Emergency Communications Specialist (ECS)

• Answer telephone calls promptly and courteously; operate Site Fire Alarm Computer System.

• Answer emergency telephone calls and simultaneously enter information into a Computer Aided Dispatch system.
• Obtain information from caller and make rapid and accurate determination of the nature and priority of each call.
• Select and dispatch the most appropriate emergency response unit in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Transmit onsite and offsite protective actions and initiate regulatory notifications to local, state, and federal officials in response to Operational, safeguard and Security, Industrial, or Non-nuclear Process emergencies.
• Facilitate communications during DOE and Operating Contractor response to radiological incidents occurring in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and the Panama Canal Zone.
• Coordinate and assist all site agencies with SIRIM notifications to DOE-HQ. Perform notifications to site-level agencies and senior Operating Contractor/DOE-SR personnel.
• Maintain operating logs summarizing facility and site-level events.
• Respond to operations and events in accordance with established procedures (Q 12.1, Q 12.3, Q 12.4, and 6Q 15.4).
• Operate Communications Systems (dispatch, radio, telephone, PA safety alarm), facility equipment (pumps and ventilation system) and computer-based systems (daily activity log, remote worker).
• Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned by their supervisor.