Nuclear Material Accountability Engineer

About the role

The Nuclear Material Accountability Engineer supports Standard Nuclear's Nuclear Material Control & Accountability (NMC&A) Program across various activities including nuclear fuel manufacturing, laboratory, storage, material handling, and shipping/receiving. This role ensures nuclear material is accurately identified, measured, tracked, controlled, reconciled, and reported in accordance with approved procedures and applicable DOE, contractual, and facility requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the designated and qualified Material Balance Area Coordinator (MBAC) for one or more assigned Material Balance Areas
• Maintain accurate nuclear material location, quantity, material form, status, and identification information within assigned MBAs
• Verify receipts, transfers, movements, process transactions, and inventory changes are properly authorized and documented
• Support material balance calculations, inventory reconciliation, and investigation of inventory differences or discrepancies
• Review nuclear material transactions and records for completeness and accuracy before entry or submission to applicable accountability systems
• Coverage of material movements within and between MBAs and verify required authorization before transfers occur
• Coordinate and support periodic physical inventories of nuclear material within assigned MBAs
• Investigate and document discrepancies identified during inventories
• Support independent verification, assessments, and audit activities associated with physical inventories
• Support material movements compliance with applicable access-control, two-person, TID, and material-control requirements
• Support measurement & data integrity
• Support implementation of nuclear material measurement and measurement-control requirements
• Coordinate with technical personnel to resolve measurement anomalies, data-quality issues, and material-accounting discrepancies
• Maintain accurate, defensible electronic records using spreadsheets, databases, inventory tools, and material-accountability systems
• Apply, verify, document, and control tamper-indicating devices in accordance with approved procedures and qualification requirements
• Maintain accurate records of TID numbers, application, removal, replacement, and status
• Verify container integrity and required material-control measures during routine activities
• Immediately report evidence of tampering, missing material, unauthorized movement, broken or unexpected TIDs, or other safeguards concerns
• Stop or suspend a nuclear material activity when required controls, authorizations, or documentation are not in place
• Program Support & Compliance
• Perform assigned activities in accordance with the Standard Nuclear NMC&A Program and implementing procedures
• Support compliance with applicable DOE, contractual, and facility-specific nuclear material control and accountability requirements
• Participate in NMC&A assessments, surveillances, audits, investigations, corrective-action activities, and continuous-improvement initiatives
• Aid in development and revision of NMC&A procedures, forms, work instructions, training materials, and qualification documents
• Support required nuclear material reports and transactions, including NMMSS-related activities, as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Technology, Science, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant nuclear-industry experience may be considered based on position level
• Experience in nuclear operations, nuclear material accountability, safeguards, inventory control, regulated manufacturing, or another highly controlled technical environment
• Previous experience with DOE Nuclear Material Control & Accountability programs preferred
• Experience serving as an MBAC, MBA Custodian, nuclear material representative, material control specialist, or similar role preferred
• Experience with special nuclear material (SNM), enriched uranium, or nuclear fuel manufacturing preferred
• Working knowledge of Material Balance Areas, material balances, physical inventories, inventory differences, and nuclear material transaction records
• Experience with nuclear material measurement, measurement-control programs, TID programs, and controlled nuclear material movements
• Familiarity with DOE safeguards and security requirements, NMMSS, and/or other nuclear material accountability databases
• Strong analytical, recordkeeping, and technical writing skills with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies in material, measurements, documentation, and records
• Proficiency with electronic records, spreadsheets, databases, and inventory or material-accountability systems
• Ability to obtain and maintain all facility-specific training, qualification, access, and security requirements applicable to the position, including formal MBAC qualification before independently performing designated activities

Benefits

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Disability and Life Insurance
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Time Off and Holidays