Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: UFO Production Support Waste Specialist
Career Level From: Specialist
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Job Specialty: Nuclear/High Hazard Operations
What You'll Do
The Production Support Waste Specialist assists the Production Support Manager in the technical execution and integration of daily production work activities. Directly supports front line supervisors and production managers in work planning, scheduling, and integration of activities that impact field execution and production readiness.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and coordinate compliance efforts concerning characterization, segregation, minimization, accumulation, and disposal of RCRA, TSCA, mixed, general, and radiological wastes.
- Identify and implement Lean/5S and Productivity improvements to processes and operations practices and provides floor leadership in the implementation of approved initiatives.
- Interact with the appropriate organizations to maintain awareness of, and exert influence on, regulatory as well as plant standards changes concerning waste accumulation, disposal, and minimization.
- Assist the site environmental compliance organization in evaluating, interpreting, and implementing programmatic changes, which affect production operations.
- Monitor compliance with Federal, State, local, and plant environmental and waste minimization requirements, and report non-compliances.
- Serve as environmental, waste management and waste minimization SME for the department.
- Develop written organizational procedures to implement compliance with regulations, orders, and site procedures.
- Serving as a relief supervisor as requested.
- Review all operational procedures to ensure that pertinent environmental and waste management issues are addressed.
- Ensure that waste generated is adequately characterized, documented, segregated, packaged, labeled, and stored in accordance with approved procedures and environmental regulations.
- Conducts self-assessments, evaluates results, and documents and communicates results.
- Provide technical support on environmental compliance issues.
- Performing other duties as assigned to provide leadership in maintaining safe working conditions, proactively preventing injuries, contaminations and exposures and supporting the safe, efficient and effective flow of work within the production area.
Accountabilities:
- To the Production Support Manager for daily support of efficient, effective, and safe work execution within the production area.
- To personnel within the facility for completion of tasks that support a safe and efficient work environment.
Authorities:
- Authorized to represent Production Support Manager in the coordination of all waste management activities.
- Authorized to represent personnel in development of procedures and operating protocols that directly affect the work conditions and job performance.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security.
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues.
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization.
- Career advancement and professional development programs.
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
- OR Master's degree with a minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
- OR PhD.
- Twelve or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
- In addition, the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., High School diploma and 3 years nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).
Preferred Job Requirements
- A working knowledge of CNS Technical Services requirements and waste acceptance criteria is desired. Knowledge of the manufacturing facilities and processes is also desired.
Why Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
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