Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Production Specialist
Career Level: Advisor
Job Specialty: Nuclear/High Hazard Operations
What You'll Do
- Serves as senior technical resource to the Director level or above in Y-12 Operations.
- Provides specific technical guidance and leadership of organizational activities, including activities across all operating elements and addressing issues that are cross-cutting and require division or company level solutions.
- Significantly impacts the organization’s ability to technically evolve, meet customer requirements, gain efficiency, and operate safely.
- Demonstrates creativity, foresight, and mature technical judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented technical problems, determining program objectives and requirements, and developing standards and guides for diverse activities.
- Cultivates organizational input to anticipate and plan resource needs for current and future activities.
- Represents Y-12 Operations in interactions with all levels of technical, managerial, executive-level, and external customers.
- Assists in developing strategic direction; assesses and evaluates operational performance; leads evaluation of performance issues and development of related action plans; leads improvement initiatives; implements specific technical initiatives; and/or communicates directions, strategies, and plans across the Division.
- Leads the development and implementation of special technical projects.
- Applies appropriate and effective tools for project management to ensure timely, effective, and efficient execution of Division-level initiatives.
- Represents the Division on special project teams in a diversity of subject areas; specific assignments could involve working in areas of interest for Production Operations, Site Integration, Criticality Safety Management & Integration, or UPF Operations Representative directorates.
- Establishes and leads multi-discipline teams; obtains buy-in on execution plans and schedules from organizations involved in work.
- Provides leadership and personal interaction to promote positive work environment and encourages individual involvement.
- Shares own expertise for the good of the organization; develops, mentors and coaches others; motivates team members with a clear understanding of the strategic importance of assigned work.
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 and minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
- OR Master's degree and minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
- OR PhD and minimum 6 years of relevant experience.
- Twenty or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Requires in-depth knowledge of business and operations, resources, practices, processes, and policies needed to solve problems and accomplish required activities within a disciplined scheduled framework.
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills and be able to interface with all levels of personnel and management within Y-12 and NNSA. Must be able to work independently within a diverse organization.
- Requires the ability to develop comprehensive strategies for implementation of subject; effectively communicate and structure messages to achieve end strategy; and maintain cognizance of the team progress along with necessary adjustments.
- Requires good presentation skills. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Word and PowerPoint.
- Must have planning and scheduling capabilities. Requires the ability to prioritize and manage competing and multiple priorities, maintain flexibility and adapt to change.
- Knowledgeable of Y-12 business and operations support, resources, practices, processes, and policies needed to resolve issues and accomplish work is preferred.
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.
