Research Operations Support Professional

Requisition Id 16136 

 

­­Overview:  

We are seeking an experienced operations support professional to meet expanding needs for operational excellence to accomplish the ORNL cutting-edge scientific research mission.  This position will work as part of an integrated team that has responsibility for operations and facility management tasks associated with work control and facility operations in support of science and engineering activities. Additionally, these positions will provide operational and project management support to research staff to maintain compliance with all applicable Federal and State laws, DOE Orders, and ORNL policies and procedures regarding work control, space utilization, and facility operations management. This position resides in the Integrated Research Operations Support group in the Safety & Operations Support Division and will be matrixed to support the Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC) Section, Chemicals Sciences Division (CSD), Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  

 

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Serve as a Division work control point-of-contact (POC)/Work Planner for work control documents for hazard identification and control (i.e. Research Safety Summaries (RSSs), Activity Plans, activity based hazard analysis (ABHA), etc.). In so doing, coordinates work control reviews to ensure sufficient peer and subject matter expert (SME) review and to ensure all documents are approved and authorized within the proper timeframe.
• Facilitate completion of the operational activities deemed necessary through the work control process or as requested by researchers to enable research objectives in a manner that ensures the safe and compliant execution of the research mission.
• Serve as a Facilities Operations Manager for select facilities to ensure the facility is maintained within facility use agreement boundaries, facility work orders/statements of work are submitted to support research objectives, operated in accordance with approved lease agreements for leased facilities, space is efficiently and effectively used, access control is maintained, and emergency preparedness requirements are met.
• Serve as a Hazardous Materials Management representative to assist research staff with maintaining, organizing, and reconciling chemical inventories.
• Abide by and promote the Battelle Safe Conduct of Research principles including being personally responsible for ensuring safe operations, raising safety concerns, using a questioning attitude, considering hazards for every task and where learning never stops.
• Continually seek ways to increase operational efficiencies and improve safety culture in support of the research mission and champion initiatives to do so.
• Coordinate facility operations and prioritize infrastructure improvements.
• Serve as contact for waste services support by providing operational oversight of waste removal and implementing process improvements.
• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• A BS/BA degree in physical or chemical sciences.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in a scientific, technical, or operational field
  
  

Other responsibilities could include:

• Serve as Material Balance Area (MBA) Representative in support of Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability (NMC&A) requirements.
• Facilitate or participate in event critiques, causal analyses, and corrective action plan development.
• Assist with the implementation of Integrated Safety Management (ISM) into the work planning and execution process with the support of an interdisciplinary operations team.
• Provide technical support in the application of regulatory requirements, procedures and standards that are applicable under 10 CFR 851.
• Participate in assessments to verify compliance and program effectiveness associated with the assigned Directorate.
• Review procurement and subcontract activities for safety, environmental and operational requirements.
• Participate in the review and development of division or directorate level procedures and guidelines as needed.

 

Preferred Qualifications: