Senior Nuclear Safety Manager

The Opportunity

SRNL is one of the Department of Energy's premier national laboratories, delivering solutions critical to national security, nuclear materials management, and environmental stewardship. We are seeking a proven nuclear safety leader to serve as the Laboratory's institutional authority for nuclear safety programs.

This is not a back-office compliance role. You will sit at the leadership table, advise senior laboratory executives, serve as the primary voice to DOE/NNSA on nuclear safety matters, and directly influence the Laboratory's ability to execute high-consequence nuclear missions. If you've ever wanted a role where your technical judgment and leadership truly matter, this is it.

A Mission Portfolio That's Growing 

SRNL's mission is expanding across some of the most consequential challenges in the nuclear enterprise:

• Fusion Fuel Cycle Innovation — pioneering the science and safety frameworks for next-generation fusion fuel technologies
• Nuclear Deterrence & Nonproliferation — delivering solutions that directly support the nation's nuclear security posture
• Accelerated Plutonium Disposition — driving breakthroughs like H-Canyon glass-loading analysis that have already compressed disposition timelines by approximately two years, a major schedule acceleration for the Fast Critical Assembly Mission
• Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Isotopes — expanding the Laboratory's role in nuclear materials processing and isotope production
• Campus Modernization — advancing new infrastructure to support long-term growth, including new facilities that will require safety basis development from the ground up
• AI-Driven Innovation — including a $1.75M DOE "Mine of the Future" project and new CRADA partnerships applying artificial intelligence to accelerate research and decision-making
• Grid Resilience — growing the Laboratory's impact beyond traditional nuclear missions
• Environmental Cleanup & Restoration — applying cutting-edge tools including AI to one of the nation's most complex environmental challenges

This isn't a role where you maintain a static set of safety documents. You'll be developing new safety bases, solving first-of-a-kind nuclear safety challenges, guiding new facilities through startup, and shaping the safety posture of programs that don't fully exist yet. If you want to be challenged — and to build something that matters — this is where you need to be.

Why SRNL? Why This Role?

• Real Impact: Safeguard operations across Hazard Category 2 and 3 nuclear facilities supporting critical national security missions
• Institutional Authority: You own the nuclear safety programs — Safety Basis, Criticality Safety, and Nuclear Readiness & Startup
• Seat at the Table: Report directly to the Engineering Director/Chief Engineer with direct access to senior laboratory and federal leadership
• Dynamic Mission: Support a rapidly expanding portfolio spanning nuclear deterrence, fusion fuel cycles, plutonium disposition, isotope production, and campus modernization
• Career Stability: National laboratory employment with long-term mission permanence — no contract recompetes, no program uncertainty
• Build a Legacy: Mentor and develop the next generation of nuclear safety professionals
• Mission That Matters: Your work directly protects workers, the public, and the environment while enabling science and national security
   

"We put science to work!" 

Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program laboratory applying state of the art science and practical, high-value, cost-effective solutions to complex technical problems to protect the nation. Located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken SC, the laboratory develops and deploys innovative technologies to address some of the nation’s environmental, energy, and national security challenges.

Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA) is constantly assessing trends to provide the best possible benefits to our workforce. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce. 

Some of the *Benefits offered to employees include:

*Benefits vary based upon employment status

• Highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision options including HSA options with company provided seed
• Short- & Long-Term Disability (company paid)
• Life Insurance Non-Contributary 1X salary (company paid)
• AD&D Non-contributary 1x salary (company paid)
• Savings & Investment plan:
• • Qualified Non-Elective Company Contribution of 5% each pay period with immediate vesting
  • Company match 50 cents/dollar up to 8% (5 yrs. vesting in company match)
• Contributory Life Insurance up to 5x Salary with $1M Cap
• Contributory AD&D (employee, spouse and children)
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Plan
• SRNL offers a competitive relocation package to ease the transition process. Domestic and international relocation assistance is available for certain positions. 

For more information about our benefits, working here, and living here, visit the “About” tab at www.srnl.doe.gov.

BSRA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. BSRA is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. Please email us at SRNLRecruiting@srnl.doe.gov with any questions regarding the hiring process or to request an accommodation.