What are the responsibilities and job description for the SRPPF Commissioning Test Operations Manager position at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions?
Who We Are
As the Savannah River Site’s management and operations contractor since 2008, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) makes the world safer. With safety and security in the forefront, SRNS develops innovative approaches to deliver on our environmental commitments and nuclear materials challenges; supplies products and services necessary to maintain the nation’s nuclear deterrent; secures nuclear materials to prevent unwanted proliferation; and transforms nuclear materials into assets and stable wasteforms. The SRNS workforce is highly capable, engaged, and adaptable to meet existing and expanding missions. SRNS employees apply superior expertise and innovative solutions to complex and challenging national and global issues. We have the knowledge to address a range of national and international nuclear issues. We make the world safer – and you can, too.
Job Family
Engineering
Discipline
Engineer - Multidiscipline
Career Level
M3
Salary Range
$131,500 - $184,000
Note for Salary
This is the range within which SRNS expects the majority of qualified candidates would enter this role if offered. Actual offers may be more or less than the amounts shown depending on candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, and other factors.
Job Family Description
Engineering roles perform engineering work in operations, production, construction, or maintenance environments. They may design and scale up manufacturing processes, instruments and equipment and tests manufactured products to maintain quality. They may plan, design, and estimate time and cost and oversees construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems, and components. They analyze and develop solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems or the causes of component failures. They develop and apply engineering standards and procedures and provide advice on issues within the engineering field.
Discipline Description
Engineering – Multidiscipline personnel typically manage a multidiscipline group of engineers. Responsibilities are within the Engineering Function as a generalist or in a combination of disciplines.
Some Typical Duties & Responsibilities Include
SRNS is hiring a Commissioning Test Engineering Manager.
This position requires multidiscipline technical expertise, project management capability and a strong understanding of nuclear safety and related requirements. The position will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams on all aspects of SRPPF Commissioning in accordance with PPF12 Manual including test execution (Test Instruction/Test Procedure Official briefings, Chronological Test Logs, Test Change Requests, Test Deficiency Reports/resolutions, Test Result Reports, all aspects of system turnover scoping and execution, etcetera, participates as needed on the Test Review Board, manages schedules and resource requirements, interfaces with Construction and Design Authority Engineering (temporary modifications, test deficiencies, Lockout/Tagout, etcetera).
Management of Commissioning schedule/scope/budget, conduct, and coordinate responsibilities associated with Project Construction and Engineering during field tests to ensure equipment meets functional and design requirements.
Interface with Project and facility personnel to ensure appropriate resolution of deficiencies identified during testing.
Interface with regulatory authorities during inspections, audits and assessments related to Commissioning.
Collaborate with safety to discuss potential safety hazards that may be encountered in special situations and coordinate with security when work is to be done in secured areas.
Leadership Responsibilities To Include
Provide daily, weekly, and monthly leadership and support to subordinates.
Determine customer and site needs, establish milestones and objectives.
Direct personnel, conduct group meetings, review designs and progress reports, and conduct performance evaluations with an emphasis on safety, accountability, cost-effectiveness, security, and continuous improvement.
Conduct periodic performance reviews incorporating individual career goals.
Responsible for Merit and promotion planning and implementation.
Support site level hiring and development initiatives through participation in interviews for the hiring process, identification of rotations and support of the intern program.
Technical Expertise And Continuous Improvement
Maintain technical expertise and management skills through professional training, professional organizations, seminars, conferences, management meetings, trade journals, and technical publications.
Organizational Responsibilities
Ensure that the strategy and objectives set by senior management are met within the sub-organization.
Assess Organizational Performance
Define work to be accomplished by subordinate organizations/work teams and individual contributors.
Required Qualifications
Ability to qualify as a Level III Test Engineer in accordance with ASME NQA-1 2019.
Previous Savannah River Site Commissioning/Startup experience utilizing 5E.
Project Management Professional certification.
Ability to apply and integrate the latest principles and methods of engineering disciplines including design and construction in addition to business disciplines such as procurement, planning, scheduling, cost/budget control.
Comprehensive understanding of work hazards, safety programs, environmental law, legal and business concepts.
Career Band
Management
Career Band Description
Provides leadership to managers and professional staff with accountability for performance and results of multiple teams, while developing departmental plans and priorities where decisions are guided by resource availability and organizational objectives.
