Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 5 - TA-55 System Engineering Manager

About the role

This position is open for both internal and external candidates to apply. Come and join a dedicated team supporting the defense of our nation. Plutonium Facilities Engineering (PFE) Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of nuclear facility engineering capabilities to provide timely and innovative solutions to enable the Laboratory's scientific and national security mission. We are seeking a Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 5 to support the TA-55 System Engineering portfolio in support of the Laboratory mission.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that technical deliverables comply with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, codes and standards.
• Ensure that system and facility engineers are assigned to provide technical support and oversight to all vital safety systems and facility support systems within the PFE HC-2 & 3 nuclear facilities.
• Assign qualified engineering resources as required to support projects being designed and implemented within the facility.
• Ensure that all technical deliverables are developed in accordance with the LANL Conduct of Engineering (COE) policies and procedures.
• Provide Leadership in ensuring that system health reporting, vital safety system assessments, engineer qualifications, and resolution of engineering assigned issues are completed on time and maintained current.
• Develop tactical and strategic plans, ensure disciplined execution of those plans, and monitor and report progress toward long term mission and customer goals.
• Contribute to division-level forecasting of staffing requirements.
• Develop and manage budgets, monitor performance, and initiate personnel actions when necessary.
• Ensure that safety processes, policies and practices are followed by assigned personnel to support worker and facility safety.
• Provide nuclear design-engineering services to ensure facilities are designed, constructed, modified and maintained to satisfy customer needs and expectations in a cost effective, safe, and compliant manner.
• Serve as the Design Authority Representative for assigned facilities to ensure proper reviews are conducted for changes, the facility safety basis is maintained, and facility configuration is accurately reflected in technical baseline documents.
• Communicate with all levels of internal and external customers to define and recommend cross-organizational operational objectives.
• Aid the division leader in developing specific short-term and long-range plans and monitor progress to assure long-term objectives are attained and customer requirements are met.
• Ensure daily open communication with workers (including subcontractors) that promotes an environment where workers feel comfortable bringing errors, system weaknesses and issues to management attention.
• Reports directly to PFE division leader.

  Requirements

  Minimum Job Requirements:

  • Leadership
  • Knowledge and Experience

  Qualifications

  Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline from an accredited institution and 12 years related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

  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.
  • Professional license (PE) in an engineering discipline from a recognized licensing board preferred.

  Pay

  Not specified.

  Schedule

  Not specified.

  Benefits

  Not specified.