Control Account Manager

Job Summary

The Advanced Sources and Detector (ASD) Project is responsible for the fabrication, installation, and commissioning of an ~ 20 MeV linear induction electron accelerator. The position involves managing cost, schedule, and technical performance for key parts of a major project supporting stockpile stewardship program. The role is hybrid, with the position being located onsite at Los Alamos National Lab on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and can work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Responsibilities

• Leading a cross-functional team to achieve project goals while ensuring safety, meeting requirements, and staying within budget and schedule.
• Planning, budgeting, managing, and controlling costs and schedule performance for a project or sub-project and serving as a point of contact for project controls.
• Ensuring work packages realistically represent the duration and budget necessary to perform work and performing variance analysis reviews, determining cause and effect of schedule or cost variance, and defining achievable corrective action plans.
• Presenting project management performance plans, status updates, trends, or issues to federal sponsors.
• Managing Control Accounts within large 413.B projects that may involve complex and technically challenging scopes of work.
• Reviewing and presenting as required project progress reports, developing forecasts, and overseeing appropriate corrective action(s) when necessary.
• Managing, coordinating, and administering major projects that may involve several Laboratory organizations.
• Managing large projects ($10M+ TPC) and project teams (20+ people) through representative project lifecycle phases.
• Maintaining satisfaction of stakeholders with differing needs and expectations.
• Managing communications between project stakeholders and team members.
• Identifying and complying with project requirements in development of products and deliverables.
• Managing the project team in successfully achieving project scope, schedule, and cost objectives.
• Experience with Earned Value Management.
• DOE O 413.3B knowledge and experience as it relates to project planning and execution is preferred.

Required Skills/Abilities

• 5 years of experience in project management, with a focus on managing complex and technically challenging projects.
• Proficient knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) tools and solid understanding of advanced project management principles.
• Demonstrated skills in planning, budgeting, cost control, scheduling, and variance analysis.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and managing large projects to successful completion.
• Experience in preparing and presenting detailed project reports and updates to stakeholders, including federal sponsors.
• Good understanding of construction, engineering, procurement, and industry standards.
• Previous project management experience and responsibilities should include:
• Managing large projects ($10M+ TPC) and project teams (20+ people) through representative project lifecycle phases.
• Defining, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and successfully completing discrete elements of scope in compliance with defined schedule, costs, risk, and quality constraints.
• Maintaining satisfaction of stakeholders with differing needs and expectations.
• Managing communications between project stakeholders and team members.
• Identifying and complying with project requirements in development of products and deliverables.
• Managing the project team in successfully achieving project scope, schedule, and cost objectives.
• Experience with Earned Value Management.
• DOE O 413.3B knowledge and experience as it relates to project planning and execution is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with the Department of Energy (DOE) or National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) or equivalent at headquarters or field office level, or with state or federal regulators, or other national security agencies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent training and experience and at least 12 years’ related professional experience, which included at least 8 years’ as a designated Project Manager.
• Prefer demonstrated experience working with the Department of Energy (DOE) or National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) or equivalent at headquarters or field office level, or with state or federal regulators, or other national security agencies.

Benefits

This is a hybrid role with 3 days working onsite per week, and 2 days working from home.