Project Manager

These positions are located in the Office of Nuclear Material, Safety and Safeguard, Division of Fuel Management and Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs.
The supervisors will be Tekia Govan and Michelle Sutherland.
These positions are subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. These positions are subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

Qualifications:

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience applying the principles of nuclear safety, radiation protection, and NRC regulations and guidance related to the project management of NRC licensed facilities.

A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Knowledge of NRC requirements, policies, practices, and programs applicable to nuclear fuel cycle facilities. (Describe your experience and accomplishments regarding the depth and breadth of your knowledge of NRC requirements, policies, practices, and programs applicable to fuel cycle facilities. These examples should include experience in areas such as licensing, inspection, enforcement, and technical review of uranium conversion, fuel fabrication, enrichment, and greater-than-critical mass facilities. Include multiple examples of where you led or had a key role in applying your NRC knowledge in significant, complex situations. Describe what contacts, external organizations, stakeholders you have worked with on these assignments.)
2. Ability to prioritize, plan, schedule, manage, and complete the review of technical and policy issues affecting licensing and related activities of nuclear fuel cycle facilities. (Describe your experience managing significant, unique, controversial, or complex projects related to the licensing and policy issues of uranium conversion, fuel fabrication, enrichment, and greater-than-critical mass facilities. Discuss examples of where you led significant, complex licensing, rulemaking, or guidance development projects. For each example, discuss the challenge of the project, context, your specific role and the actions you took, and the results, including the outcome and the impact on the design, licensing, operation, and/or regulation of these types of facilities.)
3. Ability to communicate complex licensing, technical, or policy information clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing. (Describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to effectively communicate licensing, technical, and policy issues. Describe your ability to prepare written documents such as licensing actions, inspection reports, safety evaluation reports, technical information proposals, significant briefings, and public communications. Provide at least three specific examples for both written and oral communication with particular focus on coordinating integrated team reviews, risk-informed decision-making, leading change, and conducting meetings with diverse stakeholders and management. Describe the audience, the nature and complexity of the communication, and the outcome of such communication.)
4. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful approaches to problem solving and conflict resolution on licensing, technical, or policy issues. (Describe specific experience that demonstrates your ability to resolve differences to reach consensus on licensing, technical, or policy issues. Discuss examples of where you led or had a lead role in resolving differences to reach consensus in significant, complex situations. Describe your experience in establishing effective working relationships with executives as various levels, supervisors, subordinates, peers, professional associations, the public, and government and industry (e.g., licensees, applicants) officials. Describe challenges you encountered in working relationships and how you utilized your interpersonal skills to resolve them. For each example, discuss the challenge, context, the actions you took, and the results, including the outcome and the impact on the organization.)

A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. The NRC encourages applicants to provide job experience details in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will perform the full range of a project management duties.

The selectee will also have the opportunity to plan, coordinate, direct, and lead major projects for development of regulations, policies, requirements, and guidance for fuel cycle facilities, materials safety, security, and protection of the environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing projects and resolving complex, critical, or controversial program policy and licensing issues.

Project managers in this position also coordinate with State and local governments and Federal partners on issues related to the safety and security of NRC licensees. They may lead reviews of controversial matters related to licensing and oversight of nuclear facilities. They will rely on the management directives, office instructions, rules, regulations, and procedures in carrying out assigned duties. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Originates, reviews, modifies, coordinates, formulates, and assesses office positions on policies and emerging issues related to fuel cycle facilities and licensees. Leads major licensing reviews and identifies need for technical assistance to support review of all applications. Coordinates activities for conduct of important review needs, reviews findings, and formulates agency positions concerning them. Identifies need for development of new and revised acquisition policies and to reflect technical assistance need and studies for safety and environmental reviews, new and emerging threats to security of nuclear fuel cycle facilities, materials, and concerns of stakeholders.
• Identifies work scope, resources, products and schedules for assigned policy development and rulemaking activities to enhance safety and protection of the environment. Coordinates and provides advice related to preparation of policies and of rulemaking documents, including regulatory analyses, statements of consideration, environmental assessments, information collection requirements, reviews for consistency with other policies, consistency with research findings and technological developments, legal reviews, and input from other agencies. Manages the resolution and closure of petitions for rulemaking.
• Manages, coordinates, and performs safety and environmental reviews of applications for fuel cycle facilities and amendments. Determines requirements for additional information, studies, reviews and documentation. Recommends agency action for applications consistent with NRC Safety Evaluation Reports, Environmental Reports, and other documentation.
• Initiates and manages contract support for assigned tasks and project activities. Identifies qualifications needed, statements of work, schedules, and deliverable products. Provides guidance and direction to national laboratories and commercial firms performing work under contract, monitors performance, and reviews draft products.
• Represents the Office at internal NRC meetings to facilitate resolution of issues and formulates Office positions concerning them. Schedules, coordinates, chairs and participates in public meetings with representatives of the public, nuclear industry, NRC staff, States and local governments, and other Federal agencies to address technical or policy matters related to the overall program or to specific licensing actions.
• Represents the NRC at international forums related to fuel cycle facility issues

Salary : $156,451