Engineering Technologist
Listed on 2026-02-12
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Engineering
Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Electrical Engineering -
Construction
Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering
What You Will Do
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Plutonium Infrastructure Engineering Division develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of engineering capabilities to provide innovative engineering solutions in support of the Laboratory's Plutonium Facility. This position supports the Field Engineering Group. This group is responsible for implementing the Conduct of Engineering (COE) program on Division projects. The program includes processes, standards, training, and qualifications that are generally applicable throughout the life cycle of a facility.
They exist to effectively manage risks and satisfy customer requirements in a safe, secure, cost effective, and environmentally responsible manner.
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Plutonium Infrastructure Engineering Division develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of engineering capabilities to provide innovative engineering solutions in support of the Laboratory's Plutonium Facility. This position supports the Field Engineering Group. This group is responsible for implementing the Conduct of Engineering (COE) program on Division projects. The program includes processes, standards, training, and qualifications that are generally applicable throughout the life cycle of a facility.
They exist to effectively manage risks and satisfy customer requirements in a safe, secure, cost effective, and environmentally responsible manner.
The Engineer Technologist is responsible for ensuring that the technical aspects of construction and maintenance projects are executed in full conformance with the Approved Project Documents by monitoring facility maintenance and construction activities. This is accomplished by providing input during scoping, design, execution, and project closeout to ensure baseline documents are accurate, design documents are adhered to, and as-built configurations are verified.
Field Engineers expedite project execution by identifying issues, coordinating technical solutions, and providing timely guidance to the constructor through approved procedures.
Job Requirements
- Demonstrated adept knowledge of construction engineering principles.
- Demonstrated expertise in reading and understanding engineering design documents, drawings, and specifications to ensure their completeness and constructability.
- Demonstrated experience interpreting construction industry specifications, construction means and methods, and national construction codes and standards.
- Experience effectively communicating engineering solutions both verbally and in writing for management, customers, peers, and craft personnel.
- Demonstrated proficiency in conducting field verifications of construction work to oversee, facilitate, and enforce compliance with drawings, specifications, national codes and standards.
- Demonstrated proficiency in collaborative problem solving to resolve facility and infrastructure engineering issues in the field as the liaison between design engineers and the constructor.
Education/
Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Technology, Science, Math or related degree from an accredited institution and 8 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.
This position may be subject to DOE Order 426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, and Qualification Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities. This DOE Order establishes entry-level requirements to ensure employees in the positions can successfully perform the requirements of the job.
Desired Qualifications- Registered Engineer in Training (EIT) or licensed Professional Engineer (PE).
- Adept organizational skills for field engineering oversight and status of multiple simultaneous construction projects.
- Aptitude for independently leading others in your field in the execution of their duties.
- Experienced in working independently on tasks ranging in complexity.
- Aptitude for mentoring junior Construction Engineers and Engineering Technologists in their design review, pre‑construction coordination, and construction oversight activities.
- Advanced design and/or construction experience in nuclear, accelerator, laboratory, or…
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