Nuclear Material Accountability Engineer

Другое

• Company is fueling America's nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power - enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.  
• The Nuclear Material Accountability Engineer supports Standard Nuclear's Nuclear Material Control & Accountability (NMC&A) Program across nuclear fuel manufacturing, laboratory, storage, material handling, and shipping/receiving activities. This role ensures nuclear material is accurately identified, measured, tracked, controlled, reconciled, and reported in accordance with approved procedures and applicable DOE, contractual, and facility requirements.  
• The position serves as a qualified Material Balance Area Coordinator (MBAC) for one or more assigned Material Balance Areas (MBAs) and supports day-to-day accountability activities including material transactions, physical inventories, material movements, measurement data review, tamper-indicating device (TID) controls, discrepancy resolution, records, and reporting.  
• This role works closely with Operations, Quality, Security, Radiation Protection / ES&H, Shipping and Receiving, Engineering, and NMC&A leadership. It requires strong analytical judgment, exceptional attention to detail, disciplined recordkeeping, and the ability to independently recognize, investigate, and escalate nuclear material discrepancies.  
•  
• RESPONSIBILITIES  
• Nuclear Material Control & Accountability  
• Serve as the designated and qualified MBAC for one or more assigned Material Balance Areas  
• Maintain accurate nuclear material location, quantity, material form, status, and identification information within assigned MBAs  
• Verify receipts, transfers, movements, process transactions, and inventory changes are properly authorized and documented  
• Support material balance calculations, inventory reconciliation, and investigation of inventory differences or discrepancies  
• Review nuclear material transactions and records for completeness and accuracy before entry or submission to applicable accountability systems  
• Coordinate and support periodic physical inventories of nuclear material within assigned MBAs  
• Verify material identification, location, quantity, container status, and TID information during inventory activities  
• Support inventory preparation, inventory freeze activities, counts, reconciliation, and closeout  
• Investigate and document discrepancies identified during inventories  
• Support independent verification, assessments, and audit activities associated with physical inventories  
• Material Movements & Transfers  
• Coordinate and document nuclear material movements within and between MBAs and verify required authorization before transfers occur  
• Confirm material identity, quantity, container identification, source and destination, and required documentation before transfers are completed  
• Coordinate with Operations, Shipping and Receiving, Security, Radiation Protection, and NMC&A personnel for nuclear material movements  
• Support preparation and verification of documentation associated with off-site receipts and shipments  
• Ensure material movements comply with applicable access-control, two-person, TID, and material-control requirements  
• Measurement & Data Integrity  
• Support implementation of nuclear material measurement and measurement-control requirements  
• Review measurement data used for nuclear material accountability for completeness, traceability, and appropriate application  
• Coordinate with technical personnel to resolve measurement anomalies, data-quality issues, and material-accounting discrepancies  
• Support development and maintenance of material accountability data, reports, and performance indicators  
• Maintain accurate, defensible electronic records using spreadsheets, databases, inventory tools, and material-accountability systems  
• Safeguards, TID & Material Controls  
• Apply, verify, document, and control tamper-indicating devices in accordance with approved procedures and qualification requirements  
• Maintain accurate records of TID numbers, application, removal, replacement, and status  
• Verify container integrity and required material-control measures during routine activities  
• Immediately report evidence of tampering, missing material, unauthorized movement, broken or unexpected TIDs, or other safeguards concerns  
• Stop or suspend a nuclear material activity when required controls, authorizations, or documentation are not in place  
• Program Support & Compliance  
• Perform assigned activities in accordance with the Company NMC&A Program and implementing procedures  
• Support compliance with applicable DOE, contractual, and facility-specific nuclear material control and accountability requirements  
• Participate in NMC&A assessments, surveillances, audits, investigations, corrective-action activities, and continuous-improvement initiatives  
• Assist with development and revision of NMC&A procedures, forms, work instructions, training materials, and qualification documents  
• Support required nuclear material reports and transactions, including NMMSS-related activities, as assigned  
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS  
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Technology, Science, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant nuclear-industry experience may be considered based on position level  
• Experience in nuclear operations, nuclear material accountability, safeguards, inventory control, regulated manufacturing, or another highly controlled technical environment  
• Previous experience with DOE Nuclear Material Control & Accountability programs preferred  
• Experience serving as an MBAC, MBA Custodian, nuclear material representative, material control specialist, or similar role preferred  
• Experience with special nuclear material (SNM), enriched uranium, or nuclear fuel manufacturing preferred  
• Working knowledge of Material Balance Areas, material balances, physical inventories, inventory differences, and nuclear material transaction records  
• Experience with nuclear material measurement, measurement-control programs, TID programs, and controlled nuclear material movements  
• Familiarity with DOE safeguards and security requirements, NMMSS, and/or other nuclear material accountability databases  
• Experience working within an NQA-1 or comparable nuclear quality assurance environment preferred  
• Strong analytical, recordkeeping, and technical writing skills with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies in material, measurements, documentation, and records  
• Proficiency with electronic records, spreadsheets, databases, and inventory or material-accountability systems  
• Ability to obtain and maintain all facility-specific training, qualification, access, and security requirements applicable to the position, including formal MBAC qualification before independently performing designated activities  
•  
• BENEFITS  
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance  
• Health Savings Account  
• Disability and Life Insurance  
• 401(k) Plan