Technical Support

Job Title: Assistant Manager for Safety and Environment (AMSE) Technical Support

Job Location: Work shall be conducted at the Department of Energy (DOE) government offices at the Hanford Site in Richland, WA. This position may be telework eligible; if this position is identified as telework eligible, there will be a 30-day waiting period in which 100% in-office support will be expected.

Compensation: $110,000.00 - $175,000.00, depending on years of experience, educational background and work-related experience.

Benefits: We offer competitive benefits for our employees to include medical, dental and vision insurance; retirement planning with company match; professional development and continuing education opportunities; vacation pay; paid time holidays; sick pay; long- and short-term disability coverage and life insurance.

Job Description:

• Provide strategic solutions to emerging project challenges/risks such as ongoing maturation of the contractor’s Air Operating and Dangerous Waste Programs and interfaces between all the site contractors and AMSE.
• Complete critical assessments of the contractor’s Air Operating and Dangerous Waste Programs as required to start-up and commission the direct feed low-activity waste (DFLAW) facility.
• Coordinate DFLAW and high level-waste HLW environmental compliance oversight activities with DOE organizations and disciplines to ensure the necessary interfaces are in place.
• Utilize project management skills to support ECD’s ability to support the DFLAW integrated operational schedule
  • Implement effective, environmental/regulatory risk mitigation strategies, assess cost and schedule impacts due to environmental non-compliance issues and evaluate adequacy/implement ability of procedures for implementing the approved permit conditions.
  • Identify areas for improvements in the contractors’ permit management, environmental compliance programs and readiness activities.
• Support DFLAW and HLW regulatory inspections.
  • Assist DOE in responding to inspection reports for accuracy and compliance with the regulations.
  • Interact with the regulators for resolution of inspection issues.
  • Maintain configuration control of a comprehensive inspection log for tracking/closure of regulatory inspection open items.
• Coordinate and perform ECD environmental regulatory oversight activities to achieve readiness and start-up of the DFLAW project. 
  • Oversight activities will evaluate the effectiveness of the contractor’s Air Operating and Dangerous Waste Programs and adherence to the permitting conditions.
• Provide integrated HLW permitting strategies/schedules for supporting completion of design activities and incorporation of lessons learned from the DFLAW permitting activities to minimize impacts to design, construction and operation.
• Identify, evaluate and address potential issues associated with Waste Acceptance Criteria for DFHLW feed and associated points of compliance.
• Document DFLAW and HLW oversight results within the Integrated Contractor Assurance (iCAS) database.
• Brief Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) management and Core Requirement owners on oversight results, technical issues, options for resolution and facilitate decision-making.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports which document the effectiveness of AMSE’s oversight of the contractors’ environmental compliance and regulatory permitting/inspection activities.
• Maintain regulatory inspection/permit correspondence logs to track, manage and complete ECD actions and activities.
• Follow-up on AMSE issues, adverse conditions and other areas of concern.
• Participate in weekly coordination meetings.
• Participate on Integrated Project Teams (IPT).

Minimum Qualifications Required:

• BS/BA degree in engineering or physical science.
• 10 years of relevant experience.
• Highly experienced in environmental compliance, regulatory implementation and regulatory permitting/field oversight/inspection activities.
• Capable of reading, interpreting and understanding DOE environmental and regulatory oversight/program policies and procedures.
• Capable of reading, interpreting and understanding DOE program and project management practices, policies and procedures.
• Expert writing skills, proven experience in supporting programs and projects with analysis, tracking, monitoring, assessment, review and coordination.
• Familiarity with the DOE verification of readiness process.
• U.S. citizenship

Preferred Experience:

• Working level knowledge of safety and health, startup and restart of nuclear faciliti