Security Clearance Information
SRNS is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug & alcohol test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, criminal records, and employment history, and education verifications. Positions with SRNS may require applicants to obtain and maintain a DOE L or Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. Factors such as pre-employment background review results, dual citizenship status, and unpaid and/or unfiled taxes may impact your ability to obtain a security clearance. This list of factors is not exhaustive; pre-employment information and security clearance requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Clearance Required To Perform Job
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What We Offer
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) Benefits team is constantly assessing trends in the benefits area to provide the best possible services to our workforce. We ensure high quality outcomes of each service provider by consistent monitoring and oversight for positive results. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce. Your SRNS Health & Welfare benefits provide peace of mind and financial protection for you and your family. Some of the Benefits offered to full service employees include:
Standards of Excellence
The SRNS Vision States That We Will "be The Standard Of Excellence In Nuclear Materials Management By Delivering Knowledge, Innovation And Experience." This Is Underpinned By The Recognition That Everything We Do Relies On Our Employees And How They Demonstrate The SRNS Standards Of Excellence Every Day. Built On The Foundation Of Safety And Security, Each Employee Is Expected To
Model Excellence by demonstrating the highest standards and values in work and promoting them within the organization and to the customer.
Deliver Results by meeting customer expectations to ensure objectives, goals and deadlines are met while being good stewards of resources.
Energize and Recognize Teams through growing organizational strength and recognizing continued excellence.
Build Relationships by developing relationships with coworkers and customers to foster a respectful workplace.
Shape the Future by creating a diverse, innovative and integrated workforce that fosters mission success and company growth.
Note
SRNS is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. SRNS utilizes the Disabled Veteran Enhancement Opportunities program which is aimed at improving employment opportunities for disabled veterans at the Savannah River Site (SRS). SRNS is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request such an accommodation, you may contact us by phone at 803-952-8207, or by e-mail at hrrecruiting@srs.gov.
10-Dec-2025
As the Savannah River Site’s management and operations contractor since 2008, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) makes the world safer. With safety and security in the forefront, SRNS develops innovative approaches to deliver on our environmental commitments and nuclear materials challenges; supplies products and services necessary to maintain the nation’s nuclear deterrent; secures nuclear materials to prevent unwanted proliferation; and transforms nuclear materials into assets and stable wasteforms. The SRNS workforce is highly capable, engaged, and adaptable to meet existing and expanding missions. SRNS employees apply superior expertise and innovative solutions to complex and challenging national and global issues. We have the knowledge to address a range of national and international nuclear issues. We make the world safer – and you can, too.
Job Family
Engineering
Discipline
Engineer - Multidiscipline
Career Level
M3
Salary Range
$131,500 - $184,000
Note for Salary
This is the range within which SRNS expects the majority of qualified candidates would enter this role if offered. Actual offers may be more or less than the amounts shown depending on candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, and other factors.
Job Family Description
Engineering roles perform engineering work in operations, production, construction, or maintenance environments. They may design and scale up manufacturing processes, instruments and equipment and tests manufactured products to maintain quality. They may plan, design, and estimate time and cost and oversees construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems, and components. They analyze and develop solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems or the causes of component failures. They develop and apply engineering standards and procedures and provide advice on issues within the engineering field.
Discipline Description
Engineering – Multidiscipline personnel typically manage a multidiscipline group of engineers. Responsibilities are within the Engineering Function as a generalist or in a combination of disciplines.
Some Typical Duties & Responsibilities Include
SRNS is hiring a Commissioning Test Engineering Manager.
This position requires multidiscipline technical expertise, project management capability and a strong understanding of nuclear safety and related requirements. The position will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams on all aspects of SRPPF Commissioning in accordance with PPF12 Manual including test execution (Test Instruction/Test Procedure Official briefings, Chronological Test Logs, Test Change Requests, Test Deficiency Reports/resolutions, Test Result Reports, all aspects of system turnover scoping and execution, etcetera, participates as needed on the Test Review Board, manages schedules and resource requirements, interfaces with Construction and Design Authority Engineering (temporary modifications, test deficiencies, Lockout/Tagout, etcetera).
Management of Commissioning schedule/scope/budget, conduct, and coordinate responsibilities associated with Project Construction and Engineering during field tests to ensure equipment meets functional and design requirements.
Interface with Project and facility personnel to ensure appropriate resolution of deficiencies identified during testing.
Interface with regulatory authorities during inspections, audits and assessments related to Commissioning.
Collaborate with safety to discuss potential safety hazards that may be encountered in special situations and coordinate with security when work is to be done in secured areas.
