Classification Title:

Sr Facility Manager – Sr Facility Manager I

Grade:

26-27 (DOE)

Number of Positions:

1

Location:ORNL

Organization:

MO

Department:

Facility Management Program

Project Assignment:

ORNL Clean Up

Posting Date:

7/21/2026

Closing Date:

7/28/2026

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Approving, authorizing and releasing all work activities within assigned facilities prior to commencement of those work activities.
Maintaining up-to-date awareness of facility status and providing oversight of all authorized activities to ensure compliance with Safety Basis (SB) and procedural requirements.
Establishing controls which ensure that authorized personnel may safely gain access to facilities, including rooftops,
Maintaining a formal facility log of significant information or events for assigned facilities and ensuring availability of the logbook for the backup or assistant FM(s) to make entries and for review.
Reviewing and concurring with the facility Configuration Management Plan (CMP) when a CMP is required.
Serving as a core (voting) member of the Project Review Committee (PRC).
Serving as a voting member of the Senior Management PRC whenever an activity/document associated with his/her facility is under review
Managing and controlling facility related DOE Property, including assigned government furnished equipment.
Preparing and maintaining facility SB documentation including hazards analyses (Fire Hazards Analysis, Emergency Management Hazard Assessments, etc…) Authorization Agreements, Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations (NCSE)/Determinations (NCSD)
Implementing safeguards and security requirements associated with nuclear materials and other security matters.
Planning and/or supporting readiness assessments.
Serving as issuing authority for all work permits including radiological work permits, excavation/penetration permits, confined space permits, hot work permits, and lockout/tagout permits.

In addition, the following responsibilities apply to Nuclear Facility Managers:

Authorizing all maintenance, calibration, testing, or inspection activities performed on facility Active Safety Systems and credited Design Features.
Making facility SB/Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) operability determinations for facility Active Safety Systems.
Making functional capability determinations for SB/TSR credited Design Features, defense-in-depth and protected assumptions involving physical controls that are included in the facility CMP.
Reviewing assigned facility SB documentation, including revisions to identify and/or concur with all Structures, Systems or Components (SSC) designated as Defense-in-Depth, Safety Significant, or Safety Class
Approving all changes including additions, revisions, and deletions, to the UCOR-4107, List of Active Safety Systems and List of Design Features, for assigned facilities.
Ensuring that a process is established and maintained for planning, scheduling, tracking and statusing of all surveillance and testing actions required by the facility SB/TSR.
Establishing a master surveillance schedule to identify when SB/TSR surveillance or testing activity is required and the current status of the activity.
Ensuring that Field Change Requests (FCR) are prepared for modifications to facility SSC.

JOB KNOWLEDGE:

Identification of the facilities for which UCOR is responsible under the Prime Contract.
Delineation of facility boundaries and interface management responsibilities, including those for shared site systems and infrastructure (fire protection, criticality alarms, utilities, etc.).
Facility safety, including nuclear, industrial and environmental safety.
Facility radiological protection.
Environmental permitting and compliance associated with facilities.

Level Specific Responsibilities: FM for multiple complex nuclear and/or radiological facilities.

Maintain a formal project or facility logbook for assigned facilities categorized as nuclear and/or radiological.
Ensure the logbook is available for the Backup or Assistant FM(s) to make entries and for review, as required.
Establish a master schedule to identify when surveillance, testing, and inspection actions are required for TSR SSCs and credited Design Features, and the current status of each required inspection/action (Nuclear).
Review and concur with all alternate methods utilized for tracking of surveillance, testing, and inspection actions (Nuclear).
Review Work Packages, Work Plans, and associated revisions prior to approving work start.
Ensure that a process (or processes) are established and maintained for planning, scheduling, tracking and statusing all surveillance, testing, and inspection activities required by the facility TSR for safety significant SSCs (Active Safety Systems) and credited design features (Design Features).
Ensure the Active Safety System Surveillance/Testing and Design Feature Inspection process(es) are formally defined in project procedure(s).
Maintain facility status and provide oversight of all authorized activities.
Establish facility access controls.
Prepare and/or support preparation of facility safety basis documentation.
Serve as issuing authority for all work permits.

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