Commissioning & Readiness Support

Description

SCOPE OF WORK

The Department Of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site Requires General Support Services For The Assistant Manager For Waste Treatment And Immobilization Plant (AMWTP). AMWTP Requests One (1) Full-time Equivalent (FTE) (1920 Labor Hours) General Support Contractor(s) To Provide Support In The Following Areas

• Provide oversight and technical advice for contractor efforts to startup and commission the WTP Low-Activity Waste Vitrification Facility and supporting systems/facilities. This oversight will be though assessments, surveillance, design reviews and other oversight functions to ensure compliance with established criteria, sound engineering principles, and professional practices.
• Coordinate oversight with multiple organizations and disciplines to ensure operability, quality, and safety of systems and components.
• Communicate status of startup and commissioning WTP project activities and brief management on technical issues, options for resolution, and facilitate decision making.
• Provide expert technical advice and consultation in the field of startup, commissioning and readiness to a multidisciplinary group of professional and technical personnel engaged in carrying out the WTP project.
• Be responsible for making critical assessments and decisions as to the nature of technical problems, program requirements, and risks encountered in the startup and commissioning of the WTP. This work requires comprehensive, professional knowledge of several disciplines of engineering.
• Perform technical review of contractors engaged in startup, commissioning and readiness for adequacy and reliability; ensure compliance with established criteria and sound engineering principles; and identify omissions, discrepancies, inadequacies, and nonconformance with approved criteria.
• Consult with engineers in other organization units, private firms, DOE Headquarters, regulators, and stakeholders to assist in identification and resolution of conflicts and recommend corrective action to prevent delays and facilitate completion of work.
• Assessment report writing and technical writing.
• Oversight, coordination, and review of commissioning technical activities including:
• System, Structure and Component functional requirements.
• Safety, risk reduction, and reliability designs.
• Test instructions.
• Work execution in the field.
• Process and procedure compliance; and
  
  

Fulfillment of technical test requirements.

• Support the Commissioning Joint Test Group (CJTG) by:
• Performing technical reviews of startup/commissioning engineering activities for adequacy and reliability.
• Ensuring compliance with established criteria and sound engineering principles; and
• Identifying omissions, discrepancies, inadequacies, and nonconformance with approved criteria.
• Support DOE commissioning and readiness activities.
• Oversight of contractor commissioning and readiness activities.
• Follow-up on issues, adverse conditions, and other areas of concern.
• Perform physical inspections and walk downs of the facilities.
• Document oversight and identify compliance deviations and improvement opportunities that were observed in accordance with ORP management system procedures.
• Participate in meetings as required by the technical monitor including the preparation of meeting minutes as needed.
• Participate in weekly coordination meetings.
• Participate on Integrated Project Teams (IPT) as requested.
• Utilize excellent writing and communication skills in all interactions.
  
  

Work products shall be thorough, accurate, appropriately documented, and comply with established criteria. The Contractor shall ensure that duties are performed in a competent and professional manner. The Contractor employee shall submit a weekly report to the technical monitor addressing work accomplished, and deliverable progress.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Contractor Personnel Shall Possess The Following Minimum Qualifications

• Education – BS/BA degree in engineering, science, or business management, or alternatively, an accredited high school certificate plus 8 years of specialized experience in engineering, science, or business management, in addition to the requisite experience. MS/MA or PhD degree in a relevant field is considered to be 2 and 5 years of experience, respectively.
• Experience – minimum of ten (10) years of directly applicable experience as consultant interfacing and working with organizational executives and senior management, or senior technical or business individuals, in government or industry on strategic, management, technical, or business issues. Professional career that demonstrates a steady progression of promotions and positions assuming greater responsibility.
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Knowledge of DOE policies and procedures, specifically DOE O 425.1D and DOE O 413.3B.
• Knowledge of DOE program and project management practices, policies, and procedures.
• Experience in commissioning a highly complex nuclear and or chemical facility.
• Knowledge of the Commissioning Plan for the WTP Project as operated under the DFLAW Program.
• Experience in oversight or performance with nuclear facility operations, maintenance, startup, commissioning, readiness, and training programs or processes.
• Expert writing skills, proven experience in supporting programs and projects with analysis, tracking, monitoring, assessment, review and coordination.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Knowledge of MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and other MS Office tools.
• The contractor shall maintain proficiency in the following through periodic training:
• Hanford General Employee Training (HGET)
• WTP Site access
• WTP site qualifications
• Computerized Maintenance Management System.
• Smart Plant Foundation and Smart Plant for Operations.
• WTP site qualifications including LO/TO if necessary; and
• Radworker training at a level to allow full facility access once it is required.
• Familiar with operations, maintenance, training programs or processes in a radiological or nuclear facility
• Experience with Startup and Commissioning testing performance in a chemical, radiological, and/or nuclear facility.
• Experience with oversight of laboratory operations.
• Knowledge of Hanford Site mission, activities and priorities is preferred.
  
  

Other Requirements

• Non-Disclosure/Conflict of Interest form signed by both the general support contractor and authorized contractor representative must be submitted to procurement before any work/support can start.
• Identification of any conflicts, potential conflicts, or perceived conflicts of interest with any Hanford Site contractors.
• Compliance with site specific safety and security requirements, including badging and office protocols.
• All work performed under this task order must be in compliance with the requirements set by the Quality Assurance Implementation Plan (DOE-PPD-QA-50552) and associated implementing procedures.
• The contractor shall maintain proficiencies in the following via periodic training:
• HGET.
• WTP Site access.
• Computerized Maintenance Management System.
• Smart Plant Foundation and Smart Plant for Operations.
• WTP site qualifications including LO/TO if necessary.
• Radworker training at a level to allow full facility access once the training is required.
• U.S. Citizenship
  
  

LOCATION

Work shall be conducted at the Department of Energy government offices, The Hanford Site, and Richland, WA. This position may be telework eligible at the discretion of the Technical Monitor (TM) in consultation with the Contracting Officer (CO). If in-person support is identified as required for any reason and for any length of time by the TM or CO, the contractor shall report for duty in-person as requested.