Cleared Senior​/Principal MESA Equipment Sustainment System Engineer, Onsite

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Our Managed Care Program Equipment Sustainment System Engineer leads the lifecycle support for current MESA equipment and systems, enabling us to effectively sustain our capabilities until the end of the system’s life and/or during MELP (MESA Life Extension Program) replacement. This lead will apply integrated technical judgement utilizing scientific methods and data collection to improve processes, systems, and make decisions. You will ensure efficient management of the program which features customized supplier service contracts that secure system coverage, allowing us to obtain the necessary support from specific suppliers at the required levels and at the right time
¿ much like an insurance policy. In this role you will develop solid relationships with our most crucial suppliers, enable MESA fabs to prioritize funding, contracts, and resources to mitigate our most critical equipment risks. This role will have the opportunity to be embedded in several cross functional groups and participate in a broad array of activities key to MESA sustainment.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Work closely with MESA engineers, Strategic Global Supply Chain Analyst, facilities engineers, and suppliers to support widely variety of equipment reliability, support, and sustainment projects.
• Develop technical expertise in MESA systems and equipment, current and future state, to aid in proper maintenance planning efforts.
• Including but not limited to: mechanical systems, electrical systems, equipment installation design, and critical safety systems.
• Provide project management support and coordination, creation of process documentation, and development of tools to aid in reporting and tracking of projects across many stakeholders.
• Coordinate among MESA operations, MELP team, and supply chain to reduce overall impact to production, while progressing projects in line with approved NNSA scope, cost, and schedule.
• Direct systematic studies toward fuller knowledge to enable planning and scope development of Managed Care Contracts for MESA tools and a wide range of facility and infrastructure projects.
• Be an active member of 5290 team activities and program maturation.

* Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$117,500 - $235,700

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development. A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates…