Do you want to be a part of a national security mission that conducts research and development? MSTS is seeking a full-time Electro-Mechanical Technologist to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide diagnostic fielding and development support in a national laboratory environment. The Stockpile Experimentation & Operations organization is looking for a highly motivated Electro-Mechanical Technologist to collaborate in design, development, characterization, and fielding of diagnostics systems on high stake weapons physics experiments conducted at the Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research (JASPER)Complex and other facilities located at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). This Technologist will report primarily to the NNSS and will support fielding efforts for a wide variety of diagnostic detection and recording systems, with an emphasis on theory and practical applications of diagnostics systems such as electro-optical and radiographic imaging systems. | | Key Responsibilities | - Support the installation, configuration, operations, testing, characterization, and maintenance of diagnostics equipment in support of the JASPER Facility. | - Support assembly, installation, operations, testing and troubleshooting activities of hardware, electronic equipment, cabling installations, compressed air and pressurized systems, vacuum pumps, controls hardware, and data acquisition equipment. | - May be required to use hand and power tools for maintenance and fabrications. | - Be an active team member on specific event diagnostics as skills and experience allow, by providing support for execution of program/project activities and data collection (i.e., classified systems/networks, diagnostics, x-rays, and laser systems). | - May work at the direction of engineers on maintenance of two-stage gas gun. | - May work at the direction of engineers on modification of systems associated with the facility and the two-stage gas gun. | - Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and diagrams and apply the method and sequence of assembling of a part, machine, or piece of equipment. | - Assist with testing performance of electromechanical assemblies, using test instruments like oscilloscopes, electronic or voltmeters. | - Supports operations at nuclear or high hazard facilities to maintain a condition and configuration to accept and support programs and projects. | - Perform other duties as assigned.
THIS IS A CASUAL POSITION WORKING A MAXIMUM OF 900 HOURS PER CALENDAR YEAR. | | The Casual Employee Relations Investigations & Audit Specialist will support audits and investigations across all areas and all levels of MSTS and with primarily with non-bargaining unit employees. HR-related auditing support will provide performance of operational audits, capture of findings, and out-briefings to ensure compliance with Company standards and expectations and the ability to recommend, design, and customize processes, procedures, and methodologies with relevant POCs. Strong communication skills are imperative to this role as this person will interact with everyone from the executive office to individual contributors. This individual will need to work independently and exude confidence and professionalism. The ability to travel is required, however, the working location will be split between the Nevada National Security Site (located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada), and the North Las Vegas complex. | | Key Responsibilities | - Provide expertise and recommendations in Employee Relations matters. | - Provide investigatory expertise in responding to concerns and complaints with experience to include harassment, discrimination, employment issues, and resulting disciplinary actions. | - Develop comprehensive internal reports on investigations. | - Prepare audit reviews and offers recommendations based on findings and completes regular reports, as required. | - Document information pertaining to audit results including findings, opportunities, and observations. | - Evaluate the overall efficiency and effectiveness of internal controls and risk areas in compliance with applicable process standards. | - Coordinate and conduct special audits, investigations, and/or ad-hoc projects with minimal supervision and direction. | - Assist leadership in the identification of problem areas and recommends remedial actions. | - Exercise initiative and applies knowledge and experience to resolve problems where established procedures may not be specific. | - Demonstrated knowledge on current employment law changes specifically in California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Maryland. | - Maintain strict confidentiality of all information concerning employee issues/concerns. | - Participate in Disciplinary Action Review Board (DARB) meetings as appropriate. | - Advise and counsel management regarding the interpretation and intent of Mission Support and Test Services LLC personnel policies and practices. | - Provide counsel to employees having work-related problems. | - Interface with Legal, Internal Audit, and Staff Relations as needed. | - Perform other related work as assigned by leadership.
The Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments (ECSE) Infrastructure Directorate is looking for a highly-motivated person with backgrounds in science, engineering, and/or project management to become a Control Account Manager (CAM) at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) on projects that will enable three (3) decades of dynamic physics experiments supporting stockpile stewardship. In this role, you will perform the duties as the CAM for major Work Breakdown Structures items for 413.B Line-Item capital project and will be responsible for managing the cost, schedule, and technical performance of a subset of the overall project's scope. This position will directly report to the Project Manager responsible for the completion of total project scope. | | Key Responsibilities | - Under general supervision of a senior level project manager in support of one or more projects. | - Manage small projects (<$5M TPC). Responsible for all aspects of the project over the entire lifecycle (initiation, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing. | - Manage Control Accounts within 413.B projects ($700M> TPC) that may involve complex and technically challenging scopes of work. | - Use MSTS project management processes, techniques, and tools. | - Define, plan, execute, monitor, control, and successfully complete discrete elements of scope in compliance with defined schedule, costs, risk, and quality constraints. | - Meet customer needs while providing realistic expectations. | - Establish and actively monitor specific customer satisfaction standards. | - Manage communications between project stakeholders and team members | - Pro-actively develop and implement strategies to mitigate risk. | - Apply project management best practices and processes, such as planning, work authorization, monitoring project performance, and controlling the project baseline. | - Use cost-benefit analysis in decision-making. | - Effectively use communication skills in executing project management responsibilities. | - Interface with ECSE senior management to address/elevate key project issues and risks. | - Provide project support for change control reviews and Baseline Change Requests (BCR's) that propose significant changes or impact programmatic requirements and reporting. | - Participate with review of key Critical Decision (CD) documentation deliverables to ensure programmatic integrity. | - Hold project reviews and headquarters/dignitary tours, meetings, and reporting. | - Execute project risk management, including establishing and administering management reserve (MR.).
The Nevada National Security Site Fire & Rescue (F&R) Department is currently seeking resumes for the position of Firefighter / EMT. Resumes must be submitted no later than May 31, 2024. This is a collective-bargaining agreement position assigned to one of three 56-hour shift platoons. | | Qualified applicants may also be assigned as a Fire Extinguisher Technician for inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire extinguishers and SCBA (Self-contained breathing apparatus) until a position becomes available on the floor. This position is a 4/10 Monday – Thursday schedule. | | Selected applicants will be required to appear in person for a written examination and, upon successful completion of the examination, participate in an oral review board (interview). | | Larger than the state of Rhode Island, the 1,360-square-mile Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) is located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The contractor-operated site is overseen by the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nevada Field Office. NNSS F&R also deploys to emergencies adjacent to the NNSS to include U.S. Highway 95 and other areas within Nye and Clark Counties. For more information about the NNSS and the F&R Department, please visit www.nnss.gov. | | Firefighter/EMT – Essential functions and duties: | - Respond to structural, vehicle, wildland, aircraft fires, hazardous materials, technical rescue, fire alarms, and medical emergencies under supervision to provide life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation. | - Perform fire suppression activities to include connecting to fire hydrants, laying supply lines, deploying hose lines, and operating nozzles to control and extinguish fire. | - Operate fire extinguishers based on the size and class of fire. | - Carry, raise, and extend ladders for roof, rescue, suppression, or ventilation operations. | - Use ropes, pike poles, axes, and other specialized tools and equipment. | - Perform rescue, exposure protection, extinguishment, salvage and overhaul operations. | - Perform Special Operations duties which may include hazardous materials, rope rescue, swift water, structural collapse, trench, vehicle, and confined space rescue. | - Use EMS equipment and administer emergency medical treatment to sick or injured patients. | - Drive ambulances to transport sick or injured persons to medical care facilities and assist Paramedics with patient treatment. | - Perform building and area familiarization utilizing pre-incident plans. | - Inspect and maintain fire and rescue apparatus, tools, equipment, and assist in general housekeeping of the fire station quarters and grounds. | - Respond, contain, and extinguish wildland fires. | - Participate in fire department training programs. | - Maintain required skill levels in fire suppression, rescue operations, special operations, wildland firefighting, and EMS. | - Prepare and maintain various department records and reports. | If assigned as a Fire Extinguisher Technician, you will be required to perform the additional duties: | - Extinguisher maintenance operations and fire extinguisher inspections. | - Maintenance of assigned apparatus and equipment under supervision. | - Maintain records. | - Perform hydrostatic testing of cylinders. | - Recover/recycle and recharge clean, dry, and wet type extinguishing agents.
THIS IS AN EXTRA BOARD POSITION WITH A POTENTIAL TO BECOME A FULL-TIME POSITION. | | MSTS is seeking a Head Service Attendant to join our Housing, Food Services and Custodial Team at the NNSS. | | Key Responsibilities: | - Perform general food services and cashiering duties to include working with the public in a congenial and professional manner. | - Responsible for general cleaning of the facility. | - Perform cashiering duties: compute bill and itemize list, itemize ticket with amount due, collect correct payment, issue receipt to customer. | - Make coffee and set up beverage station. | - Assist cooks in preparation and serving of food. | - Sweep, mop, wash work tables, wipe down walls, refrigerators, carts and racks. | - Segregate and remove trash/garbage and replace with clean containers, using safe work practices. | - Clean grills, ovens, broilers, deep fryers, kettles, dishes, vending machines and other kitchen equipment as required, using safe work practices. | - Wash pots and pans, as needed. | - Work various shifts and locations. | - Other related duties as assigned by management.
