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Nuclear/Explosives Facilities Management Director

Pantex Plant
Amarillo, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 11/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/25/2025
Location: Amarillo, TX

Job Title: Nuclear/Explosives Facilities Management Director

Career Level From: Director

Career Level To: Director

Organization: Facility Operations (50996565)

Job Specialty: Nuclear/Explosives Facilities Management

What You'll Do

Responsible for organizing, planning, managing, and directing the support functions of an assigned nuclear and/or explosive facilities to ensure successful and timely completion of assigned missions in accordance with Government and Company directives. This includes management and administrative duties required to maintain the facility's safety envelope and work environment for assigned hazardous facilities to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations. Reviews data and provides technical input concerning facility or equipment modifications, specifications, company or government restrictions, required completion date, and construction feasibility. Coordinates with plant engineers in reviewing design criteria to ensure the facility modification/upgrade meets safety function(s) and is in compliance with explosive and/or nuclear operation technical safety requirements. Performs inspections of post construction, installation acceptance documents, and critical maintenance/surveillance documentation to ensure conformance with approved safety analysis, ensuring contractual requirements for the moderate (Nuclear and explosive) hazard facilities are met prior to commencing operations. In the event of an emergency, takes initial mitigating actions, and for other non-emergency anomalies, performs initial evaluations and assessments to ensure proper corrective actions are identified and implemented.

What You Can Expect

  • Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
  • Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
  • Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
  • Career advancement and professional development programs
  • Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

Minimum Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree and minimum 12 years of relevant experience

OR 20 or more years of relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting

  • And Minimum 3 years of supervisory/ management experience

Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2A Requirements

In addition to the above requirements, the applicant must also meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., Baccalaureate in engineering or related science and 4 years nuclear experience, or a DOE O 426.2A alternative). DOE O 426.2A experience requirements can be satisfied following employment. In the interim, newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities. (Ref. DOE O 426.2A)

Preferred Job Requirements

  • A developmental plan, approved by the Division Director or delegate, will be required for anyone hired into a management role without evidence of the preferred supervisory/management experience minimums
  • Five years of supervisory/management experience

Why Pantex?

We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position also requires entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.

Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.

Pantex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.

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