Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Safety and Security Enforcement/ Contractor Assurance Consultant opportunity in Richland, WA to support DOE Hanford.

Organization: AMB

Work Location: Work shall be conducted at the Hanford Field Office and the Hanford Site in Richland, WA. This position may be telework eligible at the discretion of the Technical Monitor (TM) in consultation with the Contracting Officer (CO).

SCOPE OF WORK
The Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Field Office (HFO) requires general support services for the Assistant Manager for Safety and Environment (AMSE). The AMSE requires support in the following areas:

• Provide day-to-day support in the effective implementation of the DOE Office of Enforcement regulatory noncompliance monitoring and reporting programs.
• Promote improved understanding of the Department’s safety and security enforcement program and facilitate transparency and consistency in its implementation.
• Act as a focal point to promote effective communications within DOE and its contractors on regulatory compliance matters.
• Identify and openly communicate concerns and adverse trends to DOE and contractor management.
• Communicate noncompliance information to the HFO and DOE Office of Enforcement.
• Maintain awareness of contractor performance that appear to meet the NTS or SSIMS reporting criteria but that the contractor declined to report into those systems.
• Maintain active communication with the HFO enforcement coordinator, DOE Headquarters Program Office enforcement coordinator and the DOE Office of Enforcement before a contract fee reduction or similar contract action is administered because of a safety- or classified information security-related event or issue.
• Collect information and coordinate with DOE and contractor personnel to provide information in support of DOE Office of Enforcement collaboration in evaluating noncompliances reported into NTS and SSIMS.
• Maintain cognizance and coordinate periodic reviews of noncompliances that the contractor is tracking locally.
• Evaluate the verification of proper and timely completion of corrective actions (with the assistance of Facility Representatives and subject matter experts) for noncompliances reported into NTS and (with the assistance of designated security professionals) compliance-related information security items reported into SSIMS.
• Coordinate DOE review of contractor effectiveness reviews performed for NTS- reported noncompliances and SSIMS-reported information security noncompliances and ensuring appropriate follow-up actions.
• Coordinate DOE entry of verification/validation results into iCAS.
• Coordinate the Field Element’s input to the enforcement process (e.g., preliminary investigation discussions, enforcement conferences, and post-conference deliberations) and support the provision of the DOE Hanford perspective on any proposed enforcement outcome.
• Actively monitor and participate in dialogues between DOE and the contractor in fact finding, investigation, or regulatory program assistance review (RPAR).
• Maintain regular communications and share lessons learned among the DOE enforcement coordinators within their respective organizations (DOE Program Office or Field Element Coordinator).
• Assist with resolving requests for investigation submitted directly to the DOE Office of Enforcement.
• Provide administration and production monitoring of DOE field office actions associated with regulatory noncompliance monitoring and reporting programs.
• Develop and provide enforcement coordination process briefings.
• Assess contractor regulatory noncompliance monitoring and reporting programs.
• Perform active, routine oversight of the contractor’s program for identifying, screening, trending, reporting, correcting noncompliances, and closing noncompliance reports.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
• U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field to include, for example, engineering, safety, business administration, quality assurance or information technology.
• Demonstrated ability to professionally and effectively interface and interact with external agencies, government officials and senior level managers.
• Ability to work simultaneously and in a collaborative manner at all levels of the DOE and contractor organizational structures.
• Demonstrated experience providing coordination/facilitation of high-level meetings.
• 10 years’ experience in the implementation of contractor assurance systems
• Working level experience of the Hanford Site integrated Contractor Assurance System.
• Working level experience of the Price-Anderson Amendments Act (PAAA), DOE’s Enforcement Philosophy, DOE Safety and Security Enforcement Processes and the DOE Noncompliance Tracking System (NTS).
• Working level experience with DOE’s safety and security enforcement rules (i.e., 10 C.F.R. Parts 851, 820, and 824).
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Power Point.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Experience in effective implementation of assessment performance, causal analysis and corrective action development and review activities.
• Experience with DOE Order 232.2A, Occurrence Reporting and Processing of Operations Information.
• Experience with the Safeguards and Security Information Management System (SSIMS).
• Familiarity, training and active participation in structured improvement activities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and present training and briefing material.

Compensation
Salary is commensurate with education and experience and may range between $100,000 to $250,000 annually.

If you are interested in being considered for this position and your resume clearly outlines your relevant experience for this position, please follow the application steps via our website: www.edgewatertech.net/careers

Edgewater will not submit your resume without first having detailed discussions with you and obtaining your permission to do so. We look forward to hearing from you!

WORKING WITH EDGEWATER TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES
Founded in 2003, Edgewater Technical Associates (Edgewater) is a professional and technical services firm supporting the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S., U.K., and Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector businesses involved in high-hazard or complex operations. Edgewater proudly offers expertise in numerous technical disciplines necessary to support operational environments where Integrated Safety Management and formal, disciplined operations are essential to ensure safety, quality, security, and regulatory compliance.

Edgewater is committed to recruiting and maintaining a staff of highly skilled professionals to support our customers. In keeping with this objective, we offer highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Edgewater is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected Veterans, or individuals with disabilities.

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