Engineering Safety Programs Senior Director at Pantex in Amarillo, Texas

Location: Amarillo, TX
Job Title: Engineering Safety Programs Senior Director
Career Level From: Senior Director
Career Level To: Senior Director
Organization: Engineering Safety Programs (51376586)
Job Specialty: Core Engineering

What You'll Do

The Engineering Safety Programs Senior Director is responsible for providing strategic leadership, supervision, and technical direction to the Engineering Safety organization, comprised of safety analysis engineering, criticality safety, nuclear and explosive surety departments, and technical staff.

Responsibilities include:

Providing nuclear and explosive oversight to authorize and ensure safe explosive and nuclear explosive operations
Developing and maintaining safety basis documents
Maintaining the Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) Program
Ensuring engineering support is highly responsive to operational needs
Successful budgeting, staffing, and financial performance of organization

The candidate will have previous leadership experience with demonstrated results and outstanding people skills,with the ability to energize, organize, and lead groups of engineering personnel. As a manager at a senior level, must possess the ability to develop comprehensive strategies for implementation of subject; the ability to effectively communicate and structure messages to achieve end strategy; and the ability to maintain cognizance of the team progress along with necessary adjustments is required. This position requires strong communication skills and the ability to effectively motivate and manage personnel, coordinate, and resolve programmatic positions with peer managers, and engage other organizations as necessary. The ability to present complex data & other material to senior leadership is imperative. The candidate will demonstrate an ability to lead under and propagate a culture defined in The Pantex Way outcomes: Mission Delivery, Operational Excellence, and Pantex Citizen.

Minimum Job Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and minimum 15 years of relevant experience
Minimum 5 years of supervisory/ management experience

Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2A Requirements

In addition to the above requirements, the applicant must also meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., Baccalaureate in engineering or related science and 4 years nuclear experience, or a DOE O 426.2A alternative). DOE O 426.2A experience requirements can be satisfied following employment. In the interim, newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities. (Ref. DOE O 426.2A)

Preferred Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited program in the United States or designated equivalents thru ABET Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA)
Leadership experience in managing multi-disciplinary, enterprise-wide teams within the Nuclear Security Enterprise
Seven years of supervisory/management experience
- Candidates with less years of supervisory/management experience will be required to complete a developmental plan approved by the Division Director or their delegate

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Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 709. Medical requirements may apply.

Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to random selection for drug testing without advance notification.

Pantex is an equal opportunity employer, and does not tolerate discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. Such terms and conditions of employment include, but are not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. Pantex takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans; including disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active-duty wartime, or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.