Environmental Safety & Health Senior Consultant

Location:      Germantown, Maryland

This position will support the Department of Energy’s (DOE) office of Environmental Health, Safety and Security (EHSS). EHSS is responsible for policy development and technical assistance; corporate safety, including analysis and security programs; and education and training throughout the DOE Complex. The Assistant Undersecretary for EHSS advises the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary on all matters related to health, safety, environment, safeguards, and security across the DOE Complex. This position will provide support in the analysis of safety data that will be used in making programmatic decisions and influencing DOE policy.

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior-level consulting in all facets of safety policies, directives, and standards development, revision, and maintenance, with emphasis in nuclear safety.
• Formulate and develop required methodologies, techniques, and tools; evaluate data, prepare reports for analyzing data and associated presentations for analysis findings.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding and operational awareness of the DOE Complex.
• Develop effective presentation of significant findings that reflect a high level of professional competence and are defensible against critical evaluation.
• Organize, coordinate, and synthesize the contributions of others in addition to the incumbents own investigative analysis and evaluation efforts.
• Utilize judgment and expertise to define alternatives, constraints, and assumptions.
• Work closely with engineers, scientists, and others to create, revise, and edit technical documents, spreadsheets, graphs, and other deliverables.
• Develop and write presentations, reports, and other products per our client’s needs that convey technical information in easily understandable language.
• Research various multidisciplinary organizations and topics and apply that research to our client’s needs.
• Review, comment, and provide recommendations on technical papers and documents important to DOE’s mission objectives.
• Interact with external and internal organizations, as needed, to address issues and develop resolutions.

Required Qualifications:

• BS degree in Engineering, Science, or Math from an accredited university with 15+ years of experience preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must possess demonstrated knowledge of the DOE Complex, clear understanding of the relationship between headquarters and site offices, as well as the roleas and responsibilities of DOE MNO Contractors.
• Must possess a willingness to learn the history of the DOE and its past operations.
• Must possess demonstrated understanding of and experience with the DOE Directives development and update processes.
• Demonstrated writing and editing skills in the creation of documents, plans, procedures & and proposals.
• Skilled in articulating complex issues at a level easily understood, in both oral and written form.
• Willingness to work directly with clients in an environment that changes rapidly, and requires occasional long hours; must possess a mature approach to the personal interactions between a consultant and the client.
• Must be an independent self-starter with excellent organizational skills and an ability to multitask and be comfortable working with a team of technical experts in varying fields of scientific and engineering disciplines.
• Able to sit for extended periods and perform work in an office environment, including extensive use of computers.
• DOE site access will require the qualified candidate be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance. The candidate’s written consent to conduct a background check for the purposes of obtaining a security clearance may be required as a condition of employment.
• Certain positions requiring a security clearance may require the periodic successful completion of a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
• Ongoing reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal substances may be conducted as a requirement for ongoing access to DOE sites. The candidate’s written consent to conduct such tests may be required as a condition of employment.

Desired or Preferred Qualifications:

• Q Clearance
• MS degree from an accredited university