Transportation Logistics Manager

Summary This position is part of the Office of Environmental Management - Carlsbad Field Office, Department of Energy. As a Transportation Logistics Manager, you will be managing the National Transuranic (TRU) waste transportation services across the nation and to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Learn more about this agency This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarification from the agency U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration. Duties As an Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Physical Scientist (Transportation Logistics Manager), you will: Oversee the planning, design, and safe execution of scientific and engineering projects supporting the National Transuranic (TRU) waste program, including packaging (Type A and Type B) and shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Analyze technical data, emerging technologies, and operational challenges to resolve engineering uncertainties, mitigate risks, and establish improved operational criteria and standards. Participate as a technical specialist on the Incident/Accident Response Team to respond to radioactive release risks, assess shipping package integrity, and coordinate recovery operations. Monitor and enforce strict adherence to Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, state, and tribal requirements governing hazardous and radioactive materials transport. Serve as an authoritative technical advisor on national task forces, interagency working groups, and public forums to defend DOE policies and negotiate agreements with federal, state, tribal, and industry entities holding conflicting viewpoints. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), preparing statements of work, establishing budgets, and negotiating multi-million-dollar contractual and cost-sharing terms with commercial carrier services. Requirements Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or National. This employer participates in the e-Verify program. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See www.sss.gov. If selected, your appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. If selected, you may be required to complete a one-year probationary period. Occasional travel required. This position is not included in a Bargaining Agreement. You will be required to complete an OF-306, "Declaration for Federal Employment" form to (a) determine your suitability for Federal employment. At the GS-14 level, you're required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, at the GS-14 level, OGE-450, Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually. Must be able to acquire and maintain FAC-COR 2 within 2 years of accepting position. Qualifications BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR 0801 SERIES: Degree : Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR Combination of education and experience - col…

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