Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Production Support Manager
Career Level: Senior Manager
Job Specialty: Nuclear/High Hazard Operations
What You'll Do
The Advanced Manufacturing Prototype Division (AMPD) Production Support Manager provides the main leadership in assigned production prototype areas that translates the customer deliverables into daily work tasks for execution by the AMPD group.
- Manage the execution strategy and program interface within the Advanced Manufacturing Prototype Division.
- Provide direct supervisory authority to AMPD execution staff, and be responsible for tracking and managing all phases of work planning activities within AMPD.
- Effectively utilize resources to efficiently plan jobs, identify and procure needed materials, and track jobs to completion.
- Provide direct support to the SMFO Directors to plan and schedule work, communicate with front line supervision, support groups, and Program Management.
- Interface with different levels of management throughout the site; and be responsible for regular reporting in site level meetings with internal and external customers, and other management as required.
Responsibilities
- Will continue to develop and refine the Prototype Process for Y-12 Operations.
- Achieving established goals for deliverables, product quality, personnel safety, procedural adherence, and security protocol adherence within their assigned area of responsibility.
- Ensuring processes, procedure, tooling and equipment are developed and functional to support AMPD initiatives.
- Setting performance expectations and monitoring performance of employees assigned to their work area.
- Ensuring the assigned workers maintain their training and qualifications and that work assignments are in accordance with union contracts and craft jurisdictions.
- Utilizing workers to participate in job hazard analysis, procedure development, and productivity initiatives to maximize employee involvement in workplace conditions and practices.
- Executing work within required cost and schedule agreements, including approval and monitoring of overtime for workers.
- Identifying and evaluating emerging technologies for application to operations.
- Creating a work environment focused on Continuous Improvement.
- Identifies strengths and weaknesses within the Y-12 Operations prototype process, and works with all stakeholders to develop the capability.
Accountabilities
- To the Production Director for the production division deliverables, including schedule and quality, and employee safety.
- To the Operations Manager for adherence to requirements that define and maintain a safe and secure work environment for manufacturing operations utilizing trained and qualified workers.
- To their assigned crews for training, coordination, involvement, issue resolution, and communication, including resolution of personnel and/or equipment issues.
Authorities
- Authorized to manage the production craft workers to support mission deliverables.
- Authorized to resolve cost, schedule, or resource conflicts regarding mission deliverables within their span of control.
- Authorized to represent the Production Division in interactions with labor relations personnel.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security.
- 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 10 years of relevant experience. Minimum 5 years of relevant supervisory/management experience.
- Eighteen (18) or more years of relevant education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting; must include, at a minimum, 5 years of supervisory/management experience.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Requires strong technical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of Conduct of Operations, Integrated Safety Management System and Quality requirements.
- Demonstrated implementation of Lean, 5S and Continuous Improvement projects.
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings.
- Experience in manufacturing environment, with working knowledge of machining and manufacturing processes.
- A working understanding of the DOE Con Ops manual Y14-001 is required.
- A strong understanding of the Y-12 Value Stream Organizations, including Escalation, VSETs and other key lean tools related to Value Stream management.
- Experience in developing and managing schedules and work commitments.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Office software suite (Excel, Work, Powerpoint, etc.).
- Experience working with and/or supporting within a Y-12 VSO is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated skills in negotiating commitments, findings, issues, and assessments is strongly preferred.
- Program Management experience.
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.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
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.
