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Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Radio Program Administrator
Career Level From: Advisor
Career Level To: Advisor
Job Specialty: Facilities Engineering
What You'll Do
Y-12 Radio Program Administrator is the primary contact for the program and is the main interface with Oak Ridge Operations Center (OROC), Y-12 Operations Center, federal customers, Uranium Processing Facility Project Office (UPO)/NPO, Wide Area Radio System (WARS) Prime Contractor to NPO (NNSA Production Office), senior managers, directors, project managers, construction, support organizations, contractors, and subcontractors as necessary, to support safe, efficient, and compliant execution of construction, maintenance, Pro Force, or operations activities within the Y-12 site.
Coordinates throughout the radio equipment life cycle including ordering of radio equipment and parts, setting personalities/code plugs, approving programming, requesting inclusion in WARS system from NPO, issuance, establishing and monitoring preventative maintenance requirements, approving and handling repairs and programming of site components and radios.
Responsible for maintaining the software and firmware to support the radio maintenance program in Software Manager (SMan), including RSR (Radio Service Notification) website. Works with Enterprise and Y-12 Property to ensure status on radio issuance and updates in SAP, PATS (Property Accountability Tracking System) and RSR are accurate. Assists in resolution of Y-12 Annual Property inventory issues. Responsible for keeping current system dongles. Primary contact to request Y-12 radios to be on Tennessee Advanced Communication Network (TACN).
Responsible for maintaining the program budget, procurements, maintenance support staff, bench stock materials, future cost projections, offsite radio maintenance repairs via the radio venders, company credit card and internal Procurement interface.
What You Can Expect

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other
Why Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a "designated position" identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
Required Experience
Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree: Minimum 12 years of relevant experience. (Typical experience ranging 15+ years.)
• OR Master's degree: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• OR PhD: Minimum 6 years of relevant experience.
• Twenty (20) or more years of relevant education, training, and/or progressive experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting

Required Skills
Coordinates throughout the radio equipment life cycle including ordering of radio equipment and parts, setting personalities/code plugs, approving programming, requesting inclusion in WARS system from NPO, issuance, establishing and monitoring preventative maintenance requirements, approving and handling repairs and programming of site components and radios.
Responsible for maintaining the software and firmware to support the radio maintenance program in Software Manager (SMan), including RSR (Radio Service Notification) website. Works with Enterprise and Y-12 Property to ensure status on radio issuance and updates in SAP, PATS (Property Accountability Tracking System) and RSR are accurate. Assists in resolution of Y-12 Annual Property inventory issues. Responsible for keeping current system dongles. Primary contact to request Y-12 radios to be on Tennessee Advanced Communication Network (TACN).
Responsible for maintaining the program budget, procurements, maintenance support staff, bench stock materials, future cost projections, offsite radio maintenance repairs via the radio venders, company credit card and internal Procurement interface.
Preferred Experience
Preferred Job Requirements

• Strong SAP/PATS working knowledge.
• Working knowledge of radio equipment functions and interface capabilities.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft products, and possess good verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Skills
Coordinates throughout the radio equipment life cycle including ordering of radio equipment and parts, setting personalities/code plugs, approving programming, requesting inclusion in WARS system from NPO, issuance, establishing and monitoring preventative maintenance requirements, approving and handling repairs and programming of site components and radios.
Responsible for maintaining the software and firmware to support the radio maintenance program in Software Manager (SMan), including RSR (Radio Service Notification) website. Works with Enterprise and Y-12 Property to ensure status on radio issuance and updates in SAP, PATS (Property Accountability Tracking System) and RSR are accurate. Assists in resolution of Y-12 Annual Property inventory issues. Responsible for keeping current system dongles. Primary contact to request Y-12 radios to be on Tennessee Advanced Communication Network (TACN).
Responsible for maintaining the program budget, procurements, maintenance support staff, bench stock materials, future cost projections, offsite radio maintenance repairs via the radio venders, company credit card and internal Procurement interface.