Disposition & Demolition Program Manager (Program Manager 4)

Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPO or high deductible medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) with 6% matching

Learning opportunities and tuition assistance

Flexible schedules and PTO

Onsite gyms and wellness programs

Relocation packages

Job summary

Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a Disposition & Demolition Program Manager to lead critical infrastructure transitions while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards. The ideal candidate will possess extensive project management expertise and a bachelor's degree with a minimum of twelve years of relevant experience.

This role involves coordinating closely with federal organizations and ensuring the execution of projects aligns with agreed-upon scopes, budgets, and schedules. A DOE Q clearance will be required for this position.

Qualifications

• Expert understanding of project scope, schedule, budget, and performance milestones.
• Familiarity with environmental regulations (RCRA, CERCLA, NEPA).
• Experience in interfacing with federal and mission stakeholders.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills.
• Ability to manage deactivation and demolition activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead disposition planning and prioritization efforts.
• Ensure execution aligns with safety, security, and environmental standards.
• Coordinate with various program elements and stakeholders.
• Manage risk and change controls effectively.
• Address strategic resource management needs.

Skills

Project and program management expertise

Knowledge of DOE Orders and NNSA policies

Excellent communication skills

Risk management and change control

Ability to obtain DOE Q clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of relevant experience

Tools

Project management information systems

Job description

Disposition & Demolition Program Manager

The Weapons Infrastructure Program Office (WIPO) seeks an accomplished leader to serve as the Disposition & Demolition Program Manager. The 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.

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 scope definition, schedule, budget, priority, performance milestone baselines, cost and schedule variance reporting, risk management, change control, 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.

Education and Experience

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

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.li>
• 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.

Location

Onsite in Los Alamos, NM.

Benefits

• PPO or high deductible medical insurance with nationwide network
• Dental and vision insurance
• Basic life and disability insurance
• Paid childbirth and parental leave
• 401(k) with 6% matching plus 3.5% annually
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Flexible schedules and PTO
• Onsite gyms and wellness programs
• Relocation packages for outside 50-mile radius

Clearance

Position requires a DOE Q clearance and must be obtained by U.S. citizenship.

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.