Work Execution Manager (Maintenance Manager 3)

Los Alamos National Security LLC; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Los Alamos National Security LLC in Los Alamos, NM, seeks a Work Execution Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team ensuring mission-critical facilities are safe, reliable, and ready to perform. You will provide technical leadership for the MSS-WFO work execution team, shaping maintenance strategy, coordinating work, and aligning resources with priorities to meet stringent safety and performance standards.

This role emphasizes developing people and delivering world-class facility operations in a

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of facility or project management.
• Experience with safety and authorization-basis, configuration management, and work control.
• Experience supporting major construction projects, facility upgrades, renovations, and system modifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of superintendents, technicians, and skilled workers.
• Direct facility maintenance and work execution activities for safe, reliable facility operations.
• Oversee installations, facility modifications, corrective maintenance, and preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Partner with operation, programmatic, maintenance and work management leaders to align resources, schedules, and priorities with mission needs.
• Champion compliance with safety requirements, authorization-basis requirements, company policies, and applicable regulations.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, increase facility reliability, reduce costs, and strengthen maintenance performance.
• Support the development and implementation of effective, sustainable maintenance programs.
• Apply strong technical judgment to resolve complex facility, engineering, and work execution challenges.
• Build a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture.

Skills

Facility management

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Safety compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

What You Will Do

Lead the team that keeps mission-critical facilities safe, reliable, and ready to perform.

As the Work Execution Manager (WEM), you will provide technical leadership and day-to-day management for the MSS-WFO work execution team. This is a highly visible opportunity to shape maintenance strategy, strengthen operational performance, and uphold world-class standards in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

You will oversee facility maintenance and work management activities supporting various weapons programs, including installations and modifications, corrective maintenance, and preventive and predictive maintenance. Working closely with the Maintenance Manager and the broader WFO Facility Operations and Maintenance management teams, you will ensure work is planned, coordinated, and executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with operational priorities.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of superintendents, technicians, and skilled workers.
• Direct facility maintenance and work execution activities in support of safe, reliable facility operations.
• Oversee installations, facility modifications, corrective maintenance, and preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Partner with operation, programmatic, maintenance and work management leaders to align resources, schedules, and priorities with mission needs.
• Champion compliance with safety requirements, authorization-basis requirements, company policies, and applicable regulations.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, increase facility reliability, reduce costs, and strengthen maintenance performance.
• Support the development and implementation of effective, sustainable maintenance programs.
• Apply strong technical judgment to resolve complex facility, engineering, and work execution challenges.
• Build a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture.

This role is ideal for an experienced maintenance leader who thrives in complex environments, enjoys developing people, and wants to make a direct impact on facility reliability, operational excellence, and mission success.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

Facility & Project Management: Extensive knowledge of and experience with facility or project management, including systems engineering, design and maintenance, safety and authorization basis, configuration management, work control, and facility control systems. Extensive experience supporting major construction projects, facility upgrades, renovations, and system modifications. Extensive knowledge