Project Manager 3

Spectra Tech, Inc.

United States, New Mexico, Los Alamos

113 Central Park Square (Show on map)

Dec 12, 2024

Spectra Tech is an engineering, environmental, and nuclear services company that provides high-quality and cost-effective technical solutions for U.S. Federal agencies, government contractors, and private commercial companies worldwide.

The Nuclear Material Management (NMM) program administers nuclear material inventory as a strategic asset for the execution of work across the Laboratory. Ensuring that there is a plan for all material, including a determined use and a disposition pathway. You will work with the NMM Program Manager in their role as the Nuclear Material Manager to represent the objectives and goals of the program, perform data analysis to determine trends, identify issues, and develop procedures for nuclear material owners. You will work with the managers of assigned technical portfolios to review products and reports to determine that programmatic needs and requirements are met.

Additional Key Responsibilities

* Work with SMEs to ensure that nuclear material storage containers meet the requirements of the surveillance and container efforts under the M441.1-1 portion of the portfolio.

* Work with program office staff to identify and mitigate risk to deliverables, monitor and track cost, schedule, and progress against milestones.

* Participate in program office efforts for special disposition projects that require unique packaging solutions.

* Work with SMEs to identify and mitigate risks associated with unique packaging solutions and storage containers.

* Apply advanced knowledge and experience to develop programmatic documents including functional series documents, project plans, policy documents, charters, and execution/implementation plans that cover programmatic work from conception to completion.

* Review documentation of package operations, acceptance testing, and maintenance in accordance with the requirements in theSafety Analysis Reports for Packages.

* Maintain advanced knowledge of the relevant technical discipline and understand and adhere to all Laboratory