THIS IS AN EXTRA BOARD POSITION WITH A POTENTIAL TO BECOME A FULL-TIME POSITION. | | MSTS is seeking a Custodian to join our Housing, Food Services and Custodial Team at the NNSS. | | Key Responsibilities: | - Perform general custodial duties such as vacuuming, emptying trash, dusting, mopping and sweeping. | - General cleaning duties such as restroom cleaning, cleaning showers, cleaning offices, lounges and hallways, etc. | - Replenishing use items such as soap, tissue and paper products if needed. | - Work various shifts and locations. | - Other related duties as assigned by management.
THIS IS AN EXTRA BOARD POSITION WITH A POTENTIAL TO BECOME A FULL-TIME POSITION. | | MSTS is seeking a Guest Room Attendant (GRA) to join our Housing, Food Services and Custodial Team at the NNSS. | | Key Responsibilities: | - Perform general Guest Room Attendant duties such as vacuuming, bed making, changing linen, emptying trash, dusting, mopping and sweeping. | - General cleaning duties such as restroom cleaning, cleaning showers, cleaning offices, lounges and hallways, etc. | - Responsible for cleaning 22 dormitory rooms in a 10-hour shift. | - Replenishing use items such as soap, tissue and paper products if needed. | - Work various shifts and locations. | - Other related duties as assigned by management.
The Science and Technology Directorate of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) is seeking outstanding candidates for an Engineer I position to work at Remote Sensing Lab in Las Vegas, supporting R&D areas spanning sensors, C++ and Python programming, circuit design, software defined radio (SDR), and other related areas. In this role you will support engineering and scientific efforts by developing tools to advance capabilities of small sensor/detector platforms, and other handheld devices. You will work with a team of engineers, scientists and technicians who cover all phases of technology development from concept to deployment. You will work on a wide variety of projects, some that are R&D-like and others that are production-like. | | Key Responsibilities | - Contribute to designs, strategies, reports, and technical proposals. | - Follow specific established engineering and technical procedures and instructions. | - Assist the project team in technical tasks that include, but are not limited to: component selection, circuit board layout, testing, and troubleshooting at the component level. | - Ability to conduct basic programming in both C++ and Python languages. | - Conduct work related to Software Defined Radio (SDR) development. | - Work with the design team to develop customized mechanical packaging to meet the customer’s design requirements. | - Contribute on proposals for funded projects and R&D efforts. | - Must be a self-starter with the ability to work as part of a team to support the delivery of projects on time and within budget constraints. | - Operate test and evaluation equipment for electronics. | - Mechanical packaging design. | - Perform tasks within time and budget constraints. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Information Technology Directorate is looking for a high-performing individual to join our team as a Systems Administrator (Infrastructure Analyst II). | | Key Responsibilities | - Manage and maintain the Server Operating Systems on classified, unclassified and Azure cloud networks. | - Coordinate patching efforts and remediate cyber vulnerabilities within server systems per established Service Level Agreements (SLAs). | - Support account provisioning and management activities in classified and unclassified environments to ensure compliance with all requirements. | - Assist in writing security plans, performing certification and accreditation tests to validate security policies are in place. | - Collaborate with more experienced technical personnel on medium and high complexity projects to design, install, implement new or modify existing systems. | - Utilize PowerShell, Ansible, and other automation technologies to improve processes and reduce support efforts. | - Support deployment of projects including racking all varieties of hardware, cabling, and OS. | - Engineer solutions in response to support requests and for improving internal processes and procedures. | - Report Key Performance Indicators, including capacity planning, system health. | - Create knowledge articles and other supporting documentation as needed. | - Participate in problem management and root cause analysis as needed. | - Resolve service desk tickets as assigned and maintain 24x7 availability for monitoring of enterprise systems as required. | - Serve as an escalation resource to Help Desk for resolving escalated tickets. | - Perform other duties as assigned by Management.
