This position is part of the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Sandia Field Office. A successful candidate in this position will serve as General Engineer/Physical Scientist (Senior Technical Safety Advisor). As a Senior Technical Safety Advisor, the incumbent initiates, plans, monitors, and conducts reviews and assessments of nuclear safety programm environmental safety and health programs, and performs analysis to evaluate technical nuclear safety issues.

Duties

As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist, you will: Initiate, plan, monitor, and conduct reviews and assessments of the SNL environmental safety and health program management and performs independent analysis to evaluate technical issues related to safety. Specific emphasis is placed in designated nuclear facilities to ensure operations are carried out safely and properly in accordance with the facilities' authorization basis. Monitor long range program objectives and requirements and evaluates the recommendations of other interested organizations as they relate to SNL operations to assure compliance with regulations and implementation of recommendations from the DNFSB and other audits, reviews, surveys, and appraisals by other cognizant organizations. Reports on SNL program accomplishments to higher level management within the Department to assist in justifying and supporting crucial and far-reaching program and/or facility changes. Provide technical advice to a staff of scientists and engineers in the SFO and provides technical and scientific assistance to the FOM/ DFOM on all matters relating to the safety and operations of high-hazard nuclear facilities Identify, describe, and oversee the technical direction that the nuclear facility safety programs must take to achieve program objectives, and continually appraises and evaluates the current programs to determine if objectives can be met or recommend other options (approaches when warranted).

Requirements

Qualifications

A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA Demonstration Project pay band or GS grade level in the Federal service, i.e., EN/NN-04, or GS-15. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: You must meet 3 out of 5 specialized experience examples below: Examples of Qualified Experience that May Be Qualifying: 1. Having direct responsibility for activities impacting the safe operation of defense nuclear facilities; 2. Performing oversight of nuclear operations, including authorization basis documents, principles of conduct of operations, Integrated Safety Management Systems, and/or startup/restart of nuclear facilities; 3. Managing safety and health technical programs and providing assistance, direction, guidance, oversight, or evaluation of contractor activities; 4. Initiating, planning, monitoring, and/or conducting reviews and assessments of contractor safety and health programs; 5. Performing analysis to evaluate technical issues related to safety and health programs. Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies. identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application! Safety Engineering General Engineering Technical Advice Project and Program Management "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

Education

All applicants must meet the basic requirements of the General Engineer/Physical Science occupational series.

Transcripts or other proof of required education MUST be included in application package.

801 - Degree: professional engineering. The curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

OR

Combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. There are alternate methods to meeting the engineering educational requirement (e.g., holding current professional engineering registration, having passed the EIT examination, or having completed specified academic courses or a related degree). Please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards for Professional Engineering Positions.

OR

1301- Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics

OR

Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards for Physical Science Positions.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

EDUCATION: Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
**If you are selected, official transcripts will be required.

**FOREIGN EDUCATION: Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. Please Note: If your foreign education has already been accepted by an accredited U.S. educational institution as part of a degree program with that institution, you do not need to provide an evaluation of foreign education but must submit a copy of the transcripts listing the degree from the U.S. accredited institution that accepted your foreign education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address NNSA - Sandia Field Office 24600 20th St SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5507 US
• Name: Janelle McDowell
• Phone: 8049432419
• Email: [email protected]