Line Supervisor - Structural Engineering

Y-12 National Security Complex; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Y-12 National Security Complex is seeking a Line Supervisor - Structural Engineering in Oak Ridge, TN. The role provides leadership to the Division Managed Design team, guiding engineers in technical matters and ensuring safe working conditions and adherence to scope, budget, and schedule.

The ideal candidate will possess a BS in Engineering/Physical Science with 5 years of relevant experience and ideally a PE license.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Physical Science from an ABET-accredited program and 5 years of relevant experience.
• PE license preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, technical direction, and oversight to Design Engineers.
• Monitor department workload, budget, and schedule; set priorities and expectations.
• Develop high-quality detailed design packages and provide field technical support.
• Perform walkdowns to generate design documents and support craft personnel.
• Lead engineering staff in data analysis, SME reviews, and complex technical assignments.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Direction

Safety Awareness

Interpersonal Communication

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Physical Science

Tools

STAAD Pro

GT STRUDL

CAD drafting

Job description

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Job Title: Line Supervisor - Structural Engineering

Career Level From: Supervisor

Career Level To

Organization: HVAC/Civil/Str/Arc Fac Design (51384090)

Job Specialty: Core Engineering

What You'll Do

The Structural Engineering Line Supervisor for the Division Managed Design organization provides leadership, technical direction, and oversight to Design Engineers. Responsibilities include maintaining safe working conditions and safety awareness, flow down of goals, performance reviews, time card approvals, setting priorities/expectations and integrating work within the supervised organization. Additionally, will monitor department workload and ensure the performance of the organization’s execution of established scope, budget and schedule for projects under purview. Advises management of staffing needs necessary to address both forecasted and emerging workload, and assists in providing both long- and short- term direction for the team. Leads Engineers in technical matters including data analysis, and SME review. The candidate will possess excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with the ability to energize, organize, and lead groups of engineering personnel. Develops and maintains qualified technical resources to execute projects in support of the Y-12 mission.

• Provides technical oversight as staff perform difficult and complex technical assignments.
• Acts as a leader, advisor, or consultant for staff.
• Recommends improvements in guiding documentation, technology utilization and automation, and analyzes the impact of mission changes on design or engineering concepts of assigned programs.

Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for developing high quality detailed design packages, providing engineering procurement and field technical support to implement those designs, and providing expertise for troubleshooting and technical assessments of plant facilities. Design involves the preparation of conceptual engineering deliverables such as cost-estimating bills of material and man-hour estimates, statements of work, design criteria, and design engineering deliverables. Candidate must effectively and cooperatively work as a team member of an integrated project team, or as a technical lead for a multi-discipline task and will routinely provide input to system engineers and other plant customers. Design engineer will routinely perform walkdowns in the existing plant facilities in order to generate design documents and provide field support to craft personnel. This position will require technical expertise and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts in the field of Structural Engineering.

The structural engineer will provide self-performed technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems through the application of established engineering practices, codes and standards. Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to building evaluations and modifications, seismic analyses and rehab, oversight of outside engineering firms, and machine installations. The structural engineer must be proficient with developing structural drawings (plans, sections and details) for various materials of construction (concrete, steel, masonry, cold-formed steel, timber), structural calculations, equipment anchorage, report preparation, drafting (or oversight of drafting), and preparation of construction specifications (generally in the form of general notes on the drawings). Must be familiar with consensus design codes. CAD drafting experience not required but preferred, along with any 3D modelling experience. Structural modelling experience with STAAD Pro and GT STRUDL also preferred.

What You Can Expect

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Physical Science [Chemistry, Physics, or related] from an Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited program in the United States or designated equivalents from Canada or Mexico, the Washington Accord, or the list of substantially equivalent as documented by ABET AND 5 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Job Requirements

• A Professional Engineering License (PE) is preferred but not required.

Why Y-12?

You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.

CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.