Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Fire Protection Chief Engineer
Career Level: Principal
Organization: Engineering Standards (51237291)
Job Specialty: Core Engineering
What You'll Do
As the Fire Protection Chief Engineer you will provide leadership, guidance, and technical direction to Fire protection engineers, other fire protection personnel, senior plant leadership, customers and engineering groups concerning critical facility engineering issues. You will assist in developing program and project requirements to ensure compliance with governmental, consensus code, or procedural requirements. Leading continuous improvement on departmental technical processes and procedures. You will be the technical program owner for the site fire protection program. The principal responsibility for the Chief Fire Protection Engineer is to support the safe operation and management of United States Department of Energy (DOE) sites under the management of the M&O contractor.
Responsibilities include:
- Determining applicability, providing final CNS interpretation, and evaluating, authorizing, and documenting de minimus deviations of the NFPA codes and standards, IBC and IFC to site activities and addressing through the Code of Record process as required.
- Evaluating implementation of DOE orders such as DOE Order 420.1C and DOE-STD-1066.
- Ensuring that CAHJ activities these are properly documented
- Performing work requiring advanced understanding and application of technical principles, theories, and concepts in the engineering field.
- Interfacing with other related disciplines and understanding how those disciplines interface with systems.
- Representing Y-12 in discussing complex issues with National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB).
- Be knowledgeable of Fire Protection industry and regulatory standards as well as criteria pertinent to design engineering for United States Department of Energy (USDOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and have working knowledge of ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1).
- Be knowledgeable of fire protection systems including inspection, testing and maintenance.
- Have familiarity with safety basis development and implementation.
- Performing technical reviews with comments on design documents and specifications for construction.
- Preparing (or direct the preparation of) project studies and reports.
- Performing other responsibilities as assigned.
Candidate must have:
- Proficient oral and written communication skills with the ability to conduct presentations to senior level executives, governmental customers, engineering groups, or other groups is a requirement.
- Excellent time management, mentoring, listening, and critical thinking skills.
- Basic familiarity with Emergency Response Operations and fire department organizational structure, response capability and equipment.
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 Fire Protection Science or engineering (BS) with 20-years (minimum) experience in Fire Protection analysis and design or
- Master’s degree in Fire Protection Science or engineering (MS) with 18-years (minimum) experience in Fire Protection analysis and design or
- Doctorate degree in Fire Protection Science or engineering (PhD) with 12-years (minimum) experience in Fire Protection analysis and design.
- And with at least 6-years (minimum) of this experience in working in the nuclear industry and 7-years (minimum) experience in engineering management or oversight.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills required. The selected candidate must be comfortable working in a high visibility environment requiring high levels of autonomy, flexibility, and responsiveness to customer needs. The candidate must have a proven track record of successful customer and executive leadership interaction.
- Degree(s) from programs recognized and accredited by: The Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
Preferred Job Requirements
- Licensed as a professional engineer (or the ability to obtain licensure) in the state of Texas.
Why Pantex and 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 Pantex and 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 without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.
