Project Overview

Bechtel is designing, constructing, and commissioning the world’s largest radioactive waste treatment plant for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant will use vitrification technology to process and solidify 56 million gallons (210 million liters) of radioactive and chemical waste stored at the Hanford site, which is a byproduct of plutonium production during World War II and the Cold War era.

The project is the largest undertaking of its kind and one of DOE’s most technically challenging cleanup projects. Its construction spans 65 acres (26 hectares) with four major nuclear facilities – Pretreatment, Low-Activity Waste Vitrification, High-Level Waste Vitrification and Analytical Laboratory – as well as operations and maintenance buildings, utilities, other support facilities.

This position is located at the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 4 x 10 schedule, M-Th, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Selected applicant needs to be able and willing to work weekends as needed.

Selected applicant needs to be able and willing to work night shift (5:30pm to 4:00am) and weekends as needed.

The Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) is a limited liability corporation created by Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) and Amentum. WTCC is a subcontractor to BNI, the prime contractor, to deliver the construction, turnover, startup, and commissioning activities for the WTP project.

Position Summary

The Plant Engineering organization is responsible for the technical activities relating to operations and maintenance of plant equipment during Construction, Commissioning, and Operations of the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP).

The Network Specialist is responsible for ensuring delivery and high availability of all network equipment and services in Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Wireless (WLAN) and Converged Voice environments. The main task of a network engineer is to plan, design, optimize, implement, audit, and troubleshoot the network system to improve the efficiency of the organization. The successful candidate should have experience in Network Engineering, developing process & procedures, Tech Writing, Change/Configuration Mgmt., and Communications Mgmt. The ideal candidate should have a thorough knowledge and a multi-branched background that should include expertise from the fields of information technology, network and engineering, and information security. 

Responsibilities

Provides technical support for manufacturing operations and support networked systems.

Provides network support for local system issues that arise which are beyond the scope of local support technicians.

Writes test plans, analyzes test data, and documents results with test reports.

Monitors Communications Network asset health and performance by utilizing network management tools and systems.

Research, write, and help implement procedure standards for the communication system network.

Monitors, detects, and communicates network threat vector activity.

Maintains and ensures backup of asset configurations.

Support day-to-day operation of network infrastructure and services.

Support a high availability network and ensure uptime consistent with the organizations business requirements.

Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, processes, and maintenance records.

Support the Waste Treatment Plant Nuclear Safety Quality Culture by emphasizing the values of safety and quality in the performance of work in order to protect self, others, and the environment

This job description is not intended to include every duty, task or instruction for which an employee is responsible. Other tasks may be assigned, based on business needs and the department supervisors request.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or equivalent Information Technology field. 6 years of experience as a network analyst performing and or supporting network operations.

Associates degree in Business or related field. 8 years of experience as a network analyst performing and or supporting network operations.

High School Diploma and 12 years of experience as a network analyst.

Preferred Certifications:

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCENT)

Cisco Certified Network Engineer (CCNA)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

NA

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

(EFNM) Exposed Field Non-Manual