Career One Engineer

What You'll Do

If you are close to graduation or have graduated in the past two years, consider applying for Y-12’s CareerONE, engineering rotation and development, Program. This program is specifically designed to fast-track the technical and professional development of new graduates.

This position involves temporary placement in, up to 3, different engineering groups within Mission Engineering at Y-12. Participants are given job tasks, rotational assignments, and special opportunities which allow the employee to gain Y-12 knowledge, cross-functional job experience, and valuable networking with the workforce and leadership. Each facet of an employee's development reinforces the technical competencies needed to operate and manage Y-12. This phase of the employee's technical development, which typically spans 1.5 years, allows the division to focus on expanding the employee's knowledge, skills, competencies, and interests. Following the completion of the CareerONE program, the employee will move to a home department for further growth and development.

Employees will have opportunities to participate in a wide range of technical and professional development seminars, workshops, and lectures on technical engineering topics and other areas of interest. The majority of workshops will be led by Engineering and Y-12 site subject matter experts.

Additionally, career and technical mentors are a key component of the program. Employees are able to draw from the career knowledge of seasoned employees to develop competencies and grow leadership capabilities. Previous CareerONE cohort members serve as mentors, offering new hires support and guidance over a one year phase of development. Experienced employees provide technical mentoring by supporting and guiding new employees during specific tasks, jobs, and project assignments. They demonstrate the how-to of a job.

What You Can Expect

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering/physical science discipline from an Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited program in the United States or designated equivalents from Canada or Mexico, the Washington Accord, or the list of substantially equivalent as documented by ABET. OR MS in Engineering/Physical science. OR PhD in Engineering/Physical science. (Advanced degrees require a technical undergraduate degree.)


• There is a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) requirement up to 4 years post-graduation at time of offer and confirmed by transcript. Beyond four years from graduation, engineering experience will supersede GPA as a requirement for hire.
  
  
  
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    • Bachelor's degree minimum 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA
    
    
    • Master's degree minimum 3.3/4.0 cumulative GPA
    
    
    • PhD minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• In addition, the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., Baccalaureate in engineering or related scientific major, 2 years job-related, and 1-year nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative). DOE 426.2A experience requirements can be satisfied following employment.  In the interim, newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities.   (Ref. DOE O 426.2A)

Why Y-12?

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