Employee Concerns Program Lead

Energy Northwest; Richland, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ARC incentive plan

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Energy Northwest is seeking an Employee Concerns Program Lead to support and execute the corporate-wide Employee Concerns Program, fostering a strong compliance culture at the Richland site. Responsibilities include handling worker concerns, investigations, and NRC information requests while collaborating with key functions to strengthen nuclear safety culture.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree, seven years in nuclear operations, and at least three years conducting investigations, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Seven years of experience in nuclear related operations.
• Minimum of three years implementing or conducting investigations.
• Certification in Employee Concerns Professionals within 12 months or ability to acquire.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and administer the corporate Employee Concerns Program to promote compliance culture.
• Receive, respond to, and investigate worker concerns; refer as needed.
• Support NRC allegation requests for information and regulatory responses.
• Promote nuclear safety culture through surveys, training, and communications.

Skills

Nuclear operations

Cause investigations

Regulatory knowledge

Employee concerns

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

## Employee Concerns Program LeadApply: Richland, WA: Full time: Posted Yesterday: End Date: September 24, 2026 (6 days left to apply): REQ26\\_321**Posting closes at 11:59 PM the day before the listed end date.** **Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite in Richland, WA.****GENERAL SUMMARY** Responsible for supporting and executing administration of the corporate-wide Employee Concerns Program to promote a positive compliance culture and minimize risk and misconduct. Receive and respond to various worker concerns, investigating or referring matters as appropriate. Support research and responses to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) allegation requests for information (RFIs). Collaborate with key functional areas to ensure nuclear safety culture efforts are strong and support the Compliance and Concerns organization. **PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES**Energy Northwest’s Employee Compliance and Concerns Program (ECP) involves a blend of relationship building for all employees, leadership support and encouragement, and regulatory relations and communication. The ECP professional will provide support to staff and station leadership to assure a healthy nuclear safety culture agency wide, particularly to staff that have a connection to nuclear business. Ensure actions to satisfy regulatory nuclear safety culture requirements are identified, addressed, and resolved to reduce the potential for negative impacts to Energy Northwest's confidence and trust with employees, the regulator, and the public.Responsibilities include:* Advocate and support maintaining a compliance program consistent with the federal guidelines.* Consult with management on compliance and concerns matters.* Conduct networking and benchmarking with other utilities and ECP professional groups.* Design and administer site-wide surveys, training, and communications pertaining to the compliance and concerns programs.* Receive and investigate worker concerns on a variety of matters including technically complex issues in accordance with the compliance and concerns programs. Consult subject matter experts or refer issues as appropriate to other organizations (e.g. Human Resources, Industrial Safety).* Receive, research, and respond to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) allegation requests for information.* Facilitate and support efforts to promote a healthy nuclear safety culture (e.g. nuclear safety culture assessments, Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring Panel, NRC PI&R, EN News Articles, Ask EN reviews feedback).* Establish, control, and maintain appropriate program records and files.* Maintain awareness and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines (e.g. 10CFR50.5 and 50.7, Section 211 of Energy Reorganization Act, NEI 09-07).* Support the application of sound leadership principles, expectations, and techniques.* Promote ethics and compliance culture through training and engagement with staff.* Perform activities in lieu of the Compliance and Concerns Manager when delegated.* Perform as a member of an Emergency Response Team (ERO).* Perform a pre-outage or outage assignment.**REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE**Required education/training includes:* A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.* National Association of Employee Concerns Professionals Certification, or the ability to acquire certificate within 12 months.Required experience includes:* Seven years' experience in nuclear related operations.* Experience with the corrective action program 10CFR50 Appendix B or a similar corrective action program within a nuclear environment.* Minimum of at least three years of implementing and/or conducting cause evaluations or investigations. **Pay Range**$126,362.00 - $157,952.00 Annual The salary listed represents the pay range for this position. Starting pay is calculated from the minimum of the salary range and actual individual placement within the range is determined based on the candidate's experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the role. The level and final offer will also take into account the candidate's overall qualifications. **Incentive Compensation**This position is eligible for an annual at-risk compensation (ARC) incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on agency performance against defined metrics and goals which follow eligibility rules within the ARC plan document. **Benefits**Energy Northwest (EN) provides a phenomenal benefits package. Washington State also has no state income tax, and the Tri-Cities provides a cost-of-living lower than the national average. EN offers substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan. EN also offers multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsides, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more! Qualifying employees will typically start a personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year and EN provides nine paid holidays throughout the Calander year; personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals. **Equal Opportunity Employer**All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Know Your Rights (PDF)