1180 Advisory Engineer – Solid Waste Technical Advisor Position Available In Aiken, South Carolina

• Duties and Responsibilities:

• Initiate own technical programs and make recommendations to management on technical programs based on analysis of customer needs and technology trends, reach solutions to the most complex technical problems in ?eld(s) of expertise and to in?uence solutions in neighboring disciplines
• Apply technical experience in ?eld of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical ?elds, and use other technical resources in the company and external resources, to resolve complex problems
• Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and di?cult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning
• Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and is recognized as having expertise in a functional area of technical specialization
• Recommend research programs for others in group and assist in that planning
• Develop solutions to the most complex technical problems in areas of expertise and in adjacent technical ?elds
• In?uence technical direction of other parts of the department, acts as a technical communicator across disciplines to optimize the creative solution of technical problems
• Conceive needed programs for self and for others in the department
• Put needs in perspective with regard to other technical needs at SRNS
• Sponsor new ideas in the department
• Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving major technical tasks for division
• Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed
• Include research, development, testing, quality assurance requirements
• Communicate results verbally and in manuscripts form
• Report regularly the results and represent SRNS and SRS in technical areas to oversight groups and professional societies
• Mentor less-senior professionals in communication skills
• Maintain excellent technical credibility by contributing signi?cantly toward meeting Site missions and goals which may be demonstrated by issuing reports, making presentations, and /or involvement in national technical organizations
• Mentor less-senior professionals as a means of transferring technical knowledge and insight
• Recommend engineering and technology research, development and application programs for others and assist in the planning of such programs
• Demonstrate commitment to TQ concepts by active leadership leading to successful implementation of Division and Department TQ Initiatives
• Be a resource for TQ initiatives in Department and Division
• Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the discretion of the Manager
• Provide Solid Waste engineering sta? augmentation support to SRNS
• Primary responsibilities include:
• TRU Waste, Mixed Waste and Low-Level Waste support.
• Expertise is needed in WIPP Acceptable Knowledge process
• SRS waste tracking data systems, waste characterization techniques and application, and safety basis development
• Develop solutions to technical task objectives within Solid Waste engineering
• Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems, prepare schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks, communicate results verbally and/or in writing
• Provide mentoring and/or guidance to less-senior professionals. 
• Required Qualifications/ Skills /

Experience:

• Typically an advance degree and experience
• PhD degree and about 15 years’ experience; or, MS degree and 17 years’ experience; or, BS degree and about 21 years’ experience.