Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) Owners Representative

ProSidian Seeks a Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) Owners Representative headquartered near Richland, WA 99319 to support an engagement for the DOE Office of River Protection (ORP) - an independent office at the DOE Site in eastern Washington state with the exclusive focus of remediating and solving the DOE’s tank cleanup challenges. ORP’s mission is to protect the Columbia River by safely cleaning up radioactive and chemical waste contained in underground storage tanks located at the DOE Site. 

The ProSidian Engagement Team Members work to provide Site Technical Support Services assistance including technical support services in environmental remediation, and related technical and administrative program management support expertise and assistance in carrying out responsibilities to plan, direct and oversee design, construction, environmental remediation, cleanup and operation of government facilities to support ORP at Hanford in the Eastern Washington (Tri-Cities - Kennewick | Pasco | Richland) Area

Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) Owners Representative Candidates shall provide Technical Support Services at the Hanford Site as a WTP Owners Representative in support of ORP's Waste Treatment Plant Division (i.e. WTP Project – Senior Technical Advisor).  The Owners Representative’s prime role is to support the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Project senior leadership in the execution of their duties. In accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2016 Sec.1116, the Owner’s Representative shall perform design, construction, nuclear safety, technical issue resolution, and operability oversight of each facility covered by the contract.

The role of the Owner’s Representative is to provide expert nuclear safety, technical and capital project resources to support WTP project completion and transition  to operations in areas as needed which may include system testing, commissioning, startup and future operability of the WTP facilities, as needed.  The ProSidian WTP Owners Representative shall provide one part-time (960 hours) Executive Consultant III to support the WTP Senior Technical Advisor in the execution of duties, with a focus on nuclear safety and technical issue resolution. However, The ProSidian Engagement Team may propose alternate labor categories to support the following scope. Actual hours will be agreed in advance of each task and be task dependent.

The ProSidian Engagement Team may propose alternate/additional labor categories to support the following scope based on alignment of authorized tasks to a specific need or engineering discipline.

-- Assessment of the ongoing development and implementation  of  the safety basis in accordance with 10 CFR 830, Nuclear Safety Management and the applicable DOE Orders and Standards in  the BNI Contract to confirm adequate alignment with the design basis is either being developed or is being maintained.

-- Support WTP system and facility design reviews, which may include  reviews of system description documents (SDD), procurement documents, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), test data, with a focus on the future operability, maintainability, safety and controls.

-- Evaluate as needed technical issues, improvements and proposal provided by federal staff, which may include, but is not limited to, analysis of alternatives/concepts in design, nuclear safety, code of record exceptions, technical risk assessments, and significant baseline change proposals.

-- Support the transition to operations, which may include operational readiness oversight and the development of training, qualification,  or operational oversight programs and strategies.

-- Be responsible for completing critical assessments and implementing actions as required to support WTP management.

-- Brief senior management on technical issues, options for resolution, and facilitate decision-making.

The nature of assignments will define each end-state product.  In most instances, this is likely to be one of the following:

•Assessments, reports

• Decision memorandum

• Participation in meetings/workshops with senior management

• Participation in Integrated Project Teams (IPT) as required

Deliverables shall be accomplished in accordance with ORP procedures and directions provided by AMWTP.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experienced senior level nuclear safety leader

• Executive experience with direct interface with client senior management.

• Knowledge of DOE policies and procedures.

• Expert level knowledge of Hanford Site mission, activities and priorities.

• Expert level knowledge of DOE program and project management practices, policies, and procedures.

• Expert writing skills, proven experience in supporting programs and projects with analysis, tracking, monitoring, assessment, review and coordination.

• Excellent communications skills.

• A knowledge of MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and/or other MS Office tools.