AIKEN, S.C. - An organization of DOE contractor employees recently honored personnel at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for exceptional team performances.
The Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) bestowed the awards on Darlene Murdoch and Kevin Whitt of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) and Aparajita Ellis of Savannah River Remediation (SRR). SRNS is the SRS management-and-operations contractor and SRR is EM’s liquid waste contractor.
The organization recognized Whitt and members of the EFCOG Training Working Group for partnering with other EFCOG members from DOE sites to develop standardized training programs and methods across the complex. Whitt is the SRNS training director.
“By standardizing the training material and teaching strategies across the DOE complex, we are better able to administer industry-leading and, most importantly, uniform training curriculum at every DOE site," Whitt said. “This also allows greater flexibility for employee mobility between sites and reduces risks associated with various teaching curriculums and instruction methods."
Their efforts addressed an EFCOG focus to better integrate business and operational practices among sites.
Murdoch is SRNS director of operational excellence and Ellis is SRR director of contractor assurance. They lead the EFCOG Contractor Assurance Working Group. EFCOG honored them for collaborating on a system to measure the effectiveness of DOE sites’ contractor assurance systems.
“The DOE Contractor Assurance System ensures transparency between DOE and their contractors," Murdoch said. “It is an important program that safeguards the most effective use of taxpayer dollars and assures proper alignment of the DOE and its contractors to accomplish mission needs in the most effective way possible."
Ellis said their work is beneficial to taxpayers, and DOE and its contractors.
“Ultimately, these tools will allow us greater competency to complete our missions safely and efficiently, which leads to more effective use of federal tax dollars," Ellis said.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
