Material Control and Accountability Professional

Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Material Control and Accountability Professional to work in our Safeguards department. Our team works a 4x10 schedule located out of our Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) with every Friday off.

You will represent the Safeguards department in implementing DOE Orders and directives related to Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A). You will report directly to the manager of the Safeguards department.

Responsibilities Include:

• Interpret and apply program requirements. Manage Safeguards requirements applicable to the shipments of nuclear material entering or leaving INL facilities.
• Coordinate, and direct nuclear material physical inventories. Observe nuclear material transfers and associated activities within Material Balance Areas. Reconcile and report accounting activities to the national accounting database. Provide internal and external oversight for nuclear material shipments and receipts. Analyze and assess the accuracy of the INL nuclear material inventory with the National Nuclear Material Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS), a national inventory of nuclear materials.
• Contribute to the department documentation program, including procedure reviews and updates.
• Provide Facility Operations management with an annual assessment of the performance of their Material Balance Area Custodians.
• Provide oversight and complex solutions for unique problems for Material Balance Areas in following areas - waste determinations, shipments, receipts, material adjustments, reconciliations of nuclear material inventories, etc.
• Provide recommendations to and advise Operations management and Safeguards management on issues that may affect nuclear materials receipts or shipments. Facilitate the preparation and execution of shipper/receiver agreements at the site.
• Evaluate and authorize the shipments and receipts of nuclear materials in LANMAS and through collaborations with other DOE sites, universities, or other countries. Provide oversight and approval of all Internal Nuclear Material Transfers at INL. Verify that material will not exceed Material Balance Area values or cause Material Balance Area to roll-up to higher category level.
• Provide oversight to each Material Balance Area Custodian on the proper access controls, and material surveillance requirements for each Material Balance Area based on nuclear category level. Investigate discrepancies in Material Balance Areas. Determine and pursue required actions, write reports, create corrective actions (CAs), and provide lessons learned to ensure performance is increased. Assess accuracy and methodology of requests for nuclear material adjustments of special nuclear material items and evaluate those requests against DOE requirements for nuclear material control and accountability processes. Review, approve, and implement facility documents associated with MC&A.
• Provide oversight of Material Balance Areas to include training all Material Balance Area Custodians, (in all INL organizations), as well as guiding the establishment of Material Balance Areas and appointing/releasing all Material Balance Area Custodians. Define the criteria used to assess pass/fail criteria for the Material Balance Area Custodians across INL. Assess the implementation of corrective actions related to previous opportunities for improvement or discrepancies discovered over the previous year. Complete the Basic Instructor Training (BIT) and train other Safeguards and INL Nuclear Operations personnel.
• Analyze and assess the accuracy of the INL Nuclear Material inventory with the National Nuclear Material Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS), a national inventory of nuclear materials.
• Manage the Tamper Indicating Device (TID) program, including acquisition and disposition and providing training to all individuals who act as witnesses for application and removal. This includes managing the purchasing and budgeting of TIDs to ensure the specifications required by DOE are met and implemented.
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Minimum Requirements:

• Level 2: Bachelor's degree in scientific field or accounting/finance degree and 2 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in the same fields.
• Level 3: Bachelor's degree in scientific field or accounting/finance degree and 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in the same fields and 2 years of relevant experience.
• Relevant experience to include, but not limited to, working with and/or tracking special nuclear material, experience working as a material balance custodian, and general accounting and/or audit experience.
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy "Q" clearance, which requires US Citizenship.

Job Information:

• The pay range for this position is: Level 2 ($65,064 - $133,416) / Level 3 ($77,628 - $159,228). At Idaho National Laboratory compensation decisions are determined using factors such as education, relevant experience, and other credentials.
• HRP-Human Reliability Program: You will be required to submit to a pre-employment drug screen and continued drug testing throughout the term of your employment.
• Multi-Level: This is a multi-level posting and you will be placed at the appropriate level dependent on depth and breadth of proven experience and skills.

Benefits and Relocation:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with a 4.2% employer contribution and up to 4.8% match
• Paid time off (personal leave)
• Employee Education Program (tuition assistance)
• Comprehensive Relocation Package
• Benefit eligibility subject multiple factors, including employment status and position classification.

INL is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to supporting the U.S. Department of Energy's mission in nuclear energy research, science, and national defense. With more than 5,000 scientists, researchers, and support staff, the laboratory works with national and international governments, universities and industry partners to discover new science and development technologies that underpin the nation's nuclear and renewable energy, national security, and environmental missions.

INL Mission
Our mission is to discover, demonstrate and secure innovative nuclear energy solutions, other clean energy options and critical infrastructure.

INL Vision
Our vision is to change the world's energy future and secure our nation's critical infrastructure.

Selective Service Requirements
To be eligible for employment at INL males born after December 31, 1959 must have registered with the Selective Service System (SSS). For more information see www.sss.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of INL to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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