Nuclear Training Specialist /Senior Nuclear Training Specialist (Instructional Design)

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Organizational Overview:

Brookhaven National Laboratory seeks a Nuclear Training Specialist to support the nuclear training and qualifications program. This position resides within the Human Resources Department and is matrixed to the Nuclear Safety Division. The position is based in Upton, New York, 60 miles east of New York City in Suffolk County. BNL has approximately 2,800 employees and is growing. BNL is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility funded through the United States Department of Energy (DOE). Visit www.bnl.gov for more information.

BNL’s Nuclear Safety program is being expanded to address the nation’s growing demand for critical medical radioisotopes. DOE has designated this as a Mission Essential Function for BNL, and increased production capacity will require operation under a nuclear regulatory structure. In support of this effort, the Nuclear Safety program elements ensure compliance with 10 CFR 830, Nuclear Safety Management, and all associated DOE Directives.

The Nuclear Safety Division is a part of the Environment, Safety, and Health Directorate. Ensuring regulatory compliance and safe operations is the ESH mission. ESH staff support the overall BNL mission by providing expertise that ensures safe and efficient work processes during scientific research, reduces the likelihood of human error, and manages regulatory programs that preserve the safety and health of BNL employees, the public, and the environment.

Position Description:

The Training and Organizational Development team is an integral part of the Human Resources Directorate.  It serves as a center of excellence for Leadership Development, Training and Qualifications, and Nuclear Safety Training.  In this role, you will support the development, evaluation and maintenance of the nuclear training and qualification program. The role reports to the Nuclear Training Manager. As part of our team, you will work in a research environment with other training and nuclear safety professionals, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to support training for BNL’s Radionuclide Research and Production Laboratory (RRPL) and future nuclear facilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a training specialist and instructional technologist, responsible for the design, maintenance, and development of e-learning and in-person courses to support nuclear safety training

• Create course content, training packages, and develop interactive learning modules; structure curriculum based on learning objectives

• Develop and maintain nuclear facility qualification cards and ensure training records are entered into the electronic records database

• Periodically evaluate the efficacy of training output during the design, development, implementation, and observations of performance, and provide improvement recommendations to the Nuclear Training Manager and line management

• Maintain assigned training and qualification requirements per the Nuclear Training and Qualification Program Description

• Support the Continuing Training Program for assigned nuclear facilities positions to assure qualifications are maintained

• Ability to oversee and manage continuing training programs

• Coordinate involvement of line organization personnel for the SAT development of training materials; conduct and update the SAT process for specific positions and training courses applicable

• Perform needs assessments to evaluate training and identify gaps

• Coordinate, conduct, and document table-top analysis

• Process training exceptions, extensions, and waivers, as requested by line management; providing updates to management on continuation of personnel training

• Review job analyses and job task lists on a recurring basis to determine if revision is necessary; support management and personnel by identifying and executing training requirements

• Responsible for the examination review and approval process which includes developing written and online exams and documenting linkage of test items to tasks and objectives, preparing exam keys, and acting as exam administrator/proctor

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelo