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Manager, Engineering F - Nuclear Safety/Criticality

Savannah River Mission Completion · Aiken, SC · 3 wk ago
Engineering$131k/yrFull-time

About the role

Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) is seeking a Manager, Engineering F - Nuclear Criticality Safety to lead and manage a group of professional technical resources, including engineers, subcontractors, technicians, and other professionals. This position provides technical, strategic, and organizational leadership for the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program supporting SRMC's Liquid Waste mission, ensuring criticality safety enables safe mission execution while supporting operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, and long-term program sustainability.

Responsibilities

  • Define objectives, develop strategies, and manage resources to achieve goals through effective interaction with management and customers.
  • Establish and communicate expectations to subordinates to maintain high engineering discipline standards and quality.
  • Manage engineering commitments via schedules (e.g., POW, POD) and tracking systems (e.g., STAR, APS) for on-time delivery of engineering products.
  • Collaborate with peer engineering managers to support larger business objectives or resolve major engineering issues.
  • Provide leadership and direction to achieve long-term improvements for the department’s scope and function.
  • Resolve technical and personnel-related questions, issues, and matters for direct reports.
  • Serve as an active member of the SRMC expanded staff, supporting developmental roles and senior management objectives.

Program Leadership

  • Lead and continuously improve the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program.
  • Establish strategic direction and engineering priorities.
  • Ensure compliance with DOE requirements, ANSI/ANS standards, and site implementing documents.
  • Oversee staffing, metrics, assessments, and program performance to maintain the overall health and effectiveness of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program.

Engineering Excellence

  • Direct preparation, review, and approval of Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations and supporting analyses.
  • Ensure appropriate engineering rigor and conservative technical judgment.
  • Oversee implementation of approved computational methods and engineering practices.
  • Ensure technical quality of NCSEs, NCSAs, NCSASRs, hazard analyses, and related engineering products.

People Leadership

  • Maintain the Criticality Safety Training and Qualification Program.
  • Foster ownership, accountability, technical rigor, and respectful challenge.
  • Develop collaborative relationships across organizations.
  • Preserve institutional knowledge while improving program capability.

Continuous Improvement

  • Advance modernization initiatives, process improvements, and knowledge management.
  • Promote innovation that improves engineering effectiveness without compromising safety.

Requirements

  • BS in Engineering or closely related Science (e.g., Physics, Chemistry) and progressive professional engineering experience.
  • Demonstrated leadership of technical organizations or engineering programs.
  • Significant Nuclear Criticality Safety experience supporting DOE or comparable nuclear facilities.
  • Current Senior Criticality Safety Engineer (SCSE) qualification, or qualifications and experience supporting attainment of SCSE within approximately one year of hire.
  • Experience with DOE Order 420.1C, 10 CFR 830, ANSI/ANS 8-series standards, and program implementation.
  • Experience with Safety Basis integration, hazard analysis, MCNP, and/or SCALE.

This position may fall under DOE Order 426.2, and as such, must meet the conditions of the order. On an exception basis, equivalencies for education and experience may be applied. Post-secondary education may reduce the years of experience required for entry.

Benefits

  • 401k Retirement Savings Plan with 5% immediate company contribution and additional matching for employee contributions.
  • Health Insurance & Prescription Drug Program.
  • Health Savings Account.
  • Telehealth with BlueCare on Demand.
  • Dental and Vision Coverage.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • 160 hours of annual paid time off (accrued monthly) plus 11 paid holidays.
  • Life and Accident Coverage.
  • Disability Coverage.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.

Pay

USD $131,000.00/Yr. to USD $225,000.00/Yr. Exceptions to this range may be applied on a case-by-case basis.

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