Special Materials Director

About the role

The director of Special Materials (SM) is a position at Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) at the Y-12 National Security Complex. CNS is a nuclear manufacturing LLC with a total workforce of over 9,000 employees in Oak Ridge, TN whose mission is nuclear weapon production, naval nuclear fuel feedstock production and the non-proliferation of special nuclear materials. The Special Materials director reports to the Senior Director of Secondary Stage Production Modernization (SSPM). The SSPM Program Manager is primarily responsible for the sustainment, modernization and integration of critical material streams. The Special Materials Manager is a director position and serves as a senior leader in the SSPM organization that will assist the Senior Director of SSPM in the strategic planning and tactical execution of operations and projects to meet mission objectives safely, securely and with high quality. The SM position provides representation, leadership and technical guidance across three SM program technical areas, functional organizations, industry partnerships, the executive leadership team, international entities (e.g., United Kingdom), government agencies, the Y-12 Field Office (YFO) and the National Nuclear Security Administrations (NNSA) Headquarter customers in the Strategic Materials Production Organization. Special materials primary focus in FY27 and FY28 is