Senior/Principal Facilities Engineering Project Manager - Project Execution, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 102,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Telecommuting

Relocation assistance

Generous vacation

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Senior/Principal Facilities Engineering Project Manager to lead complex facility and infrastructure projects onsite. You will coordinate internal and external engineering teams, ensuring projects meet scope, schedule, and cost per DOE and Sandia requirements.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Architecture with at least five years of project management experience, and the ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture with 5+ years of experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years of Project Management.
• Experience with integration, scope, scheduling, cost estimation and management, communications planning and risk management.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DOE Q-level security clearance.
• Willingness to travel to remote sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams of internal/external engineers and architects to meet scope, schedule and cost requirements per DOE Orders and Sandia's requirements.
• Contribute to value engineering proposals to reduce project costs.
• Collaborate with project controls to manage risks and progress as planned.
• Capture customer technical requirements and provide design solutions and constructability reviews.
• Make technical and programmatic decisions and be accountable for results.
• Onsite work required; some travel to remote sites.

Skills

Project Management

Risk & Opportunity Management

Scheduling & Planning

Cost estimation & management

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture

Tools

MS Project

Tririga

Newforma

Maximo

Job description

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Senior/Principal Facilities Engineering Project Manager - Project Execution, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting‑edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

Extraordinary co‑workers

Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world

Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten‑hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part‑time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)

Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World‑changing technologies. Life‑changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Are you passionate about your work and want to join an amazing and dynamic team that solves challenging issues for our Mission Partners' Facilities needs? If so, you could be that highly motivated and experienced Facilities Engineering Project Manager we are seeking to help us create solutions for national security!

On any given day, you may be called on to:

Using strong engineering and architectural expertise as well as relevant technical knowledge in design/construction and project management to successfully complete facility and infrastructure projects. This includes those medium‑size projects that can be both simple and complex, but all of which will require high‑rigor management.

Lead the project team of internal or external engineering and architectural personnel: construction contractors, customers, sponsors, and suppliers, to ensure that the project meets scope, schedule, and cost requirements per DOE Orders and Sandia's requirements.

Contribute to value engineering proposals to reduce cost of projects.

Work closely with project controls staff to ensure that the project progresses as planned and identifies and addresses both technical and non‑technical risks, opportunities, and other issues that impact the project during the project execution phase.

Actively participate in making technical contributions to the project through capturing and developing the customer's technical requirements, properly communicating the design solutions to those requirements, and providing design assurance and constructability reviews.

Make technical and programmatic decisions regarding the direction of a project and be held accountable for the results of those decisions.

This position will require some travel to remote sites.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$102,400 - $199,700

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture, plus five (5) or more years of experience; Or equivalent combination of relevant education and relevant experience.

Minimum of five (5) years of Project Management.

Experience with standard project management practices including one or more of the following:

Integration management

Scope management

Scheduling management

Cost estimation and management

Communications planning and management

Risk and opportunity management

Ability to obtain and maintain an active DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

Knowledge and background in one or more engineering fields, such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Architecture or related technical field. Special consideration will be given to those with expertise in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

Knowledge of Building Codes.

Ability to manage technical projects.

Proficiency in tools and applications commonly employed in project management activities. Special consideration will be given to those with expertise in MS Project, Tririga, Newforma, and Maximo.

Knowledge of management practices, assurance processes, business operations, fiscal and scheduling systems, and acquisition standards.

Teaming skills, including the ability to work effectively with other organizations, project sponsors and customers, and suppliers.

Organizational skills, including the ability to effectively prioritize and complete tasks in a high‑pressure environment.

Ability to operate with a high‑level of autonomy.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills including generating and providing presentations

Experience leading multi‑discipled project teams

Professional Engineering Licensure

PMP Licensure

About Our Team:

Department 4120, Project Execution, provides project management and construction management services for buildings and infrastructure to support current and future mission needs at Sandia National Labs. Department 4120 implements projects from initiation, design, construction, and close‑out and these projects range in scale, from $50k up to $34M in total project cost. They include facility modifications, infrastructure projects, new facilities, and use various methods of project delivery such as design‑bid‑build and design‑build.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre‑employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug‑releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on‑site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

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