Senior Emergency Response Specialist - Emergency Management Coordinator

Serve as an Emergency Management Coordinator (Senior Emergency Response Specialist) for nuclear and/or non-nuclear facilities/activities on the Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS) for a DOE Order 151.1F-compliant Emergency Management Program. The preparedness staff implement requirements for the NNSS High Hazard, Elevated Risk and General facility emergency preparedness programs and the qualification of the site-wide emergency response organization. 

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct facility-level training and drills to ensure facility-level responders are qualified to respond to an emergency event.
• Develop and revise facility/activity emergency response procedures in accordance with company-level requirements. 
• Support exercise design, planning, conduct, and evaluation consistent with Department of Energy (DOE) and Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program concepts and principles for facility and site-level exercises at various NNSS facilities/activities. 
• Develop programmatic training for all hazards and specifically assessed hazard-based scenarios.
• Serve as reporting party to the DOE/NNSA Nevada Field Office (NFO) Emergency Management Program Manager and individual Facility Managers and NFO Facility Representatives involving any and related activities and documentation in keeping with facility and site preparedness programs.
• Serve as a member of the NNSS Emergency Response Organization during drills, exercises, and actual emergency events. These responsibilities require willingness to be on-call and/or travel.
• Understand the principles associated with the Mission Support & Test Services, LLC (MSTS) safety concepts.
• Perform other duties assigned by Management.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field and at least 5 years of professional level experience or equivalent training and experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in emergency management or emergency response is highly preferred. 
• Candidate must have good technical writing (including strong proofing/editing ability with skills to develop and analyze information for studies and reports) and oral communications skills and be comfortable communicating with all levels of MSTS, NNSA/NFO management, and offsite agencies.
• Must have experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Must possess interpersonal communication skills to effectively work with onsite/offsite agencies and organizations in a professional manner.
• Must possess the ability to work under minimal supervision and be a self-starter. Must be able to multi-task with numerous interruptions and changing priorities.
• Must be able to cope with conflicting deadlines, frequent interruptions, multiple tasks, and changing priorities.
• The primary work location will be at the Nevada National Security Site (located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada).
• Work schedule will be 4/10s Monday through Thursday (subject to change).
  • Must be willing to be on-call.
  • Must be willing to travel.
• Must be available to work occasional evening, night, and weekend hours. 
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2, “Personnel Security”. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR Part 707.4, “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted.  Applicant selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation, required to participate in subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference 10 CFR Part 709, “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.”

MSTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.

Annual salary range for this position is: $80,579.20 - $120,868.80.

Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.