Transportation Security Operations Specialist

Requisition Id 12403 

Overview:  

As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nation’s biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 6,000 people! Our vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) is to cultivate an environment and practices that foster diversity in ideas and in the people across the organization, as well as to ensure ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice. These elements are critical for enabling the execution of ORNL’s broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy, environment, and security solutions for the nation.

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Division (NND) performs a wide range of scientific, technical, and programmatic activities in all facets of the nuclear enterprise from nonproliferation project support and management to research and development (R&D) pertaining to nuclear materials processing, management, and transportation. The Transportation Security Engineering and Analysis Group (TSEA) group within NND at ORNL seeks applications for a Transportation Security Operations Specialist. We seek candidates demonstrating experience with domestic transportation security operations and national transportation requirement interfaces.  The activities are primarily sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Global Material Security (GMS), but the candidate may be engaged with projects funded by other DOE/NNSA offices or other government agencies such as the Department of State (DOS), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Department of Transportation (DOT), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  If successful, the candidate will develop, manage and execute project work.

 

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Assess and improve U.S. domestic and regional transportation security capabilities.  This includes work with regulators, carriers, response personnel, facility officials, and other stakeholders having stewardship of high-risk materials, including nuclear and radioactive material.
• Apply knowledge of nuclear and radioactive material supply chains to actively identify potential security gaps, design or propose measures to correct those gaps, and interface with government and industry to improve security of high-risk materials in transport.
• Coordinate extensively with federal sponsors, domestic and international partners, national laboratory colleagues, nuclear and radioactive material transport industry, and other subject matter experts.
• Travel to support domestic and international engagements related to work scope, including leading and facilitating trainings, workshops, exercises, technical exchanges, and meetings.
• Track and control schedule, budget, and costs for project activities.
• Analyze data and information to assess the need for, progress of, or outcome of project work.
• Remain current on all relevant federal- and laboratory-required training related to travel, safety, and security, and maintain a strong commitment to the safe implementation of project work.
• ORNL is a lab that promotes sharing of unique interests, mentorship and community-building. Staff are expected to participate in ORNL programs and initiatives of interest.

 

All team members deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in a relevant technical field readying the candidate for transportation security of nuclear and radioactive material domestically and internationally and 5 years’ related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Leadership qualities commensurate with experience. The candidate will be expected to lead teams (domestically and internationally) and will often work independently of direct supervision.
• Responsibility and responsiveness are required. This job includes flexible scheduling, and the need for domestic and international travel. The successful candidate must demonstrate their ability to set priorities, meet milestones, and remain accountable regardless of physical location.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required to interact with colleagues, sponsors and vendor personnel; this includes a commitment to respectful and inclusive language.
  • This job will regularly require the preparation of reports and presentations, as well as conference publications.
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