About Sandia:
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:
- Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
- Extraordinary co-workers
- Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
- Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
- Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance
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What Your Job Will Be Like:
We are seeking a S&E Project Manager who will be embedded within a component development Product Realization Team (PRT). In this role, you will provide technical insights (e.g., component inputs/outputs, size, weight, power) while balancing schedule and budget constraints and your responsibilities will include engaging with customers to align customer requirements with product capabilities, collaborating with production counterparts to ensure PRT requirements are met within production capabilities, and proactively coordinating with internal PRT members to manage competing priorities effectively.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Support electronic neutron generator, ferroelectric neutron generator and Isolator Programs: Collaborate with existing S&E Project Manager (PM) and Product Realization Team (PRT) Lead(s) to manage and support multiple products and programs, leveraging synergies and similarities to optimize resource allocation and project execution .
- Enhance Technical Awareness and Communication: Maintain a deep understanding of the technical aspects and interactions of various products within the Center, ensuring informed decision-making and effective communication of project status and technical insights to stakeholders.
- Facilitate Rapid Pivoting and Prioritization: Work closely with the S&E PM and PRTs to quickly adjust priorities and tasks in response to fluctuating development and production demands, aligning efforts with organizational goals.
- Engage with Weapon System Customers and Production Partners: Speak on behalf of the PRTs with Weapon Systems and production teams, fostering collaboration to ensure project deliverables meet quality and performance standards.
- Manage Relationships and Knowledge Sharing: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external customers while fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and mentoring within the department.
- Oversee Risk Management and Development Planning: Identify and manage technical risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle and integrate development and production schedules to create comprehensive project plans for timely delivery.
- Prepare for Future Demands: Proactively prepare the department for onboarding additional Weapon Systems and PRTs, ensuring the team is equipped to handle increased workload and complexity.
- Backup for Other S&E PMs and PRT Leads: Provide support and continuity in project management and component development activities as a backup for other Project Managers and PRT leads as needed.
Due to the nature of this work the selected applicant will need to work onsite.
Salary Range:
$114,000 - $227,500
*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.
Qualifications We Require:
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM-related field or higher plus 5 or more years of technical experience in component development or product realization
- Current PMP certification or equivalent certification, or the ability to obtain within 12 months.
- Active DOE Q-level Security Clearance or DOD equivalent required to start
Qualifications We Desire:
- Master's Degree in Engineering (or STEM discipline) or Master's in Business Administration
- Experience executing the Nuclear Weapons 6/6.X Product Realization Lifecycle
- Experience planning product development builds
- Experience coordinating product deliveries
- Experience reporting programmatic status (e.g. Earned Value Management)
- Experience reporting technical status (e.g. TRL/MRL)
- Experience with project management tools (e.g. Primavera P6)
- Experience managing project resources for budget and schedule
- Experience preparing presentations
- Experience presenting to customers and stakeholders
- Experience building relationships and establishing credibility with scientists, engineers, and technical project teams.
- Experience in technical management processes: lifecycle management, requirements engineering, configuration management, risk management, verification and validation, etc.
- Experience developing tools and processes to optimize technical management of science and engineering projects
- Demonstrated teaming skills, including the ability to work effectively with leadership at multiple levels, customers, other organizations, and technical leads.
- Demonstrated technical writing and presentation skills, including an ability to succinctly explain complex technical concepts.
- Demonstrated leadership experience involving technical and programmatic responsibilities.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively interface with management, customers, and stakeholders at all levels.
About Our Team:
Department 7582 is responsible for the lifecycle management of Electronic Neutron Generators (ELNG) and the development of isolators. Activities include sustainment of stockpiled components, supporting components in production, developing qualified products, and advancing future designs.
Posting Duration:
This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
Security Clearance:
Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.
Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.
EEO:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.
NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:
If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.
If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.
Job ID: 695419
Job Family: PM
Regular/Temporary Position: R
Full/Part-Time Status: F