Disposition & Demolition Program Manager (Program Manager 4)

Los Alamos National Security LLC; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Los Alamos National Security LLC is seeking a Disposition & Demolition Program Manager to lead the Weapons Infrastructure Program Office. This role requires an accomplished leader with expertise in project and program management, risk management, and strong communication skills.

The position involves managing complex technical portfolios and coordinating with various organizations to ensure regulatory compliance and effective execution of disposition projects. A minimum of twelve years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree are required.

Qualifications

• At least twelve years of relevant experience in project and program management.
• Expert-level knowledge of DOE Orders and environmental regulations.
• Proficient with risk management and change control.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of the disposition portfolio.
• Coordinate closely with operations, environmental compliance, and mission organizations.
• Implement effective risk management across the disposition portfolio.

Skills

Project and program management expertise

Risk management

Oral and written communication

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Project management information systems

Job description

What You Will Do

The Weapons Infrastructure Program Office (WIPO) seeks an accomplished leader to serve as the Disposition & Demolition Program Manager. This Program Manager 4 assists the Capability Delivery Project-Program Director in managing the Disposition & Demolition Program, an essential element in ensuring the Laboratory effectively transitions excessed infrastructure capabilities while maintaining safety, security, and environmental compliance.

WIPO's mission is to quantitatively match the capability of the Laboratory's infrastructure to the delivery needs of the weapons program and the Laboratory's retained risk. The Capability Delivery element manages future infrastructure capabilities across Mission Need, Analysis of Alternatives, Preliminary Design, and potentially Execution lifecycle phases, as well as overseeing the Disposition & Demolition lifecycle phase for excessed capabilities. The Disposition & Demolition Program manages the planning, prioritization, and execution of activities to safely transition, deactivate, and demolish facilities and infrastructure that no longer support weapons program needs.

This position requires an accomplished leader who can manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, oversee complex technical portfolios involving hazardous materials and legacy contamination, and coordinate closely with operations, environmental compliance, and mission organizations across the Laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Disposition Planning and Prioritization: Lead the development and maintenance of the disposition portfolio, ensuring proper planning, prioritization, and sequencing of disposition activities based on mission requirements, safety considerations, and resource availability.
• Portfolio Integration: Assist WIPO's capability portfolio integration and analysis efforts, ensuring disposition activities are appropriately coordinated with recapitalization investments, operations and maintenance requirements, and mission organization needs.
• Cross-Program Coordination: Coordinate closely with other WIPO Program elements (Recapitalization, Operations & Maintenance, Transition to Operations, and Analytics & Decision Support), as well as with Environmental Management, Facility Operations, and mission organizations to ensure disposition activities meet integrated safety, security, environmental, and programmatic requirements.
• Execution Delivery: Apply expert knowledge to ensure that disposition projects are executed in accordance with their agreed-upon scope, schedule, budget, and risk envelopes, in accordance with the principles of Integrated Safety Management and Integrated Work Management, meeting all regulatory requirements and Laboratory standards.
• Risk and Change Management: Implement formal and effective risk management and change control across the disposition portfolio, with particular emphasis on identifying and mitigating hazards associated with deactivation, decontamination, and demolition activities.
• Federal Interfaces: Interface with the Los Alamos field office (NA-LA), the Office of Infrastructure, and other NNSA organizations to provide data, communicate status, address issues, and support program planning and budget formulation processes.
• Strategic Resource Management: Address emergent disposition needs and ensure adequate resources are available for scope changes and unforeseen conditions.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of project and program management, including the definition of scope, schedule, budget, priority, and performance milestone baselines, cost and schedule variance reporting, management of risk, change control including earned value management, work breakdown structure development, integrated baseline reviews, and portfolio optimization under fiscal constraints.
• Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of DOE Orders, NNSA policies and supplemental directives, Integrated Safety Management requirements, environmental regulations (RCRA, CERCLA, NEPA), the NA-91 Program Management Plan, and Laboratory procedures relevant to disposition, demolition, and infrastructure program execution.
• Demonstrated experience interfacing successfully with NNSA, NA-LA, facility operations, environmental management organizations, and mission stakeholders, including negotiating work scope, schedules, and budgets, and communicating portfolio status and issues to leadership.
• Demonstrated proficiency with project management information systems and tools.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of facility disposition processes, including deactivation, decontamination, decommissioning, and demolition activities, as well as experience with hazardous material management and waste disposition.
• Demonstrated experience with the Federal programming and planning process and DOE infrastructure portfolio management.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in facility operations, environmental compliance, and legacy contamination remediation.
• Experience with asset lifecycle management, including end-of-life planning and surveillance and maintenance of inactive facilities.
• Knowledge of the LANL weapons program and associated infrastructure portfolio.
• An active DOE Q clearance.

Education and Experience

Position requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree and at least twelve years relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Location

Onsite in Los Alamos, NM.

Equal Opportunity

Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to protected categories such as race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process.