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Los Alamos National Laboratory · 4 hours ago

Safety Basis Analyst 3/4 (All Shifts)

Los Alamos, NM

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$125K/yr - $211K/yr

8+ years exp

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science for national security. The Safety Basis Analyst will perform Documented Safety Analyses and other Safety Basis documentation, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and providing safety basis support for various Laboratory organizations.

Security

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide nuclear and non-nuclear risk and hazard analyses for facilities, associated support equipment, and functional specifications and operations to control or eliminate hazards (the action is often self-initiated and virtually self-supervised)

Initiate and lead planning and evaluating changes in safety basis for operational/mission needs, construction projects and major modifications

Independently assembles input values, executes and interprets results for multiple safety analysis computer codes

Apply knowledge and understanding of laboratory processes, structures, systems, and components to application of required safety basis principles

Provide input to federal and state regulators through industry groups for the writing and revision of regulations

Develop and review detailed fire environmental dispersion, particulate transport and release, fire, and chemical dispersion calculations to defend control selection for Documented Safety analysis (DSA)

Understand and adhere to all Laboratory and industry regulatory guidance and governance specific to safety basis

Lead and perform division level Safety Basis program and operational activities

Provide procedural direction for development and implementation of safety basis policy and procedures in support of the Safety Basis program

Have extensive experience with performing risk and hazard analyses

Develop and implement elements of 10CFR830 Subpart-A Nuclear Quality

Have knowledge of multiple safety analysis code applications and capable of independently applying and interpreting the models and their results

Provide quality assurance, regulatory compliance and requirements implementation support for Safety Basis Division

Develop, design and implement institutional Safety Basis policies and procedures related to quality, data gathering, analysis, cause and corrective action determination and verification, and process improvement activities

Have experience performing Unreviewed Safety Question Determination

Provide direction for internal self-assessment and external management assessment for Safety Basis quality improvement of processes

Interpret, analyze and resolve conflicting Safety Basis technical/quality issues

Support and implement software quality requirements for applicable Safety Basis codes per DOE and laboratory standards

Develop audits, assessment scheduling processes that support Safety Basis Division and programmatic requirements

Qualification

Safety Basis documentationRiskHazard analysesNuclear facility complianceSafety analysis computer codesQuality AssuranceCausal AnalysisTeam collaborationCommunication skillsProblem-solving

Required

Initiate and lead planning and evaluating changes in safety basis for operational/mission needs, construction projects and major modifications

Independently assembles input values, executes and interprets results for multiple safety analysis computer codes

Apply knowledge and understanding of laboratory processes, structures, systems, and components to application of required safety basis principles

Provide input to federal and state regulators through industry groups for the writing and revision of regulations

Understand and adhere to all Laboratory and industry regulatory guidance and governance specific to safety basis

Position requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science related field from an accredited institution and 8 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation

Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science related field from an accredited institution and 12 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation

This position is subject to DOE Order 426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, and Qualification Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities. This DOE Order establishes entry-level requirements to ensure employees in the positions can successfully perform the requirements of the job. DOE 426.2 requires a BS degree, 2 years of job related experience and 1 year of non-reactor nuclear experience for technical support personnel who perform work independently at nuclear facilities