NNSS Nuclear Materials Manager

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.

The successful candidate will provide program management, technical leadership, and financial oversight for the Nuclear Materials Management Program within the Facility and Testbed Engineering Directorate.  

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for all applicable aspects of contractor compliance with U.S. Department of Energy Order (DOE O) 410.2, “Management of Nuclear Materials”.
• Serve as the designated senior representative to serve as the NNSS primary point-of-contact on nuclear materials issues.
• Facilitate all NNSS nuclear materials management responsibilities.
• Coordinate nuclear materials management activities through the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office (NNSA/NFO), the Nuclear Materials Integration Division (NMID), and appropriate DOE headquarters organizations.
• Conduct nuclear materials management activities in such a manner as to ensure the safe and secure packaging, storage, stabilization, and consolidation or disposition of nuclear materials as directed by the NNSA/NFO.
• Direct preparation and submittal of annual reports:
  • Material Balance Sheet
  • Nuclear Material Forecast and Allotment Request
  • Nuclear Material Management Plan
  • Nuclear Material Inventory Assessment
  • Nuclear Component Staging Report
  • Project Number Reports
• Prepare and submit other reports as required.
• Transfer nuclear materials as provided in the DOE programmatic guidance for production, research and development, consolidation or disposition, and other purposes.
• Conduct or contribute to analytical studies and plans in response to guidance from the NNSA/NFO, the NMID, and DOE headquarters organizations.
• As directed by the NNSA/NFO and in coordination with the cognizant DOE headquarters organizations and the NMID, provide site-specific nuclear materials inventory data to authorized external stakeholders.
• As directed by the NNSA/NFO, evaluate nuclear material liabilities and assets for acknowledgment on the Department’s financial statements.
• As directed by the NNSA/NFO, coordinate with appropriate DOE headquarters organizations to ensure that project numbers for nuclear materials are established, reported, and deactivated in accordance with guidance from the NMID.
• As directed by the NNSA/NFO and in coordination with appropriate DOE headquarters organizations, support the development and reporting of nuclear materials integration and consolidation or disposition performance metrics to the ONMI.
• Document and maintain characterization data to support safe management, storage, consolidation, and disposition of nuclear materials.
• Request guidance and support, as appropriate, from the NNSA/NFO for consolidation or disposition of nuclear materials.
• Recommend Defined Use or No Defined Use designations for all materials in the NNSS programmatic inventory.
• Provide justification in the Nuclear Materials Management Plan (NMMP) for materials designated as Defined Use for all materials in the NNSS programmatic inventory.
• Develop disposition plans or options for materials designated as No Defined Use and provide recommendations to the NNSA/NFO and the NMID.
• Manage Restricted Use materials according to the restrictions in governing agreements or obligations.
• Manage and store National Asset materials, as assigned to the NNSS.
• Represent the NNSS on the NMID Nuclear Materials Management Team.
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