MSTS is seeking a highly qualified quality assurance professional to fill the role of a Senior Principal Quality Assurance Specialist. | | Key Responsibilities | - Provide highly specialized expert knowledge to solve complex quality assurance problems across multiple organizations in support of nuclear facility operations. | - Integrate and coordinate a team of qualified personnel to provide support to other organizations and ensure that activities comply with laws, codes, orders, and policies and procedures. | - Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) to both internal and external parties. | - Provide cross-disciplinary integration and implementation of corporate quality programs. | - Serve as an organizational resource and advisor to the organizational team and an advisor to senior management on project status and issues related to nuclear facility quality. | - Plan, direct, lead, or perform independent assessments and surveillances using quality technical standards and practices to ensure process control and compliance. | - Develop long range plans and needs in the areas of quality assurance to support new or proposed future missions. | - Promote team member development through mentoring, guiding, training, and coaching to ensure staff are appropriately trained and meet appropriate qualifications. | - Communicate with senior managers, peers, and subordinates in the organization and with other company organizational units on matters related to quality. | - Lead planning activities, developing proposals or deliverables that are effective and provided within schedule. | - Consult with senior line organization managers on quality matters to ensure that procedures and work practices comply with quality programs and governmental requirements. | - Provide training, mentoring, and technical guidance to less experienced quality assurance (QA) personnel to assist and ensure they complete their required qualifications. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Quality/Contractor Assurance organization is in search of a qualified Senior Quality Control Inspector for CMM Operator/Dimensional Inspection to support projects at the North Las Vegas Machine Shop and the Nevada National Security Site. | | Key Responsibilities | - Perform independent quality control inspections and verifications, of items, systems, components, or products that are fabricated or installed by other workers for new or existing facilities and infrastructures. | - Exhibit a high degree of technical knowledge and skills to execute applicable national consensus codes and standards in order to inspect, examine, or test items or products to ensure they meet design requirement. | - Maintain qualification and or certification to perform Quality Control inspection activities based on education, training, experience in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. | - Make autonomous judgment during inspections activities to determine whether items, systems, components, or products are acceptable for use, or not, based on design. | - Generate nonconformance reports that document the objective evidence where items or products do not meet design requirements. | - Authority to identify nonconforming conditions or defects and prevent items or products from being released for use until nonconforming conditions are resolved. | - Interface with internal line personnel (engineering, construction, facility, project, operations, work control, procurement, maintenance, quality assurance and external MSTS customers to analyze and correct the production problems. | - Document the results of inspections or tests in accordance with national consensus standards and codes, procedures, engineering requirements, and/or industry practices as defined in written procedures. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Material Testing Laboratory located at the Nevada National Security Site is in search of a highly qualified Principal Quality Control Inspector to support ongoing projects and missions involved in nuclear security efforts. The schedule for this position will be night shift. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in welding inspection. | | Key Responsibilities | - Maintain comprehensive company level QC program implementing documents (Welding, Inspection, Pressure Safety and Materials Testing); provide interpretations of codes and standards and mentor employees on procedural adherence to these processes. | - Perform oversight, through independent quality control inspections and verifications, of items, systems, components, or products that are fabricated or installed by other workers for new or existing facilities and infrastructures. | - Exhibit a high degree of technical knowledge and skills to execute applicable national consensus codes and standards to inspect, examine, or test items or products to ensure they meet design requirement. | - Select the appropriate national consensus codes or standards and develop quality inspection criteria to be used to perform inspections. | - Maintain qualification and or certification to perform Quality Control inspection activities based on education, training, experience in one or more of the inspection disciplines (e.g. welding, nondestructive examination/testing, boilers and pressure systems, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, materials testing and verification, concrete, soils, anchoring, etc.). | - Make autonomous judgment during inspection activities to determine whether items, systems, components, or products are acceptable for use, or not, based on design requirements. | - Generate non-conformance reports that document the objective evidence where items or products do not meet design requirements. | - Authority to identify nonconforming conditions or defects and prevent items or products from being released for use until nonconforming conditions are resolved. | - Interface with internal line personnel (engineering, construction, facility, project, operations, work control, procurement, maintenance, quality assurance, etc.), middle and senior managers, and external MSTS customers to analyze and correct the production problems. