Project Engineer; Nuclear Facility Engineer

Position: Project Engineer (Nuclear Facility Engineer 3 or 4)
** What You Will Do*
* ** This position will be filled at either the Nuclear Facilities Project Engineer 3 OR Nuclear Facilities Project Engineer 4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.*
* The Plutonium Infrastructure Engineering Division (PIE-DO) of Los Alamos National Laboratory develops, maintains,and applies a diverse set of engineering capabilities to provide innovative engineering solutions in support of the Laboratory's Plutonium Facility. PIE-DO is responsible for implementing the Conduct of Engineering (COE) program on Division projects. The program elements include 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.

** Nuclear Facilities Project Engineer 3 ($128,000 - $215,900)*
* The Project Engineer 3 performs as the lead technical representative for engineering activities related to the planning, design, execution, and closeout of projects.  He/She will lead and manage development of projects with an integrated project team (IPT) that includes both customers, stakeholders, subject matter experts and others.  The Project Engineer 3 will manage engineering design efforts, which may be performed by internal and/or external engineering design teams.  

He/She will also manage design reviews and assure comments are implemented by facilitating the resolution of comments and ensure delivery of the design product.  For all design efforts, this includes verification of complaint design delivery at each stage (i.e., 30/60/90/100 %).  Specific responsibilities will include:

+ Manage technical requirements for construction, including coordinating designer-constructor interfaces, design changes, submittal reviews, inspection documentation, and request for information (RFI), field change requests (FCR), commissioning, and turnover processes.

+ Work with the integrated project team to assure scope, requirements tracking, safety in design, etc. are correctly implemented.

+ Work with LANL Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) representatives and Subject Matter Experts (SME) for identification and resolution of issues within these areas.

+ Plan and forecast project engineering staffing needs.

+ Review engineering progress against approved schedules and budgets; evaluate variances and develop corrective action when needed.

+ Adhere to and enforce the policies, programs, procedures, and practices with the requirements of the LANL Conduct of Engineering program.

+ Mentor junior project engineers and provide oversight of their work.

+ Participate in process improvement initiatives.

+ External design execution may require management of the contract.

** Nuclear Facilities Project Engineer 4 ($153,600 - $266,500)*
* + In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, the level 4 Project Engineer is required to have proven leadership experience.

** What You Need*
* ** Minimum

Job Requirements:

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* + Experience working with design and construction contracts.

+ Experience working under a conduct of engineering program, e.g., the LANL COE program, or similar.

+ Familiarity with cost engineering functions, cost estimating, cost control, and variance analysis.

+ Advanced knowledge of assessment/audit practices.

+ Proven experience in collaborative problem solving, such as with SMEs, construction personnel and peers.

+ Advanced technical knowledge in the application of engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and operations practices sufficient to evaluate and interpret specified requirements.

+ Advanced experience with mentoring of personnel.

+ Experience interacting with production agency and design agency staff members.

+ Experience working with industry codes and standards such as NEC, IBC, ASME, NFPA, etc.

+ Experience working with national quality requirements standards such as ASME NQA-1, ISO 9000, etc.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively communicate engineering solutions both verbally and in writing to supervisors, peers, and other organizations.

+ Desktop automation skills (MS Office Suite).

+ Advanced training in and significant experience with use of problem-solving methodology, e.g. Lean Six Sigma, root cause analysis.

** Additional

Job Requirements for higher level title:*
* In addition to the requirements outlined above, qualification at the higher level requires:

+ Advance knowledge of construction engineering principles and practices.

+ Experience in a senior engineering role implementing, overseeing, or assessing engineering activities.

+ Advance knowledge of qualitify assurance tools and practices.

+ Expert level knowledge of assessment/audit practices

+ Expert-level knowledge of construction codes and standards, formal project management methodologies,…