System Engineer

What You Will Do

The Engineering Services Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of engineering capabilities to provide innovative engineering solutions that enable the Laboratory's scientific and national security mission. This position is within the Engineering Services Division Office (ES-DO). ES Groups are responsible for implementing the Conduct of Engineering (COE) program at Los Alamos National Laboratory in support of systems, structure and component modifications and new installations.

The position supports the Weapons Facilities Operations (WFO) portfolio consisting of nuclear, accelerator and non‑nuclear facilities, spanning half of the laboratory's footprint. As a facilities system engineer in this area, you will directly support facilities with a direct impact on LANL's stockpile modernization mission. Daily tasks include, but are not limited to, response to emerging facility issues, configuration management including facility technical baseline management, electrical/pressure safety support, reviewing designs for facility modification and providing system health reporting.

Note:

This position will be filled at either the Nuclear Facilities 1 or 2 level, depending on the skills and/or experience of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities outlined below will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

As a System Engineer with Engineering Services, you will serve as the owner's representative for the engineering of your assigned facilities. You will concurrently interface with design teams, maintenance, and operations, shaping LANL's facilities and infrastructure to serve the needs of a growing and changing portfolio.

• Learn about facilities systems design and operation from seasoned engineers.
• See how your engineering skills can contribute to national security.
• See your ideas come to life on paper and in construction.
• Learn how to be an engineering team member.
• Develop engineering judgement.
• Learn how to navigate and implement prevailing industry codes and standards.
• Obtain, evaluate and compare equipment selections from manufacturer's representatives.
• Provide control and maintenance of the technical baseline of the facility equipment.
• Ensure that facility system configuration is being managed effectively using a risk‑based graded approach.
• Follow the LANL Conduct of Engineering (CoE) Program in support of facility modifications and facility configuration management in accordance with the LANL Engineering Standards Manual (ESM), LANL Administrative Procedures (Aps), LANL Master Specifications, and related Codes and Standards.
• Assist in defining maintenance requirements involving corrective maintenance and the tracking and trending of system performance.
• Review design outputs for impact to technical baseline and master equipment lists.
• Coordinate with Pressure Safety Officer (PSO) on facility pressure safety systems.
• Perform regular facility system walkdowns and Facility Health Reports.
• Provide information for preventative maintenance schedule.
• Review IWD's.
• Source of expert knowledge of assigned facilities.
• Provide technical interface to existing facility systems and components.
• Control and maintain the master equipment list (MEL) for assigned facilities.
• Support configuration management.

In addition to duties listed above, the level 2 role includes the following job duties:

• Develop skills to independently run all engineering facets of a project from scoping to construction to sustainment.
• Foster relationships with project stakeholders and customers as a representative of Engineering Services.
• Facilitate technical growth of the engineering team.

• Fundamental knowledge of engineering principles and procedures, design guides, appropriate standards, and administrative practices.
• Engineering systems and calculations, applications of engineering methods, and use of technology‑aided engineering tools for conventional facility and operations‑based engineering problems.
• Engineering work planning and control methods,…