ years relevant work experience with demonstrated professional expertise
- Experience with foreign travel to include being comfortable communicating with people from different backgrounds
- Experience in non-destructive assay science and technology
- Experience working within the DOE/NNSA enterprise, ideally at multiple laboratories or NNSA HQ
- Experience leading NA-241 programmatic work, and established relationships with NA-241 HQ.
- Good understanding of international nuclear safeguards, and/or the commercial nuclear fuel cycle, and/or experimental and computational methods, and/or emerging technologies
- Possesses or has the ability to obtain a Q clearance
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.
