Group Leader

What You Will Do

Come and join an innovative team conducting groundbreaking research in defense of our nation! Plutonium Infrastructure Engineering (PIE) develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of nuclear facility engineering capabilities to provide innovative solutions to enable the Laboratory's scientific and national security mission. We are seeking a Group Leader (Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager
4) to support the Install 2 Group and the Laboratory mission, and assist the Division Leaders.

• Assist the Division Leaders in continued and maturing implementation of Conduct of Engineering and Configuration Management programs for nuclear facilities
• Provide oversight/management of nuclear design-engineering services to ensure facilities and equipment are designed, fabricated and delivered, constructed, modified and maintained to satisfy customer needs and expectations in a cost effective, safe, and compliant manner
• Provide oversight/management of a range of engineering services, including project engineering, systems engineering, and field engineering in support of project execution and fabrication in operating nuclear facilities
• Support the Division Leaders to effectively lead the development and control of nuclear facility project baselines, disciplined and effective nuclear safety basis implementation, and assessment of overall performance
• Communicate with all levels of internal and external customers to define and recommend cross-organizational operational objectives
• Assist the Division Leaders 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
• Perform oversight/management of design review of external design agency design submittals for nuclear facility equipment
• Manage an interdisciplinary team of engineers across multiple shifts supporting installation and D&D activities of nuclear facility infrastructure
• Support engineering staff to ensure effective and timely field, system, and project engineering deliverables including pre-construction material, design, and functional compliance reviews, technical field support throughout execution, and project closeout activities
• Reports directly to Deputy Division Leader(s)
• As the PIE-INST2 Group Leader you will assist the Division Leaders in operations and strategic direction by providing technical and administrative oversight to ensure compliance with nuclear facility requirements, conduct of engineering (CoE) and configuration management (CM) program requirements; ensuring that design, field, systems, project and discipline engineering personnel comply with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, codes, and standards;
  
  and providing Leadership in resolution of technical and personnel issues.
• In addition, as the Group Leader, you will assist the Division Leader(s) in developing staffing plans in accordance with customer requirements and within budget constraints, perform recruiting and hiring activities to implement those plans, and develop staff through training, mentoring and qualification programs.

If this interests you, and you want to be part of an organization that offers a rewarding and cultivating environment, we want you to join our team!