Principal Engineer - Pinnacle Specialty Group, Inc.

Pinnacle Specialty Group is a woman-owned and operated small business specializing in providing project and contract management for Professional, Technical, Engineering, IT and Support Services. We offer full benefits to include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 401K - Company Matched.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Dene scope of technical programs and develop eective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems. Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely and cost-eective results. Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks.
• Apply technical experience in eld of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical elds, to resolve complex problems.
• Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and dicult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.
• Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise.
• Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering or scientic principles.
• Evaluate the results of programs and prepares reports and recommendations based on these evaluations.
• Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution.
• Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology. Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identied by management.
• Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
• Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscripts form to customers colleagues and management.
• Occasionally prepare reports for external publication.
• Enhance expertise in eld through leadership in local technical societies.
• Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles.

Education

Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline and 5+ years' experience. OR A

MS with 8+ years' experience. OR A BS with 10+ years' experience or more.

Experience/Skills

• Process engineering management and/or operations management experience with nuclear materials involving glovebox operations. Requires a thorough understanding of plutonium chemistry and the radiological, nuclear safety and industrial safety issues of plutonium operations.

• Experience with development, approval, and implementation of Documented Safety Analysis (DSA), Technical Safety Requirements (TSR), and Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations (NCSE). Experience to include interfacing with the customer and the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB) to resolve issues.

• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-discipline teams to develop effective solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial processing problems.

Area Security Access:  Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance. An active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties. After award, the selected candidate will be notified when to apply for a clearance based on specific work assignments.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Work Environment / Physical Demands:

Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Light to moderate lifting may be required for packages and other items, ability to walk short distances, may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.

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