Senior/Principal Safety Basis Engineer - Non-Nuclear Facility, Remote

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. The Safety Basis Engineer will provide safety basis oversight and support for Sandia's moderate hazard and accelerator facilities, performing analyses, leading safety reviews, and developing safety documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Provide on-site and off-site technical assistance, classroom training, document reviews, audits and assessments, and support of hazard analyses
• Perform analyses of processes, systems, and accident phenomenology
• Assist facilities with operating envelope documentation annual reviews/updates, to include safety evaluations for accelerators, and safety assessments for industrial facilities that require a more rigorous analysis, along with other safety basis documentation, including change and configuration management, JSA’s and TWD’s
• Lead or assist with various aspects of the Readiness Review or Readiness Verification processes and evaluate the associated documentation to advise on whether planned work has achieved readiness for the safe startup or restart of operations
• Lead or assist with Conduct of Operation (ConOps) assessments
• Prepare or review Unreviewed Safety Issue (USI) and Management of Change (MOC) documentation
• Assist facilities with development, maintenance, assessment, and implementation of their WP&C practices and processes
• Provide expertise in hazard identification, facilitate hazard analyses to identify and select appropriate controls, and develop/review safety cases
• Develop, review, maintain, and/or provide comments on changes to internal department policies, department owned corporate policies and software, the ES&H Manual, and other corporate policies and documents
• Develop, maintain, and provide SNL training on WP&C issues and procedures (classroom and virtual)
• Monitor WP&C and safety basis best-practices and lessons-learned across the DOE complex
• Prepare and review technical reports based on the expert interpretation of analyzed data
• Interface with a wide variety of Sandia departments such as operations, engineering, and assurance, at all levels of management, as well as the DOE Sandia Field Office and US Government strategic partners

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant STEM discipline, plus five (5) years or more years of directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job
• Experience in hazard analyses using techniques from Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, such as what-if checklist, failure modes and effects analysis, fault/event tree, and qualitative risk analysis using sound engineering principles
• Assess organizational WP&C practices and documentation
• Provide instruction on WP&C, safety basis, and/or related ES&H topics
• Interpret various mechanical and electrical drawings, process layouts, blueprints, and other drawings and schematics
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE L-level security clearance
• Experience with DOE hazard categorization processes and principles
• DOE/SNL Readiness Review and Readiness Verification processes
• Application of ConOps at DOE facilities
• USI and MOC documentation at DOE facilities
• Field of systems engineering
• Facilitation and resolution of potentially contentious issues in a diverse group setting
• Working knowledge of Sandia's safety basis policies, practices, and procedures
• Knowledge of risk analysis and risk management principles and fundamentals
• Experience with assessing administrative and/or validating the implementation of safety controls, including detailed understanding of administrative and engineering controls
• Ability to use engineering or technical judgment, within defined scientific and engineering practices, in negotiating with customers and program managers to ensure that resources are available to accomplish work, identify program needs, and marshal resources to complete project deliverables within the scope, schedules, and budgets defined in project work packages
• Experience working with diverse teams and the ability to work cooperatively in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively both verbally and in writing
• Ability to oversee project teams in the planning, tracking, and execution of project plans from initiation to completion
• Ability to provide leadership and tactical planning for execution of projects and apply engineering or other technical knowledge to achieve project objectives and deliverables
• Ability to negotiate with customers on matters of customer requirements and limitations
• Ability to conduct technical and program reviews to report status of schedule and performance to management and customers
• Detailed understanding of programmatic and facility operations including engineered systems and respective performance characteristics or engineering controls, operating parameters, failure modes, preventive maintenance requirements, monitoring requirements, and calibrations/certifications