ORP Support Specialist (PR0135)

Provide ORP Readiness Support to The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of River Protection, Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP).

The ORP Support Specialist will have responsibility for execution of the itemized work scope below:

• Planning strategic activities required for ORP to achieve readiness and verify readiness for radioactive operations,
• Mentoring ORP staff and management in conduct of activities to achieve readiness and verify readiness to safely conduct nuclear operations, 
• Providing professional counsel on development and implementation of a Readiness Program from Line Management’s perspective,
• Providing expert advice and counsel on improvements to ORP’s readiness program, and
• Promoting coordination between all relevant functions related to Readiness in ORP to safely conduct nuclear operations.

Under the direction of the COD director, the GSSC resource will have responsibility for this work scope. COD is responsible for functional areas for the WTP including the following:  startup testing, commissioning, readiness, operations, and maintenance. This oversight is conducted to assure the WTP can be safely operated while treating Hanford tank waste.

ORP is responsible for Line Management oversight of the WTP contractor and is also responsible for declaring readiness to safety conduct radioactive operations prior to an Operational Readiness Review (ORR) which is currently scheduled in January 2024.

SCOPE DELIVERABLES

• Strategic development and revision of the Certification and Verification Plan.
• Mentoring ORP core requirement and functional leads in development and execution of core requirement oversight strategies.
• Providing expert, strategic guidance in Line Management Review Board activities.
• Develop training curricula and implementation for ORP staff in order to achieve line management readiness and verify contractor readiness.

Deliverables shall be accomplished in accordance with the directions provided by the COD Director.  All deliverables will be processed through the COD Division Director prior to internal and/or external publication and availability.