Technical Project Manager

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI); New Mexico; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) seeks a Technical Project Manager to support LANL projects. The TPM will plan, track, and manage technical tasks, establish requirements, deliverables, budgets, and schedules, and lead the project team from initiation to completion.

The role emphasizes cost control, schedule integrity, and collaboration across technical and business domains. Desired experience with DOE/NNSA programs and LANL project controls is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• Experience managing technical or operational projects.
• U.S. Citizenship is required for the role.

Responsibilities

• Oversee cost analysis and scheduling activities for complex projects.
• Identify, analyze, and provide innovative cost/schedule guidance to programs.
• Ensure work is completed on schedule and track cost trends for management.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across technical and business domains to align solutions with project objectives.
• Support scheduling using Primavera P6 and data quality checks.
• Support project cost management using Cobra and EVMS processes.

Skills

P6

Excel

Initiative

Communication

DOE/NNSA experience

Analytical

U.S. Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12 years experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Cobra

EVMS

Job description

Strategic Management Solutions (SMSI) provides expert management consulting, program and project management, and technical consulting services to government and private-sector clients. SMSI has built a strong reputation for client-focused performance, delivering innovative solutions and measurable results that help clients achieve their goals, meet critical commitments, and successfully reach key milestones.

Job Summary

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC is seeking a Technical Project Manager (TPM) to support our client work with Los Alamos National Lab (LANL). The technical project manager (TPM) manages and ensures the timely completion of discrete technical or operational projects; establishes technical requirements for the project; defines project deliverables, budgets, and schedules; and oversees the project team in the planning, tracking, and execution of the project from initiation to completion. Projects are a set of related activities associated with Line-Item Projects Project Controls program and candidate must have the ability to produce specific products or provide services to meet customer’s requirements. TPMs develop or maintain processes to meet specific programmatic needs and produce the work products defined by the hiring manager.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for cost analysis/control and planning and scheduling activities for projects or programs with significant non-routine requirements or for discipline/projects/programs/proposal cost and planning activities which require a high degree of technical skilled experience.
• Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and providing innovative solutions to cost and schedule guidance to projects and programs.
• Ensures work is completed as scheduled. Identification of cost trends for management attention.
• Identification of cost trends for management attention. The customer may be an external body, such as a federal agency, or may be an internal organization within the Laboratory.
• Support project scheduling using Primavera P6, including data quality checks, integration tasks, and schedule analysis.
• Support project cost management using Cobra and EVMS processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across technical and business domains to align solutions with project objectives.

Required Skills/ Abilities

• Proficient in P6
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Demonstrated initiative and independence—able to take a concept from idea to delivered product without heavy direction.
• Strong communication skills across both technical and business contexts.
• Experience in project controls within DOE/NNSA.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous-improvement mindset
• U.S. Citizenship

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of LANL Project Controls procedures, policies, and processes, and DOE O 413.3B EVMS requirements.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Travel

• Occasional travel onsite to Los Alamos or Richland, WA as needed.

Schedule

• 4/10's

Equal Opportunity Employer

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.