Senior Administrator Facilities Engineering Project Manager, Onsite

Facilities Engineering Project Manager

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. Join us in shaping the future of national security! We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Facilities Engineering Project Manager to become an integral part of our Capital Acquisition Project Management Organization. In this pivotal role, you will lead the charge on the Combined Radiation Environments for Survivability Testing (CREST) line-item project, a cornerstone Major System acquisition aligned with Department of Energy Order (DOE O) 413.3B. Your contributions on the CREST project will play a crucial role in supporting the current and future mission needs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). In this exciting position, you will collaborate with a diverse and skilled project team, including NNSA / Program Customers, Contractors, Technical Partners, Mission Enabling Partners, and Facilities Management. Together, you will drive the successful execution of this critical infrastructure project, ensuring it is completed on time, within scope, budget, and quality standards. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our nation's security and infrastructure. Join us and be part of a mission that truly matters! On any given day, you may be called on to :

• Identify, develop, and lead a team to deliver a major system acquisition scale project with a total project cost exceeding $750M.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and milestones and all required documents associated within the DOE order 413.3B Critical Decision (CD) process.
• Partner with the Federal Project Director (FPD) and the Federal Program Manager (FPM) assigned by NNSA.
• Implement standard project management practices including project planning, scope management, scheduling, cost estimation, quality assurance, staffing, communications, risk management, EVM, and procurement.
• Apply extensive knowledge of key nuclear facility design and safety standards, including NRC regulations, ASME and ANSI / ANS standards, IAEA Safety Standards, DOE Orders and invoked Standards, NEI guidelines, NQA-1 Standards, ISO standards, NFPA standards, ACI standards, and IEEE standards.
• Apply knowledge of nuclear facility operational challenges, risks, and issues to inform and enhance the design and construction processes of new nuclear facilities, ensuring safety, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Control Account Managers, Project Managers, Project Controllers, Schedulers, and Cost Analysts.
• Work directly with Design and Construction Suppliers, administer Architecture & Engineering (A&E) contracts, and coordinate design and construction activities. Understand technical tasks sufficiently to identify time requirements and task dependencies.
• Understand transition to operations requirements for nuclear facilities and coordinate development of transition to operations plans in concert with other parallel activities.
• Support management of technical resources within budget and project schedule.
• Lead project management quality control, contract compliance, and contract interpretation efforts.
• Coordinate with Customers and Facilities Management on scope, cost, schedule, quality and change requests for all assigned projects.
• Prioritize and manage numerous tasks effectively.
• Ensure compliance with Corporate and Facilities requirements and be accountable for Environmental Safety & Health (ES&H) planning.
• Identify, prepare and coordinate change orders and implement change control processes where necessary.
• Apply risk assessment and management / mitigation strategies specific to nuclear projects, including identifying, analyzing, and mitigating risks throughout the project lifecycle in accordance with corporate policies and practices.
• Prepare the project team and represent NTESS during Independent Project Reviews (IPRs), Independent Cost Estimates (ICEs), Annual Project Reviews (APRs), and External Independent Reviews (EIRs). Travel as required for project needs.

This position does not have any direct reports. Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite. Salary Range : $157,100 - $267,000

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Group 4130 (CapAx Portfolio Management) is responsible to deliver capital acquisition projects through integration with Mission Partners. The integrated project team delivers line item scale projects within cost and budget while ensuring that the projects are executed safely and securely. 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 : Sandia is required by DOE 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 obtain and 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