Leadership Responsibilities To Include
Provide daily, weekly, and monthly leadership and support to subordinates.
Determine customer and site needs, establish milestones and objectives.
Direct personnel, conduct group meetings, review designs and progress reports, and conduct performance evaluations with an emphasis on safety, accountability, cost-effectiveness, security, and continuous improvement.
Conduct periodic performance reviews incorporating individual career goals.
Responsible for Merit and promotion planning and implementation.
Support site level hiring and development initiatives through participation in interviews for the hiring process, identification of rotations and support of the intern program.
Technical Expertise And Continuous Improvement
Maintain technical expertise and management skills through professional training, professional organizations, seminars, conferences, management meetings, trade journals, and technical publications.
Organizational Responsibilities
Ensure that the strategy and objectives set by senior management are met within the sub-organization.
Assess Organizational Performance
Define work to be accomplished by subordinate organizations/work teams and individual contributors.
Required Qualifications
- Twelve or more YOE as an individual contributor in one or more of the roles managed plus three or more years of experience (YOE) in a relevant management role, OR Bachelor's Degree in an engineering field plus eight or more years of experience (YOE) in one or more of the roles managed, OR Master's Degree in a relevant field plus five or more years of experience (YOE) in one or more of the roles managed
- Equivalencies to experience and education requirements will be considered
Ability to qualify as a Level III Test Engineer in accordance with ASME NQA-1 2019.
Previous Savannah River Site Commissioning/Startup experience utilizing 5E.
Project Management Professional certification.
Ability to apply and integrate the latest principles and methods of engineering disciplines including design and construction in addition to business disciplines such as procurement, planning, scheduling, cost/budget control.
Comprehensive understanding of work hazards, safety programs, environmental law, legal and business concepts.
Career Band
Management
Career Band Description
- Roles in this band provide people management direction to ensure the overall effective functioning of a function, sub-function, department or administrative process by implementing strategies and processes, and by building a high-performing team
- Achieves goals through the work of others
- Management responsibilities include performance appraisals, pay reviews, training and development
- Job focus is on managing others and applying operational or strategic management skills
Provides leadership to managers and professional staff with accountability for performance and results of multiple teams, while developing departmental plans and priorities where decisions are guided by resource availability and organizational objectives.
Security Clearance Information
SRNS is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug & alcohol test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, criminal records, and employment history, and education verifications. Positions with SRNS may require applicants to obtain and maintain a DOE L or Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. Factors such as pre-employment background review results, dual citizenship status, and unpaid and/or unfiled taxes may impact your ability to obtain a security clearance. This list of factors is not exhaustive; pre-employment information and security clearance requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Clearance Required To Perform Job
Q
What We Offer
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) Benefits team is constantly assessing trends in the benefits area to provide the best possible services to our workforce. We ensure high quality outcomes of each service provider by consistent monitoring and oversight for positive results. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce. Your SRNS Health & Welfare benefits provide peace of mind and financial protection for you and your family. Some of the Benefits offered to full service employees include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options
- Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
- Employer paid life insurance with buy up options
- Employer paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
- 401(k) with Employer Match
- Various wellness programs
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Discounts and other supplemental benefits
Standards of Excellence
The SRNS Vision States That We Will "be The Standard Of Excellence In Nuclear Materials Management By Delivering Knowledge, Innovation And Experience." This Is Underpinned By The Recognition That Everything We Do Relies On Our Employees And How They Demonstrate The SRNS Standards Of Excellence Every Day. Built On The Foundation Of Safety And Security, Each Employee Is Expected To
Model Excellence by demonstrating the highest standards and values in work and promoting them within the organization and to the customer.
Deliver Results by meeting customer expectations to ensure objectives, goals and deadlines are met while being good stewards of resources.
Energize and Recognize Teams through growing organizational strength and recognizing continued excellence.
Build Relationships by developing relationships with coworkers and customers to foster a respectful workplace.
Shape the Future by creating a diverse, innovative and integrated workforce that fosters mission success and company growth.
Note
SRNS is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. SRNS utilizes the Disabled Veteran Enhancement Opportunities program which is aimed at improving employment opportunities for disabled veterans at the Savannah River Site (SRS). SRNS is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request such an accommodation, you may contact us by phone at 803-952-8207, or by e-mail at hrrecruiting@srs.gov.
10-Dec-2025
Salary : $131,500 - $184,000
