PULSE Principal Nuclear Facility Operations Specialist (SOM)

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

MSTS is seeking a Principal Nuclear Facilities Operations Specialist to support the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation (PULSE) team as the Shift Operations Manager (SOM). The SOM will report to the PULSE Operations Manager and will support the PULSE Facility Manager. This position supports the facility’s mission of performing subcritical experiments (SCEs) as part of the Stockpile Stewardship Program.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain overall command and control of PULSE (“the facility”) during applicable shifts.
• Implement the requirements contained in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Orders including Conduct of Operations. Ensures that all employees reporting to this position are informed about the standards of operation of a nuclear facility.
• Responsible areas include: Work control and authorization, shift turnover, operator routines and rounds, communication, control and status of equipment and systems, control area activities, independent verifications, procedure compliance, emergency response, and on-the-job training. 
• Ensure events are properly reported to management and DOE in a timely manner. Also ensures management reviews are conducted with appropriate personnel in case of an issue or facility event.
• Ensure completion of shift rounds and routines assigned to the shift. Ensure proper follow-up to equipment conditions if found to be in an abnormal state while rounds and routines are being conducted.
• Ensures the shift crew reviews changes to facility procedures, facility modifications, Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) and the Documented Safety Analysis. Ensures Surveillance Requirements, In-Process Inspections and Specific Administrative Controls specified in the TSR are performed in accordance with applicable facility procedures and/or SCE checklists.
• Maintain overall authority for the control, administration and auditing of the Hazardous Energy Control Program at the facility and the installed facility Temporary Modifications in accordance with MSTS procedures.
• Maintain facility housekeeping and communicate importance of good housekeeping attitude to facility workers.
• Ensure safety of personnel in the facility by maintaining a working knowledge and enforcement of facility, company, and regulatory requirements. Conduct safety observations, safety audits and observe operator rounds, and help ensure deficiencies are corrected in a timely manner.
• Ensure the shift is properly staffed and trained to perform operational and emergency activities during the shift. Ensure assigned personnel are fit for duty and qualified to perform assigned duties and tasks in accordance with facility training program requirements. Review each operator’s knowledge before qualifying an operator for a task. Serve as trainer/evaluator for the On-Shift Training Evaluation Program.
• Lead or participate in abnormal drills and emergency drills and exercises at the facility.
• Interface directly with DOE Facility Representatives on items related to all aspects of facility operations and safety.
• Direct activities of Operations, Maintenance, Construction, Mission, Facility Engineering, Radiological Controls, Fire Protection, Work Control, Quality Assurance, and Industrial Hygiene to accomplish the objectives of the facility.
• Assumes the role of Local Emergency Director (LED) who, in part, directs emergency actions for the facility and is responsible for maintaining the facility log book.