Nuclear Materials Group Leader - NNSS - Clearance Required

• Full-time
• Job Code 2: SEL.
  5 Science & Engineering TSL 5
• Job Code 1: SEL.
  4 Science & Engineering TSL 4
• Pre-Employment Drug Test:
  Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana)
• Pre-Placement Medical Exam: A job-related pre-placement medical examination may be required
• Security Clearance:
  Active DOE Q clearance (or active Top Secret clearance)

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range for Las Vegas, NV – Nevada National Security Site

$155,100 - $231,120 Annually for the SEL.
4 Level
$186,096 - $277,312 Annually for the SEL.
5 Level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

We have an opening for a Nuclear Materials Group Leader with responsibilities for administratively leading a group of professional and technical personnel to support programmatic activities at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). Your team will provide a combination of engineering design, project management, certification, qualification and support to activities such as subcritical experimental programs, stockpile surveillance, and modernization program certification.

This position is an administrative group leader in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED), within the Engineering Directorate. DTED supports the Strategic Deterrence (SD) Program. This position is in Nevada at the NNSS. As a group leader, your responsibilities will complement your assigned programmatic activities.

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.

Depending on your assignment, this position may offer a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

You will

• Provide leadership, supervision, and technical and strategic direction, guidance, and support in accomplishing highly complex project/program goals and objectives to a multi-disciplinary team of technical staff.
• Collaborate with Project Leaders to lead, carry out, and/or coordinate recruiting, hiring, training, career development, and performance and salary management activities as needed to meet programmatic staffing, employee development, and performance related needs, including providing career counseling, mentoring, and coaching, and monitoring employee performance goals.
• Establish project objectives and strategies for technical team, guiding workload planning for multiple projects among group members, assigning work, remaining aware of highly complex technical goals, problems, and solutions; managing many parallel tasks requiring the resolution of conflicting work requirements and the prioritization of…