Weapons Infrastructure Project Engineer

Company Description

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Weapons Infrastructure Project Engineer. You will plan, manage, and execute equipment recapitalization projects to support weapons infrastructure. The infrastructure projects are needed to support capabilities such as the nuclear weapons program in high explosives, warhead test and evaluation, physics performance evaluation, and science, technology and engineering. These positions are in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED), within the Engineering Directorate.

DTED provides support to Strategic Deterrence Programs.

This position offers a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You will have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will

• Utilize independent judgement to develop requirements, designs, project scope, costs, schedule and risk plans to field and execute projects focused on programmatic equipment and their supporting utilities/facilities. Projects include installation of ultra-precision machine tools, coordinate measuring machines, glove boxes, thermal ovens, environmental chambers, and other unique custom program equipment and specialized utilities that support them.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to write statements of work and integrate with the required real property.
• Review, write and develop technical specifications and drawings, and present information in formal and informal design reviews.
• Work closely with vendors and procurement personnel in acquisition of programmatic equipment and utility installation contracts.
• Prepare supporting health and safety documentation that is aligned with the Integrated Safety Management (ISM) requirements and participate in design and Management Prestart Reviews.
• Develop and implement rigorous project management methods and tools to ensure successful execution of infrastructure projects, and collaborate with mission support organizations in O&B and Science, Technology and Engineering (ST&E) to direct successful project execution. This includes planning and budgeting project activities, managing contractors, executing work, and reporting progress.
• Serve as primary technical contact on various tasks and projects. Lead a team of specialists including technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), facility operations, Weapons Program, Procurement, and Environmental Safety and Health (ES&H)..
• Coordinate with the High Explosives and Energetics (HE&E) program and Weapons Infrastructure Energetic Materials Integrated Project Team (IPT) to scope, plan, organize, and execute real-property projects that support the strategic vision and long-range mission requirements of each.
• Work closely with the portfolio manager of the HE&E Special Facilities and Equipment (SFE) program to plan equipment acquisitions and any concomitant infrastructure upgrades needed thereof.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the SES.
4 level

• Apply subject matter expertise, technical breadth, critical thinking and in-depth analysis to develop and implement a systems approach for programmatic equipment projects and request and prioritization. Assess technical direction, set broad research/project vision and influence by developing efficient processes to execute projects.
• Act as a technical expert, working closely with program managers and weapons equipment and facility portfolio managers to ensure project execution meets approved cost, scope and schedule requirements.
• Assist with infrastructure portfolio management and monitoring and provide guidance to other Project Engineers. Collaborate with various programmatic stakeholders to develop and manage priorities.
• Collaborate with funding program managers for the Capabilities Based Infrastructure (CBI) and HE&E programs to perform strategic planning for programmatic projects and develop cost estimates. Collaborate with WI leadership to develop input for institution wide planning related to infrastructure. This includes working closely with the WI business managers to ensure project status and performance data requirements are reported promptly and accurately to NNSA.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance…