What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Grid Modernization Director (8800) position at Sandia?
Posting Duration
This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs
If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.
If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.
Salary Range
228,700 - $388,800
- Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.
What Your Job Will Be Like
Are you passionate about the nuclear fuel cycle and grid modernization and dedicated to building a diverse and hardworking team to explore innovative and creative solutions to some of the nation's most unusual and unique problems?
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Grid Modernization Center staff are focused on research and development addressing the urgent need to modernize the nation's grid and nuclear energy and address nuclear waste issues. These are key programs to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Center includes four groups - Electric Grid Security, Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle, Nuclear Energy Safety Technologies, and Defense Waste Management Programs. Sandia's technical support of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, NM is managed within Center 8800. The 8800 Director is responsible for relationships with key, high level sponsors in DOE and other government agencies with the goal of growing Sandia's impact in energy resilience. The selected Director will manage the complex line activities of the Center, which include experimental laboratory and field work across the nation, a critical facility with researchers and modelers in Carlsbad, and the Resilient Energy Systems Mission Campaign.
On any given day, the selected candidate may be called on to :
Qualifications We Require
This position requires the ability and willingness to travel.
Qualifications We Desire
About Our Team
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Grid Modernization Center provides technical solutions to enhance the safety, security, resilience, sustainability, and efficiency of nuclear power and the electric grid, including current and new nuclear reactors, the management and disposition of radioactive wastes, and our nation's evolving electric grid. We also monitor soil and groundwater systems to ensure current and past activities are not negatively impacting the environment.
About Sandia
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs :
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at : http : / / www.sandia.gov
Security Clearance
Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment / education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access may be impacted.
Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.
Salary : $228,700 - $388,800