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Advanced Sources and Detector (ASD) Project Office is responsible for the design, fabrication, installation, and commissioning of an ~ 22 MeV linear induction electron accelerator, through the coordination of efforts at Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). Nicknamed Scorpius. | | The successful candidate will work as the Deputy Chief Engineer for the “Machine” for the ASD Project, shepherding design to meet beam physics and installation requirements at the NNSS, for all four partners (LANL, LLNL, SNL, NNSS.) In this role, the deputy will work closely with both the Chief Engineer for the Machine and Chief Engineer for the Facilities. This position includes a high degree of autonomy and will report to the NNSS ECSE Operations Director and ASD Senior Team Lead (STL) for NNSS scope. The focus of this activity will be on fabrication, installation, and integration of Scorpius hardware within the Integrated Test Stand (ITS) in North Las Vegas (NLV) and the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experiments (PULSE) Complex. | | Key Responsibilities | | Work as the Deputy Chief Engineer for the Machine (ASD-CEM) for the ASD Project. The ASD-CEM is responsible for the technical adequacy of the ASD Project radiography system, and the deputy will support the ASD-CEM. In this position you will be responsible to ensure the design meets beam physics, Code of Record, transportation, assembly, installation, and operational requirements. The Deputy ASD-CEM will work closely with the Chief Engineerfor Facility (CEF) to ensure successful installation, integration, and operation of Scorpius within the Integrated Test Stand and PULSE Complex, a Hazard Category 2 nuclear facility under construction at the NNSS. | | - Work with the ASD Chief Scientist and ASD-DPD to ensure the overall ASD system architecture definition meets the radiography requirements described in ASD Project Requirements Documents; | - Collaborate with the ASD Systems Engineering Manager (SEM) on executing the ASD Project systems engineering, plans, processes, and procedures; | - With the ASD-CEF, provide leadership to the ASD Project "design office" staff resources provided by ASD-Senior Team Leads (STLs), administering design process protocols and procedures as established by the ASD-Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) procedures; | - Act as a reviewer and final approver of technical baseline design documents for the ASD Project; | - Provide a leadership role in application and evaluation of ASD design concepts and design practices; | | - Participate in the ASD Project risk management process; | - Assist in developing the integrated cost and schedule plan for the ASD Project; | - Ensure applicable and appropriate QA/QC requirements for ASD are applied during the project lifecycle; | - Participate as a member of the ASD Project Director's Change Control Board; | - Interface with NNSS, Sandia, and LLNL, the ASD Systems Engineering Manager, and ASD partner Lead Design Engineers to ensure Scorpius-appropriate inputs and processes are in place at CD-4 for operational lifecycle. | - Support as appropriate, Assembly, Fabrication, and Installation activities at the Integrated Test Stand and PULSE; | - Support the development, updating and implementation of Activity Level Work Control consistent with requirements and partner provided procedures. | - Support, as appropriate, assembly, fabrication, and installation activities at the Integrated Test Stand and PULSE; | - Work with the Lead Design Engineers (LDE) and Chief Engineers to apply lessons learned and process updates from the Integrated Test Stand activities to those at PULSE. | - Provide a leadership role in evaluating technical design tradeoffs and balancing technical risk among systems; and | - Provide mentoring to engineering and project staff.
MSTS is seeking a dynamic, self-driven, and highly motivated Work Planner II to join our Physical Security Systems Team. In this role, you will serve as the work planner for physical security systems electronic security systems department that conducts preventive and corrective maintenance, and new installations of security systems. | | Key Responsibilities | - Prepare, review, and issue equipment and/or system modification, maintenance, and construction work packages in accordance with applicable procedures and regulations. | - Assist in the preparations of detailed specifications for materials and labor estimates. | - Assist in the performance of Job Walk downs and Job Hazard Analyses. | - Assist in screening and binning work packages. | - Develop of systematic instructions for work packages. | - May track and expedite established priority of work packages. | - Prepare and/or reviews specific instructions for the isolation, containment or de-energizing of various mechanical, physical, electrical, chemical and/or radiological systems according to established procedures and regulations. | - Perform various functional and administrative activities in conjunction with the primary work control/work package development including, but not limited to, permit development, testing requirements, documentation generation, records management, database information management, retrieval and review, and/or training. | - Learn all DOE and industry regulatory guidance and governance specific to work control and planning. | - Ensure all work control results, materials, processes, and final products meet quality specifications and are completed according to established requirements. | - Analyze time and material requirements for work activity. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
