Project Engineering Group Leader (Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 4)

Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Los Alamos National Laboratory seeks a Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 4 to lead the Project Engineering Group (PFE-PE) and to drive engineering excellence across TA-55 facilities.

The role emphasizes safety, COE and CM compliance, staffing, budgets, and cross-organizational collaboration to deliver milestones and maintain facility safety systems.

Qualifications

• Record of leading a technical organization / work in support of nuclear facilities including operations, maintenance, systems engineering, safety basis, and projects to establish and continuously improve conduct of engineering implementation in support of reliable facility operations.
• Demonstrated success interfacing with contractor management, NNSA/DOE staff, DNFSB staff and board members, and public.
• Demonstrated capability in developing internal and external customer relationships with strong negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Experience in developing and implementing design related processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Project Engineering Group (PFE-PE) to support the Laboratory's mission and milestones for TA-55.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, codes and standards.
• Provide leadership to ensure safety processes and facility reliability and oversee staffing and budgets.
• Interact with internal and external customers to define objectives and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Skills

Leadership

Nuclear facilities experience

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

What You Will Do

The Plutonium Facilities Engineering (PFE) Division is a division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) that develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of nuclear facility engineering capabilities to provide innovative solutions to enable the Laboratory's national security mission.

We are seeking a Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 4 to lead our Project Engineering Group (PFE-PE). This group directly supports the Laboratory mission while supporting the PFE division leader in delivering milestones related to the enduring mission at TA-55. Roles and responsibilities include:

• Ensure that technical deliverables comply with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, codes and standards.
• Ensure that nuclear facility engineers are assigned to provide technical support and oversight to all vital safety systems and facility support systems within the PFE HC-2 & 3 nuclear facilities.
• Assign qualified engineering resources as required to support projects being designed and implemented within the facility.
• Ensure that all technical deliverables are developed in accordance with the LANL Conduct of Engineering (COE) policies and procedures.
• Provide Leadership in ensuring that system health reporting, vital safety system assessments, engineer qualifications, and resolution of engineering assigned issues are completed on time and maintained current.
• Participate in forecasting staffing requirements, developing and managing budgets, monitoring performance, and initiating personnel actions when necessary.
• Ensure that safety processes, policies and practices are followed by assigned personnel to support worker and facility safety.
• Provide nuclear design-engineering services to ensure facilities are designed, constructed, modified and maintained to satisfy customer needs and expectations in a cost effective, safe, and compliant manner.
• Design Authority Representative for assigned facilities to ensure proper reviews are conducted for changes, the safety basis for the facility is maintained, and facility configuration is properly reflected in technical baseline documents.
• Communicate with all levels of internal and external customers to define and recommend cross-organizational operational objectives.
• Assist the division leader in developing specific short-term and long-range plans and monitor progress to assure long-term objectives are attained and customer requirements are met.
• Ensure daily open communication with workers (including subcontractors) that promotes an environment where workers feel comfortable bringing errors, system weaknesses and issues to management attention.

As a Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 4, you will assist the division in operations and strategic direction by providing technical and administrative oversight to ensure compliance with nuclear facility requirements, conduct of engineering (CoE) and configuration management (CM) program requirements; ensuring that design, project and drafting engineering personnel comply with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, codes, and standards; and providing leadership in resolution of technical and personnel issues.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

Leadership

Central to this position, we are seeking a qualified and talented individual that has demonstrated leadership and innovation in managing an engineering organization.

Knowledge And Experience

• Record of leading a technical organization / work in support of nuclear facilities including operations, maintenance, systems engineering, safety basis, and projects to establish and continuously improve conduct of engineering implementation in support of reliable facility operations.
• Demonstrated success in effectively interfacing with all levels of contractor management, NNSA/DOE staff, DNFSB staff and board members, and occasionally members of the public.
• Demonstrated capability in successfully developing internal and external customer relationships achieving a high degree of customer satisfaction. Expertise in negotiation with customers and support organizations and resolving conflicts.
• Experience in developing and implementing design related processes,