General Engineer/Physical Scientist

Full Job Description

This position is part of the Y12 Field Office (YFO), Assistant Manager for Nuclear Safety and Engineering. A successful candidate in this position will serve as a General Engineer/Physical Scientist to provide technical expertise oversight of the Nuclear Safety Basis Program.

EN-3: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band level or GS grade level in the Federal Service, i.e.

(EN/NQ-2 or GS-11).

Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Experience applying nuclear safety engineering base program principles, practices, requirements, and objectives sufficient to administer nuclear engineering safety rules, regulations, and standards.

Examples of Qualified Experience: Experience performing reviews associated with any of the following: preliminary hazard analysis, un-reviewed safety questions, safety analysis, technical safety requirements, fire hazard analysis, or safety-related systems.

Experience with technical or operational problems (e.g.

Unreviewed Safety Questions, Potential Inadequate Safety Analysis, Technical Safety Requirement Violation, Occurrence Reporting, Readiness Assessments, and Management Assessments).

EN-4: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band level or GS grade level in the Federal Service, i.e.

(EN/NQ-3 or GS-12).

Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Experience applying nuclear safety engineering base program principles, practices, requirements, and objectives sufficient to provide oversight and advisory nuclear engineering safety rules, regulations and standards.

Examples include (Need 2 of the 3): 1. Experience with leading, reviewing or implementing of nuclear requirements (e.g.

10 CFR 830, DOE O 226.1B, DOE O 420.1C, DOE STD 3009, DOE STD 1027, DOE STD 1189, DOE STD 1186). 2.

Experience developing and/or reviewing documents in support of nuclear facility operations associated with any of the following: preliminary hazard analysis, un-reviewed safety questions, safety analysis, technical safety requirements, fire hazard analysis or safety-related systems.

3. Experience in resolving and presenting solutions for technical or operational problems (e.g.

Unreviewed Safety Questions, Potential Inadequate Safety Analysis, Technical Safety Requirement Violation, Occurrence Reporting, Readiness Assessments, and Management Assessments).

Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement.

Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below.

Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position.

DO NOT write "see resume" in your application! General Engineering Health Physics Team Building Technical Competence Writing "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience.

Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Major Duties:

As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist you will: Provides federal oversight of the planning, coordination and implementation of hazard controls and safety systems to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 830 and DOE Order 420.1.

Conduct oversight to ensure safety system operability, reliability, and availability of system systems and hazard controls are technically sound and the defensible safety envelope is maintained.

Responsible for technical review of the following processes: Safety Design Strategies, Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis, Documented Safety Analysis (DSA), and Technical Safety Requirements (TSR), Assigned Safety Systems, Cognizant System Engineer Program, and Configuration Management.

Manage federal oversight in the planning coordination, and review activities that support the implementation of Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs).

Provides technical review of proposed controls and their implementation for nuclear material operations.

Provides federal oversight of the planning, coordination and implementation of controls and safety systems to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 830, and DOE Order 420.1.

Ensures systems, structures and components that are important to nuclear facilities safety, as identified through Safety Analysis Reports (SARs) or Documented Safety Analysis (DSAs), are properly defined and managed to maintain operability, reliability, and availability.

Provides federal oversight of Safety System operability determination or evaluations for safety systems with identified deficient conditions.

Administered contractor oversight of Safety Basis activities to ensure the applicable DOE/NNSA requirements are met.