We are seeking a Principal Emergency Response Specialist to serve as an Operations Command Center (OCC) Duty Manager. | | Key Responsibilities: | - Strategic Thinking and Problem-Solving: Utilize advanced tactical thinking to navigate complex problems, deploying effective solutions with precision and agility. | - Analytical Decision-Making: Assess situations with a keen analytical eye, employing sound judgment to make informed decisions that prioritize safety and operational integrity. | - High-Pressure Performance: Excel in a high-stakes, team-oriented environment, managing multiple priorities with resilience. Demonstrate unparalleled composure and the ability to facilitate constructive dialogue with a diverse range of stakeholders, even under extreme pressure. | - Emergency Response Leadership: Serve as the frontline coordinator for emergency incidents at the NNSS, embodying the role of Operations Command Center (OCC) Duty Manager with exemplary leadership. | - Operational Emergency Assessment: Swiftly categorize and classify operational emergencies, initiating immediate protective measures and coordinating response efforts effectively. | - Critical Communication: Execute timely and accurate notifications internally and externally, maintaining a transparent and open communication channel with MSTS Senior Management, NNSA/NFO personnel, and other key stakeholders. | - Interagency Collaboration: Act as a pivotal liaison with federal, state, and local agencies, including the Department of Defense and municipal entities, to streamline response efforts and resource sharing. | - Emergency Management Planning: Contribute to the development and refinement of emergency management procedures, checklists, and instructional materials, ensuring they are current, comprehensive, and compliant with DOE standards. | - Emergency Operations Support: Engage actively in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operations, providing essential support during activations for emergencies and scheduled events. Assume critical roles within the EOC, contributing to effective response coordination. | - Drill and Exercise Leadership: Lead and coordinate drills and exercises, enhancing the preparedness and response capabilities of the OCC and broader emergency management team. | - Technology Proficiency: Operate and manage sophisticated communication and data processing technologies, including classified video conferencing, Emergency Communications Network equipment, and electronic notification systems, ensuring seamless information flow during critical incidents. | - Training and Development: Participate in the development, review, and endorsement of operational procedures and training materials. | - Flexibility and Adaptability: Adapt to a rotating shift schedule, demonstrating flexibility and dedication to ensuring continuous operational readiness and response capability. | - Additional Duties: Undertake additional responsibilities as directed by supervisory personnel, contributing to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of emergency management operations at the NNSS.
The Senior Principal Engineer (Nuclear Criticality and Safety Analyst) in the Nuclear Assurance Directorate will be responsible for the development of Hazard Analysis, Documented Safety Analysis and Technical Safety Requirement Changes, as well as performing accident analysis calculations. The Senior Principal Engineer will be assigned a project that they are expected to be able to lead, while mentoring entry level engineers. | | Key Responsibilities | - | As a senior member of the Nuclear Assurance staff, this position coordinates and provides expertise for the strategic vision and approach to the preparation and revision of NNSS Safety Basis documents. | | - | Provide subject matter expert level support for nuclear safety evaluations and analyses and the development/maintenance of NNSS nuclear facility Documented Safety Analysis (DSA)/Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) documents and supporting calculations and analyses. | | - | Provide subject matter expert level support and serves as a Safety Basis technical authority for Nuclear Assurance. | | - | Provide subject matter expert level support to improve and maintain the integrity of the NNSS Safety Basis. | | - | Perform or review analytical tasks, including the performance of hazards/accident analyses to derive hazard controls and the development of other documentation such as descriptions of safety management programs (SMPs) and associated specific administrative controls for the completion of DSAs and TSRs. | | - | Participate in detailed technical reviews of Safety Basis Documents, procedures, supporting drawings, calculations, and documents to ensure accuracy, completeness, and format suitability for compliance with DOE Directives and standards. | | - | Interface with NNSA/NFO, and both internal and external stakeholders to resolve technical and compliance issues and to assure that Nuclear Assurance performs its assigned functions in an integrated manner. | | - | Support the initial and final hazard categorization of NN-1 facilities that utilize or stage radioactive materials. | | - | Devise solutions to highly complex technical problems of broad scope. Solutions may require resolving conflicting customer expectations and Safety Basis requirements, utilizing unconventional approaches and integration. | | - | Serve as a mentor to early/mid-career analysts and engineers, providing practical advice on implementation of solutions for organizational goals. Conduct technical, programmatic, and performance mentoring sessions. | | - | Monitor or direct the work of analysts, subcontractors, and other support personnel working on Nuclear Assurance projects. | | - | Lead Management Assessments of nuclear safety activities. | | - | Support field programs and perform related work as assigned by the supervisor.
The Program Manager for Multi Weapon Systems (MWS) represents NNSS contributions to stockpile sustainment in support of surveillance and product realization efforts at recurring program reviews and regular data calls. This includes higher NA-12 reviews and data calls. These deliverables justify and align NNSS scope with FYNSP and FY funding allocations with the objective to provide value add recurring growth for NNSS. Additionally, the MWS program manager is the NNSS voting representative on the Product Realization Integrated Digital Enterprise (PRIDE) Program Management Team (PMT) and conducts recurring monthly meetings, data calls and regular Face to face events to define and prioritize development and operating costs of the mission application portfolio through the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology. This includes representing NNSS within the Digital Transformation pillar working groups for Engineering Environment and the Digital Thread Action Group (DTAG) and supports ESN Hub integration with the infrastructure pillar representative. These roles provide insight to align other stakeholder input to several other PRIDE development areas. Additional bandwidth can engage and support PRIDE sub groups to include the PRIDE Architecture Team (PAT), Modernization, DAG, EDASH, etc. He/she will lead a matrixed program/execution management team to develop and carry out key collaborative and technical initiatives to include providing strategic direction and performance feedback for NNSS personnel supporting PRIDE scope specifically on the architecture and EDASH teams. The Program Manager for PRIDE will have budgetary responsibility and ownership of scope within the associated federal funding stream. It is expected that the Program Manager will help to ensure that integrated project management processes are aligned with industry best practices and consistently applied across this portfolio. Position minimum of 50% travel, domestically. | | | Key Responsibilities: | - Direct all phases of program for a single customer (e.g., NA-40) with a combined value of $100M+ across the Future Year Nuclear Security Program/Plan (FYNSP) (may be less based on complexity of scope, unique customer set, or visibility of program) from inception through completion. | - Negotiates, evaluates, determines, and executes NA-12, MWS and PRIDE program management activities, reporting to the Director for Stockpile Experimentation and Operations Programs. | - Leads, directs, influences and exercises extensive technical knowledge and expertise to identify and mitigate program risks and to evaluate and resolve significant technical issues pertinent for key complex program(s) and supporting projects. | - Exercises extensive knowledge of programs and business processes to negotiate and establish achievable cost and schedule parameters for key and complex programs and/or reimbursable product/service programs and related program elements. Holds executing organizations including the associated project management functions accountable for cost, schedule, and performance elements of the portfolio to satisfy business and customer expectations. | - Leads multiple aspects of financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, analysis, and preparation of technical/schedule information required for complex program/project planning in concert with SEO management. | - Performs a primary, first point of contact, technical, administrative and logistical liaison role with the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, the laboratories, and other integrated contractors. | - Integrates customer needs with business competencies to drive growth in both existing and emerging markets. | - Participates in strategic planning. | - Represents the SEO Programs Director as delegated for some management responsibilities. | - Assists the selection and development of programmatic resources. | - Provides general management, oversight, and execution of ongoing Program and Project Excellence initiatives and continuous improvement across the business and execution within assigned complex program(s). | - Serves as the primary Nevada National Security Site point-of-contact and liaison with program leadership in connection with NA-12, MWS, and PRIDE work. | - Directs the work of employees assigned to the program from technical and/or administrative areas to include PRIDE Architecture, Enterprise Dashboards, Data integration, Business Intelligence and other focus areas.
Performs duties as a facility/system engineer (Electrical Engineer I) at one of the nuclear or high-hazard facilities within the MSTS Stockpile Experimentation & Operations Directorate. Positions are available at various locations within the forward areas of the NNSS. | | Key Responsibilities | - Support maintaining overall cognizance of assigned facility electrical systems, providing systems engineering support for operations and maintenance, and technical support of line management safety responsibilities for ensuring continued system operational readiness. | - Validate physical configuration of assigned electrical systems. Maintains and updates system documents for Configuration Management. Understands the functions and performance criteria for assigned systems per the Safety Basis and acts as the subject matter expert for assigned electrical systems. | - Assist with the conduct of In-service-Inspections and Technical Surveillance Requirement testing of assigned electrical systems. | - Contribute to solutions of assignment-related problems and issues with a limited scope and basic complexity, using a well-defined set of technologies. Solutions use established basic standards, practices and procedures as well as technical knowledge to address problems and complete tasks. | - Participate in developing field programs and designs using pre-determined principles and practices. | - Contribute to designs, strategies, reports and technical proposals. | - Perform design and technical analysis activities using prescribed codes and standards, computer software, and generally accepted best management practices. | - Assist in defining specifications for procurements and initiate purchase requests. | - Work with outside vendors as required obtaining relevant information. | - Develop a working knowledge of codes and standards of other disciplines. | - Coordinate work within their discipline on moderately complex projects. | - Often serves as a member of work teams. | - May monitor work of and provide guidance to skilled technicians and other support personnel. | - Understand the principles associated with the MSTS safety concept. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
