Utilities Mechanical Maintenance Manager

Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Utilities Mechanical Maintenance Manager
Career Level: Manager
Job Specialty: Infrastructure Maintenance Services

The Utilities Mechanical Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing maintenance and work execution within the Y-12 Utilities Department at the Y-12 Plant. Serves as the primary interface for Utilities Supervisors performing daily mechanical execution of work packages within the Utilities Organization. Provides leadership within the Utilities Organization based on organizational goals, policies, procedures and work assignments. Sets safety expectations and ensures compliance with all applicable requirements and regulations for Supervisors and craft personnel.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages, reviews, approves plans and schedules and authorizes activities to be conducted on systems via the Plan of the Week and Plan of the Day.
• Must understand the CNS planning process for work package scope, identify hazards and required procedures.
• Ensures implementation of prevention and mitigation measures to eliminate or reduce risks and potential consequences to personnel, operational capabilities and the environment.
• Ensures the principles of the Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS), Integrated Safeguards and Security Management (ISSM), and Conduct of Operations (ConOps) procedures and processes are implemented for all Utilities Operations systems.
• Assist in reviewing plans, designs, and ensures the reconfiguration, maintenance, and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, structures, and other facilities by the job package as required.
• Communicates goals, expectations, and priorities; monitors progress; and provides feedback to all direct Supervisors as a means of ensuring continuous improvement.
• Reviews or directs the construction and installation progress to ensure conformance to established drawings, specifications, and schedules per planned work request.
• Gathers and reviews data concerning facility or equipment specifications, company or government restrictions, required completion date, and construction feasibility for multiple work packages and scope.
• Develops organizational level implementation plans, processes, and procedures to ensure adherence to site level policies, programs, and procedures such as radiological control, emergency preparedness, conduct of operations, security, configuration management, etc.
• Oversees Supervisors handling of personnel matters associated with direct reports.
• Interviews, hires or makes hiring recommendations, evaluates performance, rewards and disciplines employees, and trains and develops staff.
• Provides input to Supervisors for handling of employee complaints and resolves problems.
• Manager will ensure all activities are performed in conformance with established procedures, policies, and standards for the Utilities Operations Organization.
• Assist in reviewing Engineering design criteria for engineering instructions (El) and change request (CR) processes before work can be performed and provides feedback as needed.
• Serves as the primary interface on issues related to utility system operational status, equipment status, emergency preparedness, audits and assessments, and other safety management programs.
• Serves as the primary back-up and provide relief to the Senior Manager as needed.

• 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.

• Bachelor's degree: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
• Fifteen or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
• In addition, the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., Baccalaureate in engineering or related scientific major and 4 years nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).

• Candidate must have three years of required Utilities experience.
• Must have an in-depth knowledge of DOE Orders, and state and federal laws pertaining to facility operations; complex building systems (structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, etc.), instrumentation and equipment; major risk management; work planning and controls.
• Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interface effectively with various clients and production and support organizations.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Engineering field: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience. Minimum 5 years of relevant supervisory/management experience.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Conduct of Operations , Integrated Safety Management, Y-12 Plant safety documentation, engineering principles, and ES&H regulatory compliance.

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.

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 based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.