Plutonium Infrastructure Engineer Manager​/NFEM

What You Will Do

Plutonium Infrastructure Engineering (PIE) develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of nuclear facility engineering capabilities to enable the Laboratory’s national security and scientific missions. PIE supports facility engineering, system engineering, configuration management, and engineering project execution across the Laboratory’s nuclear facilities.

The Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 3 (NFEM‑3) serves as a first‑line engineering manager responsible for assisting in the direction of a robust workforce supporting nuclear facility engineering operations, projects, and engineering programs. This position operates in a high‑hazard nuclear facility environment and requires strong technical leadership, organizational management, and the ability to integrate engineering disciplines in support of mission execution.

• Assist in directing engineering activities supporting nuclear facility operations, procurement, maintenance, design engineering, systems engineering, safety basis implementation, and engineering projects.
• Ensure technical deliverables comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, DOE Orders, and Laboratory engineering requirements.
• Ensure engineering deliverables are developed in accordance with LANL Conduct of Engineering (CoE) policies and procedures.
• Assign qualified engineering resources to support facility engineering work, projects, and programmatic mission requirements.
• Monitor engineering work scope, schedule, cost, and quality to ensure organizational objectives and customer commitments are met.
• Lead the resolution of complex technical and operational issues affecting facility engineering systems and projects.
• Support configuration management, engineering document control, design authority responsibilities, and engineering standards implementation.
• Assist the Group Leader in developing staffing plans, recruiting qualified personnel, and implementing workforce development and mentoring programs.
• Participate in forecasting staffing requirements, developing and managing budgets, and monitoring performance to ensure efficient execution of engineering programs.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, technical rigor, and continuous process improvement across engineering activities.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders including Laboratory leadership, DOE/NNSA representatives, and supporting organizations.
• Promote open communication with workers and subcontractors to ensure issues are identified early and resolved effectively.
• Integrate safety, quality, security, and environmental protection into all engineering activities (consistent with Integrated Safety Management principles).

• Knowledge and experience in nuclear facility engineering operations and administration, including leadership in engineering activities supporting operations, maintenance, design, systems engineering, safety basis, and projects.
• Experience implementing Conduct of Engineering (CoE) and configuration management programs.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams supporting nuclear facility infrastructure or mission operations.
• Ability to manage engineering schedules, priorities, and resources to meet mission commitments.
• Experience developing and implementing engineering processes such as configuration management, document control, and engineering standards.
• Experience building strong internal and external customer relationships and resolving cross‑organizational conflicts.
• Working knowledge of DOE Orders, DOE standards, and the LANL Engineering Standards Manual applicable to nuclear facility engineering.

Education/

Experience:

Position requires a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution and 5 years related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

A professional license (PE) in an engineering discipline from a recognized licensing board is preferred.

This position may be subject to DOE Order 426.2 Personnel Selection, Training, and Qualification Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities.

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