This position will support the Design Engineering Department in North Las Vegas, with periodic site visits required for project support. The Design Engineering Department provides designs for the Infrastructure Directorate which includes NNSS facilities, site planning, reconfiguration of facilities, and supporting corrective action dispositions. The Principal Architect will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in their field and provide support to Design Engineering. | | Key Responsibilities | - Work on multiple projects, maintain high level of detail, work well with technical staff, and adapt to project demands. | - Generate, oversee and/or coordinate plans and overall designs for facilities and area planning. | - Ensure that specifications and proposed designs meet applicable federal, state and International Building Code requirements. | - Ensure team processes and deliverables comply with laws, codes, orders, and MSTS policies and procedures. | - Serve as SME for the following: | - | Respond to questions and issues related to facility code compliance. | | - | Resolve conflicting customer expectations and design requirements, utilize unconventional technology and materials, and cross-discipline integration. | | - | Interpret and adapt guidelines for specific cases. | | | - Assist in developing design/construction concepts with the Project Manager, Project Engineer, Facility Management, Construction and support organizations. | - Meet with customers and facility personnel to determine and document objectives and functional requirements for new and modified facilities. Define customer needs and develop technical proposals. | - Participate in planning phases of projects to determine customer requirements during initial planning discussions. | - Work with Cost Estimating in the definition of construction practices and procedures. | - Assist Cost Estimating with the incorporation of construction activities into the cost estimate, work breakdown structure and organizational breakdown structure. | - Prepare and review procurement and construction specifications, including requests for proposals for new and modified facilities. | - Prepare work statements for complex subcontracts and procurements, evaluate bids, and make recommendation for awards. | - Follow and manage project budget, work plans, costs, consultants and schedule. | - Develop design ideas, diagrams, digital models, presentation materials, and production work for a multitude of project types. | - Coordinate technical drawings, specifications and other contract deliverables with consultants and subcontractors. | - Develop solutions to technical problems including identifying proper SMEs. | - Review submittal, requests for information and other project documentation. | - Coordinate team efforts to complete a project promptly and successfully. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Nevada National Security Site Fire & Rescue (F&R) Department is currently seeking resumes for the position of Fire Inspector / Investigator. | | Key Responsibilities: | - Plan, coordinate, and document facility fire inspections for Life Safety Code compliance. | - Determine operability of fire protection systems and equipment during routine fire safety inspections i.e. detection systems, suppression systems, fire-rated doors, dampers, etc. | - Determine appropriate fire extinguisher types based on hazards present and determines its operability by visual inspection. | - Evaluate flammable/combustible liquids and hazardous materials storage and evaluates fire prevention practices. | - Review and analyze fire protection system test data as performed by Company organizations. | - Document, initiate, and track corrective actions as identified during the performance of these duties IAW department procedures and Company policies. | - Periodically witness fire pump tests and hydrant flows for general facilities at the NNSS, NLVF and RSL-Nellis. | - Develop, plan, coordinate, conduct, and document pre-fire incident plans for general facilities. | - May be assigned as General Staff by the Incident Commander or Area Commander as Planning or Logistics Section Chief or help tracking incident information including deployment to Command Post during extended emergencies. | - When requested, by the Fire Marshal, conduct building familiarization and pre incident plan tours with F&R personnel. | - When requested, by the Fire Marshal, serve as an alternate Beneficial Occupancy Inspector -Subject Matter Expert. | - Periodically witness Formal Workplace Inspections with Facility Managers. | - When requested, by the Fire Marshal, investigate the origin, cause and circumstances of all fires at the NNSS, determining whether a fire was the result of carelessness or criminal intent, investigate for mechanical and incendiary devices. | - When requested, by the Fire Marshal, gather evidence at the fire scene for presentation in courts of law, interview Firefighters, victims, witnesses and suspects as to the origin and cause for a fire or explosion; measure, sketch diagrams and utilize multiple devices to document fire scenes. | - When requested, by the Fire Marshal, assist in the investigation into the origin, cause and circumstances of explosions at the NNSS as part of an investigative team. | - When requested, by the Fire Marshal, assist as an investigative team in gathering evidence at explosion scenes for presentation in courts of law, interview Firefighters, victims, witnesses and suspects as to the origin and cause for an explosion; measure, sketch diagrams and utilize multiple devices to document explosion scenes. | - May be assigned to support & supply helicopter water drops during wildland fires. | - Other duties as assigned by Management for short term projects. Long-term projects shall be mutually agreed upon and not in conflict with any other PLA (Project Labor Agreement). | - If qualified, Fire Inspectors may be requested by Chief Officers to assist the Firefighters with operations such as offloading and/or retrieving suppression equipment and supplies.