Production Section Manager

Pantex Plant; Amarillo (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Robust retirement planning

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Pantex in Amarillo, TX, seeks a Production Section Manager to lead special projects, coordinate production activities, and ensure resources and procedures meet commitments and safety standards.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and experience in nuclear/manufacturing, with the ability to obtain/maintain a DOE Q clearance and perform required training. You will drive safety and continuous improvement across the section.

Qualifications

• Experience in production and/or nuclear/manufacturing.
• Thorough knowledge of machining practices and CNC machine tools.
• Ability to read and interpret design drawings and operating procedures; knowledge of Conduct of Operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead as Production Section Manager for special projects and ensure production tasks are completed.
• May act as department manager in absence.
• Plan, coordinate and direct production activities to meet customer commitments.
• Ensure resources (personnel, facilities, equipment, tools, materials) are available and work follows approved procedures.
• Promote worker involvement in planning, execution and hazard controls per Integrated Safety Management.

Skills

Machining practices

CNC machine tools

Interpret design drawings

Conduct of Operations

Education

Bachelor's Degree

13 years education/experience alternative

Job description

Location: Amarillo, TX - Pantex Plant

Job Title: Production Section Manager

Career Level From: Supervisor

Career Level To: Supervisor

Organization: HE Manufacturing (51074506)

Job Specialty: Nuclear/High Hazard Operations

What You'll Do

• Serves as Production Section Manager for special projects and in implementing necessary actions to assure production tasks are complete.
• May act as department manager in their absence.
• Plans, coordinates, and directs production activities to meet commitments to the customer in accordance with effective management practices.
• Assures physical resources are available including personnel, facilities, equipment, tooling, support materials, and appropriate work documents.
• Assures work is performed in accordance with approved procedures.
• Assures worker involvement in work planning, execution, and feedback in determining hazards and controls in accordance with Integrated Safety Management principles.
• Required to attend and/or successfully complete the required training specified in the applicable Training Program Description and through the General Employee Training (Reference DOE Order 426.2A).
• Required to achieve and maintain two or more qualifications or certifications as appropriate for the position within 6-months of being placed in the position.
• Required to successfully complete an oral board for certification.
• Attends required safety meetings and training; offers suggestions on improvements to the work environment; understands a workers right to stop work when they feel their own or others personal safety is jeopardized.
• Responsible for maintaining a thorough knowledge of applicable Federal, State, DOE, Corporate and Plant rules, regulations and Plant-wide operating policies and procedures.
• All other duties as assigned.

Specific Knowledge And Training Required

• Experience in production and/or nuclear and/or manufacturing is required.
• A thorough knowledge of machining practices and computer numerically controlled machine tools is required.
• General ability to read and interpret design drawings; ability to read, interpret, and direct work according to detailed operating procedures; and knowledge of Conduct of Operations principles.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• OR Applicants without a Bachelor's Degree may be considered based on a combination of at least 13 years of completed education and/or relevant experience.

Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2A Requirements

• Not Applicable

Preferred Job Requirements

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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.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 709. Medical requirements may apply.

Pantex 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 random selection for drug testing without advance notification.

Pantex is an equal opportunity employer, and does not tolerate discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. Such terms and conditions of employment include, but are not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. Pantex takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans; including disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active-duty wartime, or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.