Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Landfill Manager
Career Level From: Manager
Career Level To: Manager
Job Specialty: Waste Compliance
What You'll Do
The Landfill Program Manager's responsibilities include managing and overseeing the Y-12 Landfill and DAR Programs and personnel to meet safety, security, quality, and customer performance expectations, while ensuring compliance and implementation of all requirements that directly support the Landfill and DAR Programs. These requirements include all pertinent laws, regulations, Executive Orders, and DOE Orders and requirements for management and disposition of landfill and DAR materials for Y-12.
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To
- Oversees the Y-12 Landfill Acceptance process, coordinates the delivery of all Y-12 related landfill materials, and interfaces with the Department of Energy-Environmental Management (DOE-EM) contractor for all Y-12 matters related to the onsite landfill
- Oversees the DAR Program
- Manages the daily operations/activities for the Landfill and DAR Programs, including the Landfill and DAR Supervisors, to meet federal and state requirements and Y-12 objectives/goals, which includes coordination with all Environmental, Safety, and Health (ESH) disciplines, Landfill Subcontractor, Security, Waste Engineers, Projects, and customers
- Manages DAR, Landfill 5, Landfill 7, Spoils, and Classified Landfill materials in a safe, secure, efficient, effective, and compliant process
- Integrates, plans, and executes collection, management, and shipment of landfill and DAR materials from all Y-12 facilities and offsite CNS managed locations to meet landfill acceptance criteria, safety, security, quality, fire protection, CONOPS, and compliance with all DOE Orders, procedures, plans, regulations, radiological, and environmental permits, and customer expectations
- Coordinates with Production, Security, Construction, and ES&H
- Interviews, hires or makes hiring recommendations; evaluates performance, coaches, and counsels; rewards and disciplines employees, as appropriate; trains and develops staff
- Handles personnel matters associated with the work group; handles employee complaints and resolves personnel problems
- Provides leadership and personal interaction to promote a positive work environment and encourage individual involvement; sets expectations for cohesiveness, collaboration, and teamwork within the team 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 (15) 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
- Bachelor's degree in technical/science/engineering/other equivalent field plus five (5) or more years of experience in supervision, operations, environmental, material disposition, security, and technical functions
- Ability to meet 24-hour Hazwoper requirements, as well as Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials training, Conduct of Facility Operations (Conops), RadWorker II, Subcontractor Technical Representative training, and working knowledge of RCRA, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), environmental, security, and recycle and reuse requirements that form the basis of training needs
- Working knowledge of property, purchasing, Department of Transportation (DOT), the HMID process/system, environmental management systems, and environmental regulatory requirements, and a working knowledge of chemicals
- Working knowledge of Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) regulations/requirements/etc.
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written), and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to be comfortable in both office and field environments
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.
