Senior/Principal Environment, Safety & Health - Security Compliance and Assurance Analyst, NM, Hybrid

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

• Extraordinary co-workers

• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world

• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)

• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking an Environment, Safety & Health - Security Compliance and Assurance Analyst to support Sandia's Safety and Security Regulatory Support Program's mission of enabling laboratory performance through continuously improving operations in accordance with safety and security regulatory requirements. As the Sandia organization commissioned to manage the interface between Sandia and the DOE Office of Enforcement, this position is key to establishing confidence with Sandia's regulatory oversight entities, that Sandia operations are executed safely and efficiently.

This technical position will provide you the opportunity to improve safety performance across the corporation through the execution of technical analysis and issues management processes and will require interactions with a large and diverse customer set.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Review off-normal events for potential nonconformances with corporate safety or quality requirements

• Participate in teams to help identify latent organizational weaknesses and opportunities for improvement across all of Sandia

• Perform technical analysis, utilizing technical reporting and assessment data, to identify adverse trends

• Communicate issues to all levels of management and oversight, including the Laboratories Director, Associate Laboratories Directors, NNSA/SFO, and DOE Office of Enforcement

• Support oversight and enforcement activities

• Use a system-level approach to improve processes and procedures internal to the department

• Develop processes to assist management with identifying potential safety issues proactively

• Lead change by using technical judgement to establish methodologies and approaches to improve or mitigate problems of significant and unusual complexity

• Use customer service skills, employ a consultative approach when providing guidance, and be able to make recommendations based on requirements and circumstances

The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Salary Range:

$81,900 - $185,700

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline, plus (5) years of relevant experience supporting an ES&H related discipline

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Master's degree in relevant STEM discipline

• Advanced degree/certification in ES&H discipline (e.g., MPH, CIH, CSP)

• Active L or Q clearance

• Knowledge of and experience with DOE safety and health requirements

• Knowledge of and experience with Sandia Worker Safety and Health Plan and Sandia policies and processes

• Experience with executing performance assurance activities, which includes, but is not limited to: assessments, measures/metrics, issues management, occurrence management, and trending analysis

• Experience interfacing (i.e., collaborate, communicate, negotiate) with DOE oversight entities (e.g., SFO, DOE/HQ, NNSA) and NTESS leadership

• Familiarity with the DOE Regulatory Framework for nuclear safety, worker safety and health, and classified information security

• Ability to apply system-level strategic analysis to improve policies and procedures

About Our Team:

As the Laboratories' interface with the Department of Energy's Office of Enforcement (OE), Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), and the DOE Office of Inspector General / US Government Accountability Office, SSRSP (Department 861) strives to:

• Improve worker safety and health, nuclear safety, and information security through the evaluation of realized events, assessments and/or audits, and communication of potential regulatory noncompliance's to NTESS management, the NNSA/SFO, and DOE Office of Enforcement

• Manage the interface with OE, DNFSB, IG/GAO in accordance with requirements

• Ensure events are thoroughly investigated and corrective actions are appropriate, completely implemented, and sustainable to mitigate the risk of issue recurrence.

• Assist with instituting proactive controls to mitigate the risk of an off-normal event

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 694181

Job Family: ES

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F