Shift Manager

Consolidated Nuclear Security; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Prescription drug plan

Vision plan

Dental plan

Employer matched 401(k)

Disability coverage

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Consolidated Nuclear Security in Oak Ridge, TN is seeking a Shift Manager (Senior Specialist) to oversee planning, scheduling and authorization of operations in the facility to ensure safe, compliant production. This role requires depth in nuclear facility operations and adherence to safety standards.

You will manage daily POD, verify procedures, perform inspections, authorize changes, and provide weekend on-call coverage as part of a rotation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree: minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree: minimum 6 years of relevant experience.
• PhD: minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Fifteen or more years of education, training, and/or experience may satisfy requirements.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule and authorization of operation activities in the assigned manufacturing facility through the Plan of the Day (POD).
• Ensure operations are conducted per procedures, regulations and safety requirements.
• Review shift rounds, status board and logs; observe equipment and housekeeping status.
• Maintain configuration and authorize status changes to major equipment and systems, communicating changes to supervisors.
• Provide on-call coverage for assigned weekends as part of a rotation.

Education

Bachelor's degree: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.

OR Master's degree: Minimum 6 years of relevant experience.

OR PhD: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

Fifteen (15) or more years of relevant education, training, and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.

Job description

Requisition ID20051-Posted08/18/2026-Production and Manufacture- Level of Experience (1) -Travel - 30% or less- Job Location Options (1)

Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Shift Manager
Career Level:Senior Specialist
Job Specialty: Nuclear/Explosives Facilities Management

What You'll Do

The Shift Manager is responsible for planning, scheduling and authorization of operation activities in the assigned manufacturing facility to ensure the safe operation of the facility.

Responsibilities:

• Planning, scheduling and authorization of operation activities in the assigned manufacturing facility through the use of the Plan of the Day (POD).
• Ensuring that operations are conducted in accordance with approved procedures, environmental regulations, operational safety requirements, technical safety requirements, Criticality Safety Approvals (CSAs), Criticality Safety Requirements (CSRs) and health and safety requirements.
• Reviewing shift round inspection sheets, status board and logbooks to ensure accuracy and adequacy; touring operation areas to observe equipment, operating conditions, maintenance and housekeeping status.
• Maintaining proper configuration and authorizing status changes to major equipment and systems and communicates these changes to appropriate supervisors and personnel.
• Provide on-call coverage for assigned weekends based upon a rotation with others in the group; on-call is as needed which may or may not require weekend work for the assigned weekend.

Accountabilities:

• To the Operations Manager for authorization of facility activities to ensure they are within the approved procedures and the safety basis of operations for the facility.
• To the facility personnel for monitoring of facility conditions to ensure safe, compliant and effective operations.

Authorities:

• Authorized to represent operations management in authorization of requested work activities within the assigned facility.
• Authorized to coordinate activities to ensure that facility conditions are supportive of a safe, secure and complaint work environment for production and production related activities.

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.
• Bachelor's degree: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
• OR Master's degree: Minimum 6 years of relevant experience.
• OR PhD: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Fifteen (15) or more years of relevant education, training, and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
• Shift work will be required for this position.
• In addition, the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., High School diploma and 3 years nuclear experience; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).

Preferred Job Requirements

• Broad knowledge of plant facilities and operations and a demonstrated understanding of operations' principles and concepts.

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.