Dir., Facility Operations

Position Location:

This position is located in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Los Alamos is a tight-knit mountain community that consistently ranks as one of Livability.com's Best Small Towns in America. The city is a top spot for outdoor enthusiasts as it has more than 120 hiking and biking trails, and residents enjoy easy access to the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Thanks to the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos' presence in the area, Los Alamos also has a college-town vibe that's a major draw for young professionals, families and retirees.

426.2: This position is subject to DOE Order 426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, and Qualification Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities, which establishes entry-level requirements to ensure candidates selected for specific positions can successfully perform the requirements of the job.

Position Summary

The Facility Operation Director (FOD) is a senior level position reporting to the Director of Waste and Facility Operations. The FOD position at N3B CH-TRU is responsible for managing and maintaining safe, secure, and compliant work environments at TA-54, enabling efficient and effective mission execution for the CH-TRU Project. The FOD position provides management oversight and compliance for programmatic operations within the TA-54, Area G nuclear facility and the balance of TA-54 including direct management responsibility of the TA-54 Operations Center, Shift Operations Managers, and Nuclear Operators. The scope of this position provides support and facility availability for waste management activities, including characterization, remediation, retrievals, and repackaging efforts for off-site waste disposition of TRU and M/LLW. The FOD position ensures that there is adequate Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and ESH&Q support facility and waste operations at TA-54.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities (may include, but are not limited to):

• Reviews operational performance from a regulatory/safety standpoint and formally reports issues and/or recommendations.
• Provides feedback and implements corrective actions to ensure operational risk is minimized.
• Executes facility and operations related solutions to problems regarding operations, engineering, maintenance, nuclear and industrial safety, and regulatory issues.

• Advises management of the status of work in progress, operational risks, facility status, and status of corrective actions and process improvements to support safe work execution in a nuclear facility.
• Coordinates interdepartmental activity with operations, project management, quality assurance, engineering, maintenance, and work control, etc.
• Can be viewed as an expert within a specialty and as highly competent within the broad discipline, both internally and externally.
• Level of language skills, mathematical skills, communication skills, reasoning ability and computer skills necessary to perform essential functions of the job.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities):

• In-depth understanding of, and experience in, applying a graded approach in operating Nuclear and non-nuclear facilities.
• In-depth understanding of work hazards, safety practices, operating configuration, safety basis, conduct of operations, and facility policies and procedures.
• In-depth knowledge and experience conducting critiques, root cause analysis, and lessons learned.
• In-depth knowledge of government regulations affecting operations and /or packaging and transportation management.
• Must have excellent written/oral communication skills to include the preparation of reports/presentations.
• Advanced experience in planning and oversight of programs in the operations area (i.e. facility waste operations, health, safety, and radiation; infrastructure, facilities and construction, performance assurance, project management, risk reduction & environmental stewardship, or security and safeguards).
• Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, integrating, and managing customer service organizations.
• A strong record of demonstrating the following leadership characteristics: personal integrity and accountability, fiduciary responsibility, commitment to teamwork/ quality and excellence in programs and operations, commitment to workforce diversity.
• Demonstrated ability to build and grow both internal and external organizational relationships.
• Demonstrated experience in effective decision-making, creative problem solving, and continuous improvement programs.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with all levels of personnel and customers.
• Skill and ability to perform critical strategic tasks and to interpret broad strategic requirements and develop and execute plans to satisfy them.
• Ability to have major impact on organizational success and productivity, with extensive latitude for independent judgment.
• Ability to communicate effectively at the highest levels.
• Ability to train and mentor more junior staff

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelors' degree in appropriate discipline with 14 years of related experience. Experience should include a minimum of 6 years of management responsibility. A combination of education and/or relevant experience wherein the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the position's duties and responsibilities have been adequately demonstrated is acceptable. Per DOE O 426.2, must have bachelors degree and 4 years of nuclear experience

Business Associations:

Interacts with senior management, and others concerning matters of significance to the company. Conducts business and technical briefings for senior and top management and for external representatives.

Impact:

Decisions have a serious impact on the overall success or failure on area of accountability. Erroneous decisions or recommendation may cause critical delays or modiciations to company projects or operations causing substantial expenditure of time, human resources and funds.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Light Work Category - Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. The employee exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Safety, Security, and Quality

While working to achieve N3B LLCC objectives, the Director, Facility Operations will ensure all activities and operations are performed in a safe and deliberate manner to include protecting the confidentiality and integrity of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). This role will maintain required safety, security and operational training; assure procedural and regulatory compliance; and make safety, security and quality an integral part of every task; including taking the necessary steps to stop work if continuing the job is unsafe or compromises security. Ability to obtain an L level Department of Energy security clearance.

Equal Opportunities

N3B is an equal opportunity employer. N3B will ensure no applicant for employment or employee is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring practices, appraisal systems, promotions, training, and career development programs.