Lead Nuclear Accountability Specialist - Aiken

Pinnacle Specialty Group is a woman-owned and operated small business specializing in providing project and contract management for Professional, Technical, Engineering, IT and Support Services. We offer full benefits to include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 401K - Com ...

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Pinnacle Specialty Group is a woman-owned and operated small business specializing in providing project and contract management for Professional, Technical, Engineering, IT and Support Services. We offer full benefits to include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 401K - Company Matched.

DUTIES

Lead the Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) Programs Topical Area which includes the Site NNMC&A Plan, Material Control topics, performance testing, self-assessment and the Site NMC&A System Effectiveness Plan.

Provide oversight for Manual 14Q Procedures (i.e. reviews, revisions and approvals).

Issue Annual NMC&A System Effectiveness Report.

Designee and Issue Analysis for all NMC&A STAR records.

Use the System Effectiveness Plan to develop new LOIs each year for all 4 NMC&A self-assessment cards.

Approve NMC&A Self-Assessment Cards

Monitor anomalies and document in the System Effectiveness Plan.

Performance Test (PT) NMC&A systems.

Create and approve PTs.

Create, coordinate, approve, and act as a controller for Enterprise Assessment (EA) combined limited notice test performed (LNPT).

As the NMC&A Training SME, create, maintain, revise, and approve SRNS NMC&A courses and teach SRNS and NTC classes.

Assist Manager with budget projections.

Perform Management Field Observations (MFO).

Develop NMC&A Strategies for new site missions.

Actively assist the Classification office with NMC&A Topics.

Assist Vulnerability Assessment Team (VA) with Security Risk Assessments (SRA), roll-up categorization issues.

Act as back-up Site Shipping and Receiving Coordinator.

Subject Matter Expert and contact for the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Approve purchase requisitions.

May provide feedback and recommendations to management on work group performance for training, discipline, promotion and demotion.

May provide relief for or represent the next immediate level of management.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field. Concentration in accounting is preferred and 12 years of accounting or nuclear inventory experience required or an advanced degree (MBA or MS) with 2 years' experience. Eight years of Material Control and Accountability experience may be substituted for bachelor's degree requirements. Comprehensive knowledge of accounting, chemistry, and physics as it applies to tracking nuclear material. General knowledge of nuclear material measurement techniques.

Computer proficiency is needed to perform spreadsheets and analysis on complex issues.

Understanding of DOE nuclear material accounting systems and reporting requirements.

Experience/Skills:

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

CPA preferred QMF/SQL Training

Additional Duties

- Lead the development and communication of functional requirements for

nuclear material accounting software that performs detailed inventory analyses

and automates existing manual processes at NNSA/DOE Sites.

- Lead implementation of approved software at NNSA sites including supporting

local site testing, recommending and providing expert opinion on local process

changes and procedures and coordinating across the complex for consistent

implementation.

- Organizes, leads and communicates acceptance testing of nuclear material

accounting software based on defined requirements

- Serves as an expert on nuclear material accounting software and Nuclear

Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) processes at NNSA sites

- Support Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration sites

in their implementation of nuclear material accounting software

- Provide helpdesk support for LANMAS software

Additional Experience Qualifications

- Requires significant experience with Nuclear Material Control and

Accountability at a DOE/NNSA site

- Requires significant experience with Local Area Nuclear Material Accounting

Software (LANMAS) and performing day-to-day accounting

- Requires nuclear material accounting experience and physical inventory

reconciliation at a DOE/NNSA site

- Preferred experience in developing requirements for software

Work Environment / Physical Demands:

Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Light to moderate lifting may be required for packages and other items, ability to walk short distances, may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.

Due to government and/or federal regulations for this position, proof of U.S. citizenship is required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

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