What are the responsibilities and job description for the Readiness Advisor position at Pantex?
Location: Amarillo, TX
Job Title: Readiness Advisor
Career Level: Advisor
Organization: Readiness Assurance (50993954)
Job Specialty: Nuclear & Explosives Safety Analysis
Job Title: Readiness Advisor
Career Level: Advisor
Organization: Readiness Assurance (50993954)
Job Specialty: Nuclear & Explosives Safety Analysis
What You'll Do
- The position is a senior level position where the incumbent is fully responsible for providing strategic technical leadership and expertise for the Pantex Readiness Assurance Program (RAP) with a focus on the startup of Weapon Facilities and Processes. This program provides technical direction for the startup and restart of complex nuclear and high-hazard non-nuclear Facilities, Activities, and Operations as well as performing detailed technical reviews of Pantex Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports, Technical Safety Requirements, Process Hazard Analysis and supporting documentation.
- The role of the Readiness Advisor (RA) is to provide self-directed, multi-disciplinary technical leadership to ensure that startups and restarts of a wide range of specialized operational systems are accomplished meeting operational readiness expectations.
- In accomplishing this role, the RA will be responsible to:
- Serve as the technical expert for operational readiness ensuring that physical and administrative boundaries are defined, and review level determinations are completed
- Resolve technical problems and make decisions and recommendations to the project team and senior management
- Ensure that integrated planning across multiple organizations and individuals is accomplished to identify the set of tasks needed to attain operational readiness
- Ensure that tasks required for attaining operational readiness are fully accomplished with high quality products that can withstand the scrutiny of contractually required operational readiness verification reviews
- Serve as the team leader or team member of review teams that perform readiness reviews to verify operational readiness or Safety Basis Implementation Validation Reviews to verify that the requirements, assumptions, and controls from safety basis documents (DSA and TSR) are correctly captured in the documents and are fully implemented
- Provide expert based training on the Pantex Readiness Assurance Program to a variety of individuals including; Facility, Operations, Program and Project Managers and mentor less experienced.
- The Readiness Advisor is accountable to the:
- Project or Program Manager and Site Manager for startups being operationally ready prior to the conduct of a readiness review
- Production, Facility, Operations, and/or Mission Engineering Manager for completing IVRs for Safety Basis changes subject to the IVR process
- Site Manager or delegate for completing readiness reviews
- The Readiness Advisor is authorized to:
- Represent the Readiness Assurance Program in meetings
- Establish expectations with appropriate Managers responsible for meeting defined readiness performance criteria
- Provide technical direction to other Readiness Assurance staff
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 engineering/science discipline: Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
- Master's degree in engineering/science discipline: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
- PhD: Minimum 7 years relevant experience.
- In addition, the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2 (Baccalaureate in engineering or related science, 2 years job-related and at least 1 year nuclear experience, or a DOE O 426.2 alternative). DOE 426.2 experience requirements can be satisfied following employment. In the interim, newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Leadership and Managerial experience strongly preferred.
- Strong technical, organizational, communication, and team building skills along with demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills.
- Project Management experience
- Experience in doing both the reviews and validation of the attainment of operational readiness is highly desirable and may be given greater credit over more general and less relevant experience.
- Familiarity with the requirements of 10 CFR 830, Nuclear Safety Management, and experience with implementing requirements and controls in approved DOE Documented Safety Analysis and Technical Safety Requirements documents is highly desired, this position requires
- Combination of technical and operational readiness experience and skills, the successful candidate will have a minimum of five years’ experience in a combination of conducting operational readiness confirmation reviews (Readiness Assessments, Implementation Validation Reviews, and Operational Readiness Reviews) and/or in providing leadership in the attainment and validation of operational readiness for nuclear or high-hazard startup or restarts (preferably within the DOE or commercial nuclear power industry)
Why Pantex?
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 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 10 CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
Pantex 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.
Pantex 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.
