Section Head: Decommissioning Services - Pretoria at NECSA

Job Profile:

• The incumbent is responsible to manage the personnel and activities within Decommissioning Services by planning, organising, leading and controlling in order to ensure that the allocated facilities are kept in a state of passive safety between the decommissioning phases, in accordance with licenses, SHEQ and other applicable statutory requirements.

Key Performance Areas:

• Ensure inspection of all decommissioning equipment.
• Ensure that maintenance and repairing / replacing of equipment to maintain proper functioning thereof and continued service delivery.  
• Manage Decommissioning Facilities and Activities to ensure that all plant systems are in  working order and that the following are in place:
• Implement and monitor facility approved waste management plans
• Ensure that all allocated facilities are under effective Care & Maintenance programs and projects that comply with the applicable Nuclear Installations License (NIL)
• Ensure that prescribed PPE is issued, personnel trained on the use of PPE prior to performing activities. 
• Ensure implementation and maintain Necsa’s SHEQ & Security requirements, NIL requirements and other requirements as applicable.
• Manage projects resulting in CAM and Decommissioning Services.
• Manage activities arising from projects in CAM and Decommissioning Services.
• Prepare or review the projects specifications, reports, purchase specifications, requisitions, tender documentation etc.
• Manage, control and monitor the budget for their respective group in Decommissioning Services to ensure expenditure is aligned with the business plan and cost controlled within agreed budget limits.
• Ensure that personnel are issued with annual performance contracts and appraisals are concluded timeously
• Implement and manage HR policies and systems put in place to manage personnel attendance and performance. 

Requirements

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of:
• Necsa plants, facilities and processes;
• Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety;
• Nuclear Energy Act;
• OSH Act;
• Environmental Management Act;
• Waste Management Databases;
• ISO 9000/14000;
• Business and management principles and systems involved in the management of Radioactive Waste.
• Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) systems, requirements; acts, regulations, licenses, permits and protocols.

COMPETENCIES

• Analytical Thinking and Attention to detail
• Anticipating and Managing Change
• Focus and Alertness
• Holistic / Big Picture Thinking
• Creativity / Innovation
• Judgement and Decision-Making
• Problem Solving
• Mechanical/ Physical Reasoning
• Action Orientation and Decisiveness
• Adaptability / Flexibility
• Assertiveness
• Drive (Results Orientation)
• Excellence / Quality Orientation
• Objectivity

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• B Eng (Mechanical/Chemical) 

Experience: 

• Five years’ experience in nuclear plant operations plus two years’ experience in a supervisory role