Project Controls Manager 5

About the role

The Project Controls Division is seeking an innovative and proven leader to advance project controls strategy, systems, and operational execution in support of the critical national security mission within the Associate Laboratory Directorate for Weapons Production (ALDWP).

Supported programs include plutonium processing and disposition, infrastructure modernization, surveillance, maintenance and operations, materials management, and waste operations within a DOE/NNSA environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership and oversight of Laboratory project controls activities supporting complex programs and projects.
• Establishes strategic direction for institutional project controls capabilities and leads cross-organizational initiatives that strengthen governance, operational effectiveness, compliance, standardization, and continuous improvement across the Laboratory in support of mission execution and organizational objectives.
• Serves as a senior advisor to Laboratory and program leadership on cost and schedule performance, forecasting, organizational risk mitigation, and compliance with Laboratory and DOE requirements.
• Ensures effective integration of scope, cost, schedule, and technical performance management processes to support mission execution and compliance with EVMS and NNSA project management requirements.
• Provides leadership and operational direction through subordinate managers and project controls personnel supporting Laboratory programs and projects.

Requirements

• Demonstrated commitment to integrity, ethical leadership, accountable stewardship, and individual responsibility while fostering collaboration, respect for diverse perspectives, and partnerships across organizations.
• Exceptional leadership capability with a demonstrated record of strategic planning, organizational leadership, operational excellence, and workforce development.
• Extensive experience leading project controls, financial, and cost engineering functions including budgeting, cost estimating, cost control, forecasting, financial reporting, and cost and variance analysis.
• Advanced technical certifications, EVMS certifications, project management credentials, and/or graduate-level coursework are desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 15 years of related experience in project controls, project management, engineering, construction management, or related field, including seven years of demonstrated management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Skills

• Strategic planning and organizational leadership.
• Operational excellence and workforce development.
• Project controls, financial management, and cost engineering.
• Advanced technical certifications, EVMS certifications, project management credentials, and/or graduate-level coursework.

Benefits

• PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network.
• Dental and vision insurance.
• Free basic life and disability insurance.
• Paid childbirth and parental leave.
• Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually).
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance.
• Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays).
• Onsite gyms and wellness programs.
• Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius).

Pay

$153,600 - $266,500

Schedule

Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory.