Total 27 job vacancies by National Nuclear Security Administration

As a Security Specialist, you will:

• Provide oversight and management of all aspects of the Personnel Security and HRP Programs at YFO. Directs, manages and oversees YFO and contractor HRP. As the HRP certifying official, certifies federal employees or contractors meet HRP enrollment requirements and, annually recertifies employee HRP position eligibility. Temporarily removes employees for safety or security concerns; review individual's removal from an HRP position circumstances; once concern dispositioned, directs reinstatement.
• Manage the HRP program and HRP positions.
• Evaluate planning, analysis, development, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of Personnel Security and HRP Programs, policies, procedures, and tools at both Plants. Recommends access authorizations (security clearance) to the Field Office Manager, certifies HRP positions, and temporarily removes employees from HRP positions.
• Provide direction, guidance and technical assurance to YFO staff and contractors in correcting problem areas and carrying out follow up actions, such as reviewing and tracking corrective action plans, related to surveys, inspections, evaluations and program reviews to provide the desired levels of security and incident control.
• Perform oversight of contractor security program management systems, practices, and procedures to ensure compliance with NNSA and DOE directives, requirements, and policies. Coordinates and/or negotiate with contractors on technical issues and corrective actions necessary for compliance and effectiveness.
• Ensure Personnel Security and HRP Programs are integrated with other YFO and contractor Safeguards and Security activities to ensure mission accomplishment while ensuring strong coordination with affected local and Headquarters stakeholders.
• Serve on interagency working groups, committees, or quality panels to identify and resolve agency wide personnel security and HRP issues and provides leadership in developing security policy.
• Advise top-level agency managers on new developments and advances in safeguards and security techniques and recommend methods for enhancing efficiency of security systems through modifications and applications of evolving technology.

As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist (Deputy Assistant Deputy Administrator of the Office of Experimental Sciences) you will:

• Assist in directing NA-113 staff, providing both technical and administrative direction. Assist with the planning and management of office activities and provides overall direction to the selection, utilization, and development of assigned personnel and the resolution of work-related issues.
• Serve as the Deputy Assistant Deputy Administrator responsible for applying a high level of technical expertise to assist with identifying, overseeing, and resolving complex engineering, scientific and technological issues associated with the NNSA's science-based Stockpile Stewardship Programs.
• Guide the development, planning and execution of experiments and pioneering new concepts to provide advanced diagnostic, assessment, technology, computing, and certification capabilities that support the long-term needs of the science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP).
• Coordinate with Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) for directing strategic planning related to program capability and technology modernization initiatives.
• Interface with the Offices of Stockpile Management (NA-12) and Major Modernization Programs (NA-19) on legacy weapons support, planning, campaigning, and other related issues that ensure the success of NA-10's overall stockpile functions.
• Represent NNSA's interests in collaborating and partnering with the Department of Defense on nuclear weapon-related research, development, test, and evaluation program elements.
• Coordinate with the NNSA M&O sites, interagency and international partners, academic institutions, and research laboratories to integrate OBS Program capabilities into broad national and international plans and priorities for experimental sciences.

As a Program Analyst, you will:

• Provide authoritative guidance on interpretation of requirements and policies,establishment of priorities and schedules, negotiation of data exchanges and standardization, evaluation of alternative approaches or significant modifications, and initiation of new or corrective actions across organizational lines as a recognized expert.
• Provide comprehensive background and programmatic information to support the Office of Management and Budget formulation and execution activities, requests/briefings, President's budget request/briefings, inquiries, questions and answers, and budget summits.
• Develop long-range budget estimates for programs in close coordination with site offices, site subject matter experts, and site budget analysts in accordance with annual budget guidance and schedules supporting the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Evaluation process.
• Provide programmatic direction in the management and coordination of day-today operations across the geographically dispersed M&O contractors, serving as the focal point on matters pertaining to planning, integrating, and executing policies, programs, and procedures for carrying out the organization's mission.

As a Human Resources Specialist (Employment Benefits), you will:

• Act as the the subject matter expert in several programs such as benefit programs (FEHB, FEGLI, TSP, Military/Civilian Deposits etc.) and other benefits and/or work-life balance programs. Incumbent understands and administers programs in accordance with process, practices, policies, and statutory requirements.
• Analyz benefit, retirement, and work-life balance program issues, to include military and civilian deposits, death cases, disability retirement cases, employee workplace injury cases, and/or a variety of tour of duty, leave administration and benefits programs to support NNSA across the nuclear weapons complex. Anticipate and prevent skills imbalances, and assess and redress skills gaps, with minimal employee and organizational disruptions.
• Initiate and maintain regular and recurring contacts with a variety of civilian supervisors and senior management officials in NNSA headquarters and administrative staffs, or comparable personnel in other Federal agencies. Effectively interacts and communicate with managers, supervisors, employees, and contractors sufficient to implement and coordinate programs and to defend, explain and promote assigned program initiatives.
• Develop and respond in writing to a variety of correspondence to include inquiries internal and external to NNSA. Ability to formulated written guidance such as email notification to workforce on benefits program items such as Open Season, Qualifying Life Events (QLEs), FEGLI, Retirements, TSP and other Worklife Program procedures and timelines.

As a Program Manager you will:
- Provide vision, leadership, and direction to Office of Infrastructure, Infrastructure Policy and Controls employees by communicating NA-90 infrastructure goals, priorities, and actions.
- Be responsible for leading NA-90's program management processes including budget formulation and execution; baseline change control and performance reporting; risk management; coordination and completion of the annual update to the NA-90 Program Management Plan.
- Lead contract management support to NA-90 Program Managers such as coordinating procurement forecasts and actions and serve as the NA-90 Small Business POC.
- Support the Associate Administrator (AA) for Infrastructure (NA-90) and the Deputy Associate Administrator (DAA) for Infrastructure Lifecycle Management (NA-91) in interpreting, developing, and/or implementing complex, first- of-a-kind management policies, goals, objectives, and operation strategies that impact NA-90 Programs and NNSA mission results.

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.

As an Emergency Management Specialist, you will:

• Provide direct support to the Deputy Directors and Director of the Office of Nuclear Incident Response (NA-84); oversee the day-to-day management of the assigned team including coordinating with multiple executive agencies, develop and review operational and program plans, as well as coordinate plans throughout the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA).
• Provide technical and analytical data to support long-term planning, systems analyses, and business management functions designed to ensure NNSA's general purpose infrastructure is sustainable, effective, and efficient to safely meet Enterprise needs.
• Plan, direct, execute, and manage NEST programs, including development of procedures, policies, plans, and any other applicable requirements. Implement NEST standards, regulations, best practices, training, and procedures.
• Provide expert advice on complex NEST readiness requirements, and serve as spokesperson at regional and nationwide meetings, committees and working groups to propose, defend and/or analyze NEST performance criteria.
• Train to, and maintain, all qualifications for such purposes, including deployment to national level exercises.
• Serve as an on-call Federal Team Leader for DOE/NNSA Nuclear Emergency Support Team field element and home teams, takes on-call duty as required, typically for one week each month.
• Prepare to deploy on short notice, to possibly austere or contested environments, and becomes part of incident command and operational support during an emergency response or exercise.
• Lead and manage highly trained, deployable staff in response to world-wide emergent events.

As an Emergency Management Specialist, you will:

• Provide direct support to the Deputy Directors and Director of the Office of Nuclear Incident Response (NA-84); oversee the day-to-day management of the assigned team including coordinating with multiple executive agencies, develop and review operational and program plans, as well as coordinate plans throughout the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA).
• Provide technical and analytical data to support long-term planning, systems analyses, and business management functions designed to ensure NNSA's general purpose infrastructure is sustainable, effective, and efficient to safely meet Enterprise needs.
• Plan, direct, execute, and manage NEST programs, including development of procedures, policies, plans, and any other applicable requirements. Implement NEST standards, regulations, best practices, training, and procedures.
• Provide expert advice on complex NEST readiness requirements, and serve as spokesperson at regional and nationwide meetings, committees and working groups to propose, defend and/or analyze NEST performance criteria.
• Train to, and maintain, all qualifications for such purposes, including deployment to national level exercises.
• Serve as an on-call Federal Team Leader for DOE/NNSA Nuclear Emergency Support Team field element and home teams, takes on-call duty as required, typically for one week each month.
• Prepare to deploy on short notice, to possibly austere or contested environments, and becomes part of incident command and operational support during an emergency response or exercise.
• Lead and manage highly trained, deployable staff in response to world-wide emergent events.

