Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Waste Characterization and Disposition Group Manager
Career Level: Manager
Job Specialty: Waste Compliance
What You'll Do
Supervises Waste Characterization and Disposition Group resources within the Waste Management organization. Leads waste characterization staff in performing waste characterization and disposal activities. Assigns staff work duties and sets priorities for the team. Specific duties may include subcontract development, subcontract technical representative work, developing waste profiles and sampling plans, data management, performing calculations, resolving technical problems and assisting waste generators. Also serve as an interface with YFO, subcontract and waste generator customers.
Leads functional area section with support from the senior manager in problem solving, addresses safety concerns, performs management reviews, ensures employee training qualifications are maintained, and applies lessons learned. Implements company, division, department, section, and customer requirements; provides instructions and guidelines; and resolves barriers to performance, inconsistencies in requirements, and work priority conflicts.
Responsible for encouraging cross-training and shared knowledge across the work group. Participates in resource planning for assigned scope and escalates/resolves issues, as needed, with the senior manager of Waste Characterization and Dispositioning Group.
Evaluates performance; coaches, counsels, rewards and disciplines employees as appropriate. Trains and develops staff. Manages employee complaints and resolves personnel problems as necessary. Provides leadership and personal interaction to promote positive work environment and encourages individual involvement. Sets expectation of cohesiveness, collaboration, and teamwork within the section and across organizations.
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 7 years of relevant experience.
- Fifteen 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).
Preferred Job Requirements
- The position will support waste characterization and subcontract management activities and requires an expert knowledge of waste characterization, treatment, packaging, transportation, and disposal of waste generated at Department of Energy nuclear facilities.
- Engineering/science degree/experience preferred.
- Previous experience with interpretation of analytical data for the purpose of determining regulatory status as well as mixed low level waste disposition planning and treatment/disposal profile development.
- Candidate should have familiarity with waste management requirements of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), DOE 435.1 - Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and related Tennessee requirements.
- Formal training related to radioactive waste management, DOT, RCRA, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Radiological Worker II is desired.
- Candidate will spend 50% of time in support of field activities that will include climbing ladders and stairs, with the balance performing administrative duties.
- Occasional respirator use may be required.
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.
