Material Control and Accounting Specialist

The role

The Material Control and Accounting Specialist leads the nuclear material safeguards program at TRISO manufacturing facilities. This person ensures accurate accounting, control, and protection of special nuclear material in compliance with DOE and NRC requirements.

What you will do

• Develop, implement, and maintain the MC&A Plan and associated procedures.
• Oversee all nuclear material measurements, physical inventories, and material transactions.
• Manage material balance areas to ensure accurate material tracking.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting to the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System.
• Maintain nuclear material accounting records and documentation.
• Conduct material balance evaluations and resolve inventory differences.
• Ensure facility compliance with NE O Order 474.2 and NE O Order 470.4B.
• Support compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency Additional Protocol requirements.
• Prepare for and support regulatory inspections, audits, and assessments.
• Implement and maintain tamper-indicating device programs.

Required qualifications

• Experience in nuclear material control and accounting or nuclear safeguards.
• Experience at a site handling Special Nuclear Material; commercial, DOE, NNSA facility, National Laboratory, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of DOE/ NE O orders (474.2, 470.4B) and NRC regulations (10 CFR 74).
• Experience with MC&A software systems and database management.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with destructive assay (DA) and non-destructive assay (NDA) techniques.
• Experience with statistical analysis, measurement uncertainty, and error propagation methods.
• Strong understanding of nuclear material types, forms, and measurement techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a highly regulated environment.
• Knowledge of physical protection systems and their integration with MC&A

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Free daily lunch
• Generous PPE stipend

Before you apply

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

About the company

Valar Atomics aims to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable. The company is building a pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah to demonstrate advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication.