Nuclear Material Process Control Analyst (MC&A Technical Specialist 1/2)

About the role

This position is open for external candidates only to apply. Security Programs - Nuclear Material Control and Accountability group (SP-NMCA) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is responsible for implementation and execution of Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMCA) Program. In its essence, SP-NMCA provides assurances to external stakeholders and federal regulators that no nuclear material has been lost, stolen or diverted from its legitimate programmatic use. As such, the group members serve as the interface between LANL programmatic groups utilizing and/or processing nuclear material and the regulator, helping to navigate the legal framework through use of practically implementable, technically defensible and legally compliant means.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across organizations to understand details of select processes, their normal and abnormal variations, collect operations' data, analyze process parameters, and offer performance improvement initiatives where applicable.
• Investigate abnormal or out of control situations is a skill that will be exercised to reconcile differences and unexpected trends.
• Knowledge and experience in problem solving is an advantage in this role, as well as a desire for process improvement and willingness to take on a new challenge.

Qualifications

• Ability to understand production-related nuclear material processes and regulatory requirements and incorporate into procedures and plans.
• Ability to reliably and accurately gather raw process data and perform analysis to identify gross process deviations and/or for process improvement.
• Willingness and ability to support and participate in engagement with specialized professional, research or operations organizations to mobilize cross-organizational resources to solve outstanding NMCA challenges.
• Ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical stakeholders to gain consensus for testing and implementing recommended improvements.
• Contribute to writing technical reports for internal and external stakeholders such as senior management and federal oversight.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Q-clearance and HRP.

Skills

• A background in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or computer programming background highly desirable.
• Experience auditing/assessing technical processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of nuclear material control and accountability program.
• Experience working in a regulated environment such as a nuclear facility or knowledge and experience with nuclear materials packaging, storage, treatment, and disposal, chemical processing, measurement systems, modeling of data.
• Knowledge of NMCA systems such as measurements systems, materials management, or knowledge of nuclear chemical processes, statistical concept and development of technologies.
• Working knowledge of Python, SQL, C++ or other programming language.

Benefits

Additional details about benefits can be found in the "Additional Details" section of the job posting.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $78,700 - $125,100 for MC&A Technical Specialist 1 and $94,500 - $154,600 for MC&A Technical Specialist 2, depending on the skills of the selected candidate.

Schedule

The position may require 24/7 coverage, which could involve working a shift/weekend schedule. Employees may be eligible for shift differential pay when assigned by their manager. Shift/weekend assignments are at the discretion of the manager.