NuclearHigh Hazard Operations Supervisor

The Production Front Line Supervisor plans schedules and directly supervises the work of hourly personnel assigned to their work crew.

Responsibilities:

• Achieving established goals for production quantities product quality personnel safety procedural adherence and security protocol adherence within their assigned area of responsibility.
• Setting performance expectations and monitoring productivity of employees assigned to their work area.
• Maintaining the training and qualifications of assigned workers and matching tasks with employee skills experience and training qualifications.
• Instructing employees in safety controls equipment processes and special fabrication methods and techniques.
• Ensuring employees have the knowledge experience skills and are trained and qualified to perform assigned functions.
• Ensuring that work assignments are in accordance with union contracts and craft jurisdictions.
• Maintaining safe work conditions good housekeeping and organization of workplace tools and materials.
• Proactively preventing injuries contaminations or other hazardous exposures to the workforce.
• Obtaining work start authorization for daily operations to ensure compliance requirements are met.
• Executing work within required cost and schedule agreements.
• Conducting crew briefs and pre-job briefs monitors timekeeping and accountable absences maintains appropriate records and documents activities and events.
• Handles personnel matters associated with the work group including administration of the bargaining unit contract.
• Interviews hires or makes hiring recommendations; evaluates performance coaches counsels rewards and disciplines employees as appropriate; handles employee complaints and personnel problems.
• Setup and execute material transfers between production facilities.
• Ensure all material clockings are performed during processing of material.

Accountabilities:

• To the Production Support Manager for the Production division deliverables and employee safety.
• To their assigned crews for training coordination involvement issue resolution and communication including resolution of personnel and/or equipment issues.

Authorities:

• Authorized to manage the Production craft workers to support mission deliverables.
• Authorized to resolve cost schedule or resource conflicts regarding mission deliverables within their span of control.
• Authorized to represent the Production Division in interactions with Labor Relations personnel.
• Authorized to represent the workers in development of procedures and operating protocols that directly affect the work conditions and job performance.

• Bachelors degree: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Thirteen (13) 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. High School diploma and 3 years nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).

• Three years relevant job experience in hazardous/chemical material processing operations in a disciplined facility production environment is required.
• Minimum one year of relevant experience in low-level radioactive waste handling and hazardous/radioactive waste processing.
• Previous supervisor/relief supervisor experience.
• Skill in developing innovative measures to promote efficiency and achieve economies to ensure that requirements are at the same time reasonable and achieve compliance is necessary.
• Requires demonstrated analytical ability and ability to communicate both in writing and through interpersonal skills.
• Requires strong leadership skills and establishing effective working relationships with Senior Managers peers and other team members in order to achieve organizational objectives.
• Must have demonstrated good decision-making skills oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
• Must be willing to take accountability have initiative self-motivation and proven success in meeting objectives through teamwork.
• Must be able to adapt and accept/manage change; and understand and be able to administer the bargaining unit contract.
• Must demonstrate strong ethical character in all interactions and demonstrate the ability to work effectively and productively in high stress environments.
• Experience with SAP Manufacturing Execution.
• Willingness to work overtime.
• Experienced in working in foundry environment.