Associate Criticality Safety Engineer

About the role

We are seeking an Associate Criticality Safety Engineer within the Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

Responsibilities

• Assist with criticality safety evaluations in conformance with DOE-STD-3007 and LLNL administrative procedures.
• Support the review of new or proposed changes to existing equipment or operating procedures.
• Perform walk-through inspections and assist with basic annual reviews of operations and work authorization/work control documents.
• Contribute to solutions for routine or limited-complexity problems using standard techniques and established practices.
• Travel to the Nevada National Security Sites as needed.
• Conduct Fundamentals of Criticality Safety training courses.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, or closely related scientific discipline (e.g., mechanical/systems engineering, nuclear physics, particle physics, radiochemistry) or equivalent combination of education and prior relevant experience.
• Fundamental knowledge of and some academic, internship, research, or work experience in a nuclear facility, nuclear reactor, chemical, high hazard, radiological operation, or similarly regulated technical environment.
• Ability to apply fundamental technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills to assigned work using established methods and procedures.
• Familiarity with personal computers and exposure to radiation transport software such as COG, MCNP, GEANT, or SCALE is desirable.
• Basic familiarity with DOE orders, national consensus standards, and engineering practices is desirable.
• Proficient verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to document and explain assigned technical or operational work results to supervisors, project leads, and team members.
• Ability to reprioritize and change programmatic direction depending on emergent requests and in collaboration with a variety of multidisciplinary teams.

Additional Qualifications

• At the SES.2 Level: Experience handling or performing experiments with fissile material.
• Experience with computer-based design and analysis of experiments with knowledge of modeling in particle transport codes such as COG, MCNP, GEANT, or SCALE.
• Experience conducting training and independently giving guidance to programs.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $121,830 - $154,500 annually at the SES.1 Level, and $146,340 - $185,544 annually at the SES.2 Level. The actual salary offered will depend on the candidate's qualifications and experience.