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Engineering Support Specialist

Y-12 National Security Complex
Oak Ridge, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 7/31/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/29/2026
Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Job Title: Engineering Support Specialist

Career Level From: Senior Associate

Career Level To: Senior Specialist

Organization: UPF Operations Engineering (51393165)

Job Specialty: Core Technology

What You'll Do

Responsibilities

Candidate will work as part of a cross-functional team dedicated to ensuring successful testing of systems on the UPF Project. Works closely with UPF Startup, System/Process Engineers, and Commissioning to coordinate testing. Candidate will work with components of Mechanical, Electrical and I&C, Process, Nuclear, Chemical, and Structural systems. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Coordinating test schedule with Start-up and UPFDA (UPF Facility/Operations Engineering, UPF Turnover Support team, and DARs);
  • Support of UPF POD and flow-down of detailed information to UPFDA including design and procurement issues, vendor coordination, etc. that impact testing;
  • Assist Test Review Board in evaluation of test instructions against requirements in support of commissioning systems; and Monitoring and ensuring progress of all systems impacting various integrated tests.

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: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
  • Master's degree: Minimum 1 year of relevant experience.
  • Ten or more years of relevant education, training and/or progressive experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years of experience for this posting.

Why Y-12?

You get #morethanajob. 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 Y-12, 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.

This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

CNS 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.

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

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