Operations Manager

What You Will Do

The Utilities and Infrastructure Division is seeking a Project Portfolio Manager and Team Leader that will assist the Reinvestment and Modernization Group Leader in providing leadership and overall management of its project portfolio and project staff. The selected candidate will report to the Reinvestment and Modernization group leader and will have multiple responsibilities, including leading the UI FOD annual reinvestment portfolio, assigning project leaders to projects, mentoring and leading project leaders, interfacing with Operations leaders, MSS and other deployed staff, and ensuring projects are delivered within requirements, standards of quality and safety, and to performance expectations.

The selected candidate will oversee, authorize, and manage all operational and activities associated with project delivery including health, safety, and environmental management; security, quality assurance, and production and work control; product and/or manufacturing engineering; equipment engineering; maintenance management; waste management; inventory control, materials purchasing; document control/records management; training, human relations, and budgets. The selected candidate will also assist higher level managers with providing operational supervision and technical guidance to project managers and project specialists to ensure successful execution of the project portfolio.

Minimum

Job Requirements:

• Technical Leadership: Ability to successfully lead a technically oriented project management team in the execution of small to medium-sized projects. Technical experience leading construction projects related to utilities and transportation including proactively managing changes in project scope, identifying project risks, and developing successful project execution plans.
• Technical Excellence: Technical knowledge and demonstrated experience in project management or project engineering, including defining program work scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, and performance milestones; developing cost, scope, and schedule baselines; reporting cost and schedule variance; and managing change control and risk. Demonstration of successful collaboration and coalition building experience in developing and nurturing effective internal and external customer relationships.
• Communication & Leadership: Excellence in interpersonal, oral and written communication skills that includes reporting on project status to management and project stakeholders. Experience in developing and nurturing effective customer. Ability to promote an open and informal communication environment, to develop mutual trust and teamwork, and facilitate employee self-development. Experience providing project leadership on issues that require cross-organizational solutions. Experience managing and supervising staff.
• Education/
  
  Experience:
  
  Position requires a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution and 3 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired

Qualifications:

• LANL Operations:
  Working knowledge of LANL's utility systems and utility related projects; familiarity in scoping and implementing utility system projects.
• Stakeholder relations:
  Experience working with federal customers, or representatives, at headquarters or field office level in a strategic manner to maximize satisfaction. Experience working on integrated project teams in construction.
• Technical Education/
  
  Experience:
  
  Engineering experience in project initiation and conceptual design/requirements development.
• Clearance:
  Active DOE Q clearance desired.

The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

• Please submit a detailed resume, along with a cover letter addressing how you meet the minimum requirements and any desired qualifications.
• Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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