Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager - TA-System Engineering Manager

What You Will Do

This position is open for both internal and external candidates to apply.

Come and join a dedicated team supporting the defense of our nation.

Plutonium Facilities Engineering (PFE) Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of nuclear facility engineering capabilities to provide timely and innovative solutions to enable the Laboratory's scientific and national security mission.

We are seeking a Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 5 to support the TA-55 System Engineering portfolio in support of the Laboratory mission. Roles and responsibilities are:

• Ensure that technical deliverables comply with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, codes and standards.
• Ensure that system and facility engineers are assigned to provide technical support and oversight to all vital safety systems and facility support systems within the PFE HC-2 & 3 nuclear facilities.
• Assign qualified engineering resources as required to support projects being designed and implemented within the facility.
• Ensure that all technical deliverables are developed in accordance with the LANL Conduct of Engineering (COE) policies and procedures.
• Provide Leadership in ensuring that system health reporting, vital safety system assessments, engineer qualifications, and resolution of engineering assigned issues are completed on time and maintained current.
• Develop tactical and strategic plans, ensure disciplined execution of those plans, and monitor and report progress toward long term mission and customer goals.
• Contribute to division-level forecasting of staffing requirements. Develop and manage budgets, monitor performance, and initiate personnel actions when necessary.
• Ensure that safety processes, policies and practices are followed by assigned personnel to support worker and facility safety.
• Provide nuclear design‑engineering services to ensure facilities are designed, constructed, modified and maintained to satisfy customer needs and expectations in a cost effective, safe, and compliant manner.
• Serve as the Design Authority Representative for assigned facilities to ensure proper reviews are conducted for changes, the facility safety basis is maintained, and facility configuration is accurately reflected in technical baseline documents.
• Communicate with all levels of internal and external customers to define and recommend cross‑organizational operational objectives.
• Assist the division leader 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.
• Reports directly to PFE division leader.

As a Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 5, the incumbent assists the division leader 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, project and drafting engineering personnel comply with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, codes, and standards;

and providing leadership in resolution of technical and personnel issues.

Central to this position, we are seeking a qualified and talented individual that has demonstrated leadership and innovation in managing an engineering organization.

This position will serve in a management role and provide expert knowledge and experience in engineering and administration for facility projects and on‑going operations and maintenance within nuclear facilities is required. Specific knowledge and experience sought for includes:

• Significant record of leading a technical organization in support of nuclear facilities including operations, maintenance, systems engineering, safety basis, and projects to establish and continuously improve conduct of engineering…