The successful candidate for the General Engineer/Physical Scientist will serve as a Nuclear Safety expert managing the review of Safety Analyses; encompassed in the Management and Organization (M&O) Los Alamos National Laboratory Contract.

Duties

As a General Engineer/ Physical Scientist (Nuclear Safety Specialist) you will: Lead safety planning, organization, and DOE/NNSA regulatory compliance review. Advocate and secure NNSA and M&O commitment to Safety Strategies. Resolve emerging operational safety issues preventing long-term facility and program adverse safety impact. Manage and review Safety Basis Documents including Major Modification Determinations, Safety Design Strategy, Conceptual Safety Design Report, Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis, Documented Safety Analysis, Technical Safety Requirements, Evaluation of the Safety of the Situation, Justification for Continued Operations, Safety Basis Addendums, and Temporary Changes to the Safety Basis. Provide oversight for nuclear and non-nuclear facilities and accelerator facilities. Collaborate with team participants and stakeholders identifying and resolving issues with potential to impact safe mission operations and controls. Provide oversight of the Contractor for Nuclear Safety System Operations.

Requirements

Qualifications

EN-801/1301-3 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate one full year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the EN-00 pay band or GS-11 level in the Federal service. Qualifying specialized experience for this position is defined as: Participating and assisting with the leadership of the nuclear safety program to include nuclear, high-hazard, and non-nuclear facilities and operations (e.g., creating review plans, leading meetings, coordinating with SMEs, presenting to management). EN-801/1301-4 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate one full year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the EN-03 pay band or GS-13 level in the Federal service. Qualifying specialized experience for this position is defined as: Specialized experience is defined as: Planning, directing, coordinating, and managing reviews of safety basis documents (e.g., hazard and accident analyses) pertaining to nuclear, high-hazard, and non-nuclear operations. Examples of Specialized Experience: EN-801/1301-3: 1. Participated and/or assisted with the review of safety and safety related program documents, and/or analyses, which included, but is not limited to the development of review plans, conducting document reviews and evaluations, participating in or leading review meetings, coordinating with others to include subject matter experts, and presenting results with recommendation to supervisors or other leaders and management. EN-801/1301-4: 1. Lead, participated and/or assisted with review of nuclear safety basis programs, documents, and/or analyses, which should include, but are not limited to nuclear, high-hazard, radiological or non-nuclear accelerator facilities and operations. 2. Planned, directed, coordinated, and/or managed reviews of safety basis documents independently (e.g., hazard and accident analyses) pertaining to nuclear, high-hazard, radiological, and non-nuclear accelerator operations. 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 KSAs 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! "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.

Education

General Engineer, 0801 series:

Basic Requirements:1. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; 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
3. 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 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. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering10 positions. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 2 examination or any other written test required for professional.

General Physical Science, 1301 series:

1. 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

2. 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.

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 Los Alamos Field Office 24600 20th St SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5507 US
• Name: Latrice Ginwright
• Email: [email protected]