LAB-0M4915.Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 5

About the role

This Position is open for both internal and external candidates to apply. LANL's Plutonium Infrastructure Engineering (PIE) Division brings together a broad set of nuclear facility engineering capabilities to support the Laboratory's national security mission. Deployed to the Associate Laboratory Directorate for Plutonium Infrastructure (ALDPI), PIE provides project, field, systems, and specialty engineering expertise for programs supporting LANL's Plutonium Pit Production mission. Primary customers and stakeholders include LANL's Weapons Production, Facility Engineering and Plutonium Infrastructure organizations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with internal and external partners at all levels to define, coordinate, and execute cross-organizational objectives that advance mission delivery.
• Developing tactical and strategic plans, ensuring disciplined execution, and monitoring progress toward long-term mission and customer goals.
• Fostering open communication and a strong questioning attitude culture where employees and subcontractors feel empowered to raise issues, highlight system vulnerabilities, and report errors.
• Overseeing nuclear design execution to ensure facilities are designed, constructed, and modified safely, compliantly, cost-effectively, and in accordance with mission needs.
• Managing project, field, systems, and subject-matter expert engineering resources to support delivery of ALDPI projects.
• Ensuring consistent, effective, and maturing implementation of Conduct of Engineering (CoE) and Configuration Management within the ALDPI portfolio in LANL's Plutonium Facility.
• Supporting the Division Leader in establishing and controlling technical baselines, ensuring effective nuclear safety basis implementation, and evaluating overall engineering and operational performance.

Requirements

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing large, complex technical organizations involving support to nuclear facilities.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Department of Energy (DOE) Orders and Standards, national consensus codes and standards, quality requirements, and other regulations governing nuclear facilities.
• Prominent ability to execute and oversee engineering work in nuclear facilities, including experience with design, construction, operations and modifications in high-hazard environments.
• Demonstrated experience working with government agencies and senior-level stakeholders, including DOE/NNSA and internal Laboratory leadership.
• Strong administrative and operational leadership skills, including experience in budgeting, resource planning, staffing, performance management, and organizational development.
• Demonstrated experience in making and implementing cross-cutting, institutionally aligned decisions, resolving cross-organizational conflicts, and coordinating execution across diverse technical teams.
• Expert-level knowledge of enterprise operational systems, including procurement, project development, construction and quality assurance.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a record of building effective relationships, negotiating agreements, and representing organizational work to internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering an inclusive, respectful workplace and promoting open communication, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• Position requires a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution and 12 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.
• A professional license (PE) in an engineering discipline from a recognized licensing board preferred.

Desired Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of LANL activities and nuclear operations including project execution and management, legal, procurement, construction, environmental safety and health (ES&H), and quality assurance.
• Knowledge/experience of LANL Engineering Standards Manual; LANL Conduct of Engineering procedures; and DOE Orders and Standards related to nuclear facility design, construction, and project management.

What You Need

To be considered, candidates must submit a detailed cover letter on how they meet each of the desired and required qualifications.

What You Will Do

The Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 5 / Deputy Division Leader will help guide the division's mission and support the Division Leader in operational and strategic leadership. Roles and responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with internal and external partners at all levels to define, coordinate, and execute cross-organizational objectives that advance mission delivery.
• Developing tactical and strategic plans, ensuring disciplined execution, and monitoring progress toward long-term mission and customer goals.
• Fostering open communication and a strong questioning attitude culture where employees and subcontractors feel empowered to raise issues, highlight system vulnerabilities, and report errors.
• Overseeing nuclear design execution to ensure facilities are designed, constructed, and modified safely, compliantly, cost-effectively, and in accordance with mission needs.
• Managing project, field, systems, and subject-matter expert engineering resources to support delivery of ALDPI projects.
• Ensuring consistent, effective, and maturing implementation of Conduct of Engineering (CoE) and Configuration Management within the ALDPI portfolio in LANL's Plutonium Facility.
• Supporting the Division Leader in establishing and controlling technical baselines, ensuring effective nuclear safety basis implementation, and evaluating overall engineering and operational performance.