MC&A Manager 3

Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking an exceptional leader to manage the NMCA Site Operations Team. This role supports all operations that use accountable nuclear material, including inventories, accountability transactions, anomaly responses, and continuous improvement efforts.

The position requires comfort interfacing with LANL and DOE/NNSA management. The candidate will mentor staff, manage budgets, and ensure performance against milestones while maintaining strong collaboration with

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership experience supervising and developing employees, strong integrity and accountability, focus on quality and excellence.
• Experience managing budgets and stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to mentor, build teams, and resolve complex technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the NMCA Site Operations Team coordinating all operations with accountable nuclear material.
• Oversee physical inventories, transactions in the LANL material accountability system, and anomaly responses.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and mentor MC&A staff.
• Engage with management at LANL and DOE/NNSA to anticipate challenges and resolve issues with minimal supervision.
• Monitor milestones and progress, coordinating with program managers and customers.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Problem Solving

Execution

Influence

Strategic Planning

Job description

What You Will Do

The Nuclear Material Control and Accountability group is seeking an exceptional leader to manage the NMCA Site Operations Team. This team is responsible for supporting all operations that use accountable nuclear material at Los Alamos National Laboratory including Physical Inventories, transactions in the LANL nuclear material accountability system, response to anomalous conditions, leading continuous improvement efforts, and mentoring/training others on MC&A topics.

This position is highly visible with broad institutional impact and requires a balance of strong leadership, technical competence/ability, and commitment to continuous improvement. The selected candidate must be comfortable engaging with management throughout Los Alamos National Laboratory and DOE/NNSA, be able to anticipate challenges or obstacles and tactfully resolve them with minimal supervision.

MC&A Site Operations Manager 3 (Material Control & Accountability Manager)

$117,200 - $195,400

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What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

Leadership

Demonstrated leadership experience and skills including supervision and development of employees, personal integrity and accountability, commitment to quality and excellence, mission, focus, and personnel development including mentoring, team building, and resolving complex technical issues, and managing budget with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

Management

Demonstrated ability to provide strong leadership, mentorship, prioritization, and management of assigned employees in a collaborative and participative environment to build strong teams. Demonstrated experience and skill developing and implementing organizational strategies and objectives.

Problem Solving

Demonstrated successful experience working with staff, internal and/or external organizations to evaluate, develop, negotiate, and maintain partnerships and strategic relationships with customers

Execution

Demonstrated ability to assign work and authorities, provide guidance and effectively implementing, directing, and managing change while maintaining efficient operations.

Influence

Demonstrated experience in building collaborative relationships and effectively communicating across the team, groups, divisions and directorates, and externally with other Laboratories. Demonstrated experience working closely with programs and line management to ensure performance including monitoring and tracking schedule, and progress against milestones, while interfacing and with line managers and customers to support programmatic work.

Strategic Planning

Strong ability to