Personnel Security Specialist

VetJobs; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CNS - Consolidated Nuclear Security in Oak Ridge, TN seeks a Personnel Security Specialist to support ICAM/badging, HRP, and clearance processing. You will ensure compliance with DOE directives while collaborating with security managers and staff across departments.

The role requires handling sensitive information with integrity, performing data checks, and generating security metrics in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with relevant security experience.
• Experience with personnel security processes and DOE directives.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Support Personnel Security duties: ICAM/badging, HRP, clearance processing, access control.
• Interact with security managers and staff to ensure accurate forms and actions.
• Maintain documentation, generate activity metrics, and ensure compliance with DOE orders.

Skills

MS Office

Badging

Clearance processing

Communication

Teamwork

Security concepts

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

ARGUS enrollment

eCAR

Job description

Job Description

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Job Title: Personnel Security Specialist

Career Level From: Staff Member

Job Specialty: Personnel Security

What You'll Do

• Performs duties in support of the Personnel Security Department to include; ICAM/badging, Human Reliability Program, Clearance Processing and Access Control. All departments must meet the requirements and perform within the DOE directives and procedures.
• Contributes to the development of new security concepts, techniques, and standards. Be considered as a specialist in all operations within the organization.
• Interacts daily with Personnel Security managers, Team Leads and other staff members to ensure an open exchange of information. Perform quality check of personnel security forms, e-Clearance Action Request (eCAR), access control tasks, Argus enrollment, badging, clearance processing actions, and support tasks related to DOE Orders 142.3C, 206.2, 472.2A, 470.7, and 10 CFR 712.
• Utilizes MS Office, government and CNS databases. Assists teammates and customers, protects sensitive or personal privacy information from unauthorized disclosure. Works safely and securely in an environment with constant interruption or redirection. Displays high standard of attention to detail and focuses on procedural requirements. Communicate regularly with supervision, federal and contractor personnel in support of personnel security activities.
• Being trained to assist in all departments of Personnel Security to ensure increasing demands of the department are met with efficiency.
• Completes all assigned tasks including sending and receiving e-mail, report writing, and developing activity metrics reports.
• Performs in a manner that displays the most excellent customer services skills.
• Works effectively despite interruptions and responds to changing needs and competing tasks by organizing and prioritizing work assignments.
• Under minimal supervision, monitors work assignments of applicable departments to ensure fair and equitable distribution of workload.
• Communicates staff compliance issues to supervision.

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

Auto req ID: 485307BR

Minimum Education Required: High School/GED

Preferred Education: Bachelors

Minimum Job Requirements

• High school diploma: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
• OR Associate's degree in related discipline: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and/or 2 or more years of experience in operations disciplines/functions.
• Requires a general understanding of plant facilities and operations.
• Requires general knowledge and understanding of systems, process, and equipment in work area.
• Education and experience will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
• An understanding of the Y-12 security mission is important.
• Requires proficiency in written and oral communication and must possess knowledge of Y-12 and/or NNSA/DOE security procedures and regulations.
• Candidates must also possess strong interpersonal and teamwork skills as well as the ability to interact with other DOE and contractor personnel at all levels and be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other

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 based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

City: Oak Ridge

State: Tennessee

Job Category: Security

Job Code: Personal_Security Personal Security

Affiliate Sponsor: Consolidated Nuclear Security

Salary Range: Not Disclosed