As a Program Manager you will:

• Manage public, congressional, and intergovernmental affairs, media communication, digital media, social media, and information activities related to NNSA/NFO Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) activities.
• Prepare the NNSA/NFO senior leadership and staff for public meetings and media interviews by developing talking points, background information, and other pertinent materials.
• Develop the internal NNSA/NFO newsletter and achieving NNSA/NFO public awareness and public communications goals of open communication with state, local, and community groups.
• Establish and develop effective relationships with NNSA headquarters professionals, contractor representatives, and media representatives.

As a General Engineer (Program Manager), you will:

• Assists with or manages projects/programs in an industrial setting using manufacturing processes and collaborates with other professionals on efforts to understand the manufacturing process and how it affects product quality, and identifies problems, develops solutions, or implements process improvements within a manufacturing environment.
• Performs program management duties under the guidance of the Program Management Team Lead.
• Evaluates contractor production support programs and recommends opportunities for improvement.
• Participates and contributes to the development of the annual Corporate Performance
  Evaluation Plan for the M&O Contractor.
• Administers, conducts, and coordinates long range planning studies on behalf of the NNSA to assure that advance resource requirements are identified and consistent with future workload projections.
• Resolves equipment and/or manufacturing process issues and generate a corrective action plan.

As a Facilities Management Specialist, you will:

• Responsible for all technical and functional control over a full range of facility management operational activities.
• Coordinate with the NAVSEA, NDW, DOE and support contractors to perform minor and major construction tasks, secure funding documents to pay for work once a cost estimate is prepared and addresses and completes security issues to permit the contractor or support personnel to come on-site and perform the work.
• Establish requirements and assignments for planned work by setting priorities, preparing schedules for work completion, and ensuring the work is completed timely and satisfactorily.
• Monitor progress, ensuring all issues are promptly resolved and the work performance specifications are met in accordance with contract/established requirements.
• Furnish expert advice regarding difficult and unique facility management issues. Resolve issues that are causing the work schedule to be adversely impacted.
• Highlight potential issues to management, always ensuring the safety of building personnel.
• Track and complete remedy actions.
• Develop and execute programs that comply with all current Federal regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Attend meetings with management officials to plan and prioritize short- and long-range projects and programs.
• Serve as building fire prevention supervisor, monitor janitorial support contractor, establish physical security and hardware development and keying systems, coordinate HVAC support and monitor system operations, perform hands-on repairs, and instruct support personnel for increased quality of job accomplishment and oversee the recycling program.
• Provide direction and review, continuity of control and related guidance for obtaining support services required by offices, including mail disbursement and receipt, correspondence control, physical security, and audio visual and copier maintenance.
• Directly supervises assigned personnel in support of the duties listed above (more than 25% of time). Plan work to be accomplished. Identify developmental and training needs of employees. Establish performance objectives and evaluate employee performance. Give advice, counsel, or instruction to subordinates. Resolve employee issues or refers to higher managerial level. Initiate corrective action. Recommend appointment, reassignment, promotion, and awards. Approve leave requests.

