Project Leader

Project Leader 4 ($125,200 - $211,300)

Los Alamos National Laboratory

This position will be filled at the Project Leader 4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. You will support Production Support Services (PSS) within ALDWP, responsible for planning and scheduling Pit manufacturing  project leader will be assigned to support the PSS‑4 Factory Operations and Industrial Engineering Team.

Be part of an amazing Industrial Engineering (IE) team here at the nation's Plutonium Center of Excellence that supports our Nation's nuclear deterrent. As a project leader, you will work as the ALDWP Scorecard leader. You will work with multiple organizations on updating the scorecard, ensuring the metrics are helping the organizations know what needs to be worked on, gathering inputs/updates for the scorecard, and leading the team aligned to scorecard metrics in this effort.

You will organize and standardize specific requirements for this and other projects, ensuring they are clearly defined. You will report out to all levels of employees the methodology and approach in how the scorecard was developed. You will report project statuses and issues to management and help them develop a risk matrix/plan if there are issues and they need help.

Your work will directly support the execution of manufacturing of weapons components, the surveillance of weapon components and materials in the nuclear stockpile, and other national security missions.

As Project Leader 4, you will manage all aspects of large complex non‑science or non‑engineering project(s) and you are responsible for successful completion of the project within the approved scope, schedule, and budget baseline. You will apply broad knowledge and expertise in developing non‑science or non‑engineering project plans, detailed work breakdown structures and assigning various aspects of work to complete project deliverables.

You will use independent judgment to negotiate with program and line managers to ensure that resources are available to accomplish the work, and to arrange resources to complete project deliverables within the scope, schedules, and budgets aligned to the funding request. You will oversee large, multidisciplinary project team(s) in the planning, tracking, and execution of project plans from initiation to completion.

You will use independent judgment to monitor performance and manage, under change control, the project scope, schedule, budget, and baselines. You will use independent judgment to identify potential project risks, developing risk mitigation strategies and corrective actions, and recommending risk acceptance/avoidance for all aspects of the project.

• Proven ability to define, track, and socialize key quality performance indicators (KPIs); build automated dashboards and data‑visualization tools; translate complex technical data into executive‑level insights; safeguard data integrity and consistency across the enterprise.
• Knowledge, experience and proficiency in project leadership, project facilitation and management. Expert knowledge of project budgets including cost estimating, control and analysis, project scheduling, implementation of corrective actions, developing and delivering detailed and accurate status reports and basic knowledge of/and experience with engineering functions and principles required to understand and successfully implement and monitor technical projects.
• Proven ability to lead teams in researching or solving business‑critical problems. Producing dashboards, including graphs, tables, and other visualizations. Creating presentation decks using PowerPoint. Providing written reports of your findings. Working closely with the team leaders to solve various problems. Consulting with internal teams and external clients to determine their ongoing business needs, and to find solutions to them. Expert‑level knowledge of the discipline of the assigned project.
• Strong communication skills in oral and written communication as well as applying team building concepts. Ability to communicate with all levels of management at a high‑level in‑person report…