Nuclear Materials Control & Safeguards Lead

Doist; Orangeville (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity ownership

Medical benefits

Unlimited PTO

Onsite meals

Job summary

Valar Atomics seeks a meticulous MC&A Specialist to lead the nuclear material safeguards program at TRISO manufacturing facilities. You will oversee measurements, inventories, MBAs, and reporting to NMMSS, ensuring compliance with DOE/NRC requirements.

Join a high‑stakes, fast‑moving environment where accuracy, regulatory knowledge, and cross‑functional collaboration drive safeguards effectiveness and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in nuclear material control and accounting or nuclear safeguards.
• Experience at a site handling Special Nuclear Material; commercial, DOE, NNSA facility, National Laboratory, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of DOE/NE O orders (474.2, 470.4B) and NRC regulations (10 CFR 74).
• Experience with MC&A software systems and database management.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain the MC&A Plan and associated procedures.
• Oversee all nuclear material measurements, physical inventories, and material transactions.
• Manage material balance areas (MBAs) to ensure accurate material tracking.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting to the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS).
• Maintain nuclear material accounting records and documentation in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Conduct material balance evaluations and resolve inventory differences.
• Ensure facility compliance with NEO Order 474.2 (Nuclear Material Control and Accountability).
• Implement requirements of NEO Order 470.4B (Safeguards and Security Program).
• Support compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol requirements where applicable.
• Stay current on regulatory changes and implement updates to the MC&A program as required.
• Prepare for and support regulatory inspections, audits, and assessments.
• Support inspections and domestic safeguards reviews as required.
• Implement and maintain tamper-indicating device (TID) programs for material protection.
• Manage the measurement control program including calibration, quality control, and uncertainty quantification.
• Conduct limit of error of inventory difference (LEID) analysis and statistical evaluations.
• Ensure effective integration of MC&A with physical protection and security systems.
• Apply knowledge of non-proliferation principles to safeguards program design and implementation.
• Support DOE/ NRC assessments, surveys, and vulnerability analyses.
• Conduct internal audits of MC&A processes and implement corrective action programs.
• Lead root cause analyses for inventory differences or safeguards anomalies.
• Drive continuous improvement of safeguards effectiveness and efficiency.
• Prepare management reports on MC&A program performance and status

Skills

Nuclear MC&A experience

DOE/NRC regulations knowledge

MC&A software experience

Safeguards expertise

Tools

MC&A software systems

Job description

Valar Atomics seeks a meticulous MC&A Specialist to lead the nuclear material safeguards program at TRISO manufacturing facilities. You will oversee measurements, inventories, MBAs, and reporting to NMMSS, ensuring compliance with DOE/NRC requirements.

Join a high‑stakes, fast‑moving environment where accuracy, regulatory knowledge, and cross‑functional collaboration drive safeguards effectiveness and continuous improvement.