As a Budget Analyst, you will:

• Serve as a Budget Analyst, performing budget formulation, justification, and/or execution of program objectives, operations, and related financial resource requirements and program activities for a major segment of activities and programs related to national nuclear security initiatives.
• Monitor Headquarters, Office of Management and Budget, and Congressional action on program budgets. Advise senior leaders and/or program managers of changes in funding levels resulting from budget actions.
• Perform budget planning and execution, and provide authoritative information on changing or conflicting budget, fiscal and program guidelines and conditions.
• Implement the Federal and DOE/NNSA departmental budget processes, policies and procedures in order to accomplish the agency's mission and program goals.
• Develop, implement, and interpret broad supplemental policy guidance to be followed in preparing multiyear annual program plans, funding estimates, and schedules required for their execution.
• Maintain systems and reporting capabilities to support internal and external customers' budget needs. Prepare site and program budget estimates, multi-year annual program plans and long-range planning, resource levels to accomplish program requirements.
• Coordinate with all levels of management and professionals within and outside the agency to resolve problems identified from the integration and correlation of budget and financial systems information, administrative funds control, and periodic reporting for Federal budget activities.

As a Program Analyst you will:

• Provide independent, analysis, review, and evaluation of Naval Reactors Laboratory Field Office (NRLFO) and management and operating contractor (M&O) policies and systems in the areas of management and internal controls, budget and resource management, and M&O performance assessment in those areas.
• Responsible for Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) compliance, OMB Circular A-123 implementation, Management Representation Act compliance, OIG/GAO audit coordination, and input and maintenance of NRLFO responsible items in the Departmental Audit and Reporting Tracking System (DARTS).
• Impart subject matter expertise to NRLFO/NR management to provide recommendations for improvement in the design, development, implementation, and continuous development in the risk assessment and internal control assessment activities conducted by the organization both internally and in its M&O responsibilities.
• Provide continued analysis of interrelated aspects that affect major administrative operations, such as, financial management, administrative support functions, and business operations; recommendations and decisions on how to proceed in planning, organizing, and conducting studies that are complicated by conflicting program goals and objectives.

As a Program Manager, you will:

• Direct a segment of complex professional, scientific, engineering, administrative, technical and/or support programs and develop work plans based on external trends and events.
• Develop and promulgate short- and long-range program plans/strategies and policy guidance, including resource levels and program priorities, overall requirements, schedules, milestones, and reporting.
• Make decisions that demonstrate technical credibility and may be complicated by political, economic, or social changes, as well as by legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee all personnel actions for all subordinate employees, and/or has the authority to manage the development of policy in response to changes in legislation, executive orders, or appropriations; manages organizational change including major changes to the structure and content of the program or program segments managed; and approves the allocation and distribution of funds.
• Initiate and maintain regular and recurring contacts with high-ranking civilian or military supervisors and senior management officials in NNSA headquarters and administrative staffs.

This position will be filled at the NQ-1102-02 level, with promotion potential to the NQ-1102-03 level.

At the NQ-1102-02 level, the incumbent will serve as a Contract Specialist trainee. As part of planned career development, the incumbent is required to obtain Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C Professional) and demonstrate proficiency in post-award contract administration activities included in the Field Office training plan prior to being considered eligible for promotion to the NQ-03 grade level. During formal acquisition training, the incumbent will be required to work (under limited supervision) with senior staff members to perform post award contract administration duties in accordance with regulations, directives, and policy established by the Department of Energy (DOE) and NNSA.

At the NQ-1102-03 level, the incumbent will serve as a warranted Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) with signatory authority for functions as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 42.302 in accordance with regulations, directives, and policy established by the DOE and NNSA.

The responsibility for and complexity of duties increase with experience and grade level and consist of the following:

• Performing contract administration of one or more multi-billion dollar complex contracts and/or Management & Operating (M&O) contracts as defined in FAR Subpart 17.6 and Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) 970. The contracts administered may include complex short or long-term cost, incentive, re-determinable, flexibly priced, or firm fixed-price type contracts.
• Assisting with managing of the contractor performance evaluation (fee determination) process for the assigned M&O contract and the award fee determination process for other incentive contracts, if applicable (e.g., CPAF and CPIF).
• Serving as a business advisor to Field Office staff, providing contractual guidance, support, and training.
• Completing closeout activities of assigned contracts in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Communicating professionally and appropriately with external and internal stakeholders such as: NNSA programs, Procuring Contracting Officers, Program Managers, Auditors, Inspector General representatives, and other federal entities, and Contractor senior leaders.
• Performing other duties as assigned.