About the role

  • Senior Manager overseeing Radiological Control Programs for Savannah River Mission Completion in Aiken, SC. Responsible for ensuring compliance, safety, and employee health in nuclear operations.

Responsibilities

  • Manages, directs and integrates the facility's Radiation Protection Program by: coordinating with the Business Unit Safety, Health & QA Manager to establish expectations and ensure communications between S&HO and the facility.
  • Resolving technical issues.
  • Managing the implementation of program improvements relative to employee performance through Conduct of Operations initiatives.
  • Providing management oversight to ensure that RadCon and facility operations personnel are following the requirements of the Site's Radiological Control (5Q) Manual.
  • Provides leadership, guidance, and direction to managers, professionals, and nonexempt personnel.
  • Manages the qualification program of assigned personnel in accordance with program requirements established by the Managers of Environmental, Safety & Health (ES&H), Radiological Protection Department, and the applicable Training and Qualification Program Manual.
  • Implements Site and DOE level policies through formulation and implementation of facility-specific plans and procedures by: reviewing radiation protection policies to ensure the facility is in compliance with applicable regulations and that the facility's Radiation Protection Program is adequate to meet stringent external review criteria for startup and operations.
  • Meeting with other S&HO Managers and providing advice on policy to establish facility program consistency.
  • Reviewing and assessing procedures and practices for technical accuracy.
  • Responsible for ensuring facilities/area is in full compliance with all Federal, State, Company, and Site requirements to maintain exposure to site personnel and the general public ALARA by: assuming ownership of the facility's Radiation Protection Program to include Operational Readiness Reviews (ORRs), facility startup, occupational radiation exposure and contamination control.
  • Conducting management walk-throughs and surveillances of areas of responsibility to monitor and enforce standards.
  • Providing input to occurrence reports and authoring formal responses to audits and surveillance's.
  • Represents the Radiological Protection Department on radiological protection issues externally and internally.
  • Formulates and communicates facility position to various oversight and planning groups.
  • Develops and implements the facility's business planning systems to efficiently utilize resources by coordinating manpower requirements through daily and weekly planning meetings with facility Line Management.
  • Upgrades the quality of the facility's Radiation Protection Program to include monitoring the conduct of training and qualification programs for radiological Control (RC) Inspectors and First Line Managers by: approving OJT qualification; reviewing and approving facility-specific radiological control training materials; participating in Training Review Committees as needed; identifying improvement opportunities; implementing improvement processes (task teams, committees, communications, recognition, etc.); and evaluating the facility's radiological events and communicating lessons learned.
  • Provides management leadership to ensure a safety and total quality culture for the facility by: enforcing monthly safety meeting attendance and good work practices; emphasizing the importance of safety on and off the job; identifying improvement opportunities; and sponsoring improvement processes.
  • Provides management, values, and objectives for the facility by: ensuring compliance with personnel policies; administering various employee Human Resource issues, including concerns, problems, and constructive discipline issues; and providing personnel and professional development support through training and counseling.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science or related and years of progressive experience in the field.
  • A minimum of four years nuclear experience is required.
  • Manager must stay current on GET and RadWorker Training Phase II or equivalent
  • Preferred Qualifications US Department of Energy (DOE) site experience
  • Demonstrated supervisory experience
  • In depth knowledge or regulations and requirements pertaining to radiation and health physics
  • Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) Certified

Benefits

  • 401k Retirement Savings Plan – 5% immediate company contribution, additional matching for employee contributions
  • Health Insurance & Prescription Drug Program
  • Health Savings Account
  • Telehealth with BlueCare on Demand
  • Dental Coverage
  • Vision Coverage
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Includes 160 hours annual paid time off (accrued monthly), plus 11 paid holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Life and Accident Coverage
  • Disability Coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Job title

Senior Manager, Field Safety and Health

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$148,600 - $255,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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