Nuclear Hardness & Survivability Sr Scientist

General Summary

ES3 seeks a highly credentialled and nationally known expert in the computational assessment of nuclear hardness and nuclear survivability. The successful candidates will work within an initial team of three to develop a world class, high performing team at ES3. Initial tasks will include development of the necessary infrastructure at ES3 along with business development activities to secure contracts with the US Defense Agencies, US National Laboratories, international allied nations, educational institutions, and US commercial sector.

The successful applicants can choose to work in one of ES3’s facilities located around the country or can work in a remote capacity.

education and experience

• BS, MS, and Ph.D. or equivalent in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering and/or Applied Mathematics.
• > 20 years of experience directly in Nuclear Hardness and Survivability Assessments
• Exceptional technical reputation

Other Requirements:

• Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen
• As a condition of employment, candidates will be required to participate in a background investigation and be able to obtain a U.S. Government Security Clearance
• Ability to travel to meet the goals and objectives of the nuclear hardness team

Work Environment

• ES3 maintains a highly productive, respectful, and pleasant work environment. All candidates must be able to work well within specialized teams, multidisciplinary teams, and across a full spectrum of staff including highly credentialed senior engineers/scientist; logistical, business, and administrative support staff; technicians, logisticians, test, and production staff; customers; and suppliers-all while maintaining an environment that promotes exceptional work performance, development of innovative solutions, expansion of services, effective mentoring of young talent, and unflinching delivery of exceptional service to our customers.
• The successful candidates will need to devise and foster a work environment for the nuclear hardness team that is optimally pleasant and effective. Goals should include nurturing a team with a shared vision for success, cooperative and synergistic environment.

position Type/Expected Hours of Work

• This is a full-time, fully benefitted position at 32-40 hours per week as negotiated.
• The successful candidate has the flexibility to work those days/hours which work best to meet and exceed team and customer goals / objectives.

Key Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills
• An aptitude to learn new technology
• Positive, pleasant and professional attitude with all levels of staff, customers and government representatives
• Initiative and are pro-active, flexible and open to changing priorities
• Strong work ethic, high integrity and high motivation for excellence
• Dependability and reliability
• Flexible and open to changing priorities

Compensation and Benefits:

ES3 can offer an environment that is enriching, rewarding and competitive in total compensation. Our total compensation is inclusive of the exceptional benefits program ES3 offers to all benefit eligible staff members. These include:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Reimbursement Account
• Health Savings Account
• Competitive Paid-Time-Off accrual
• Holiday Pay

A generous matching 401K plan with up to 6% match and up to 2% profit sharing. From our experience, staff members who participate in our company 401(k) plan are more engaged in our company than staff who do not. Thus, we try to partner with individuals who reinforce our company culture. Please visit our website at www.es3inc.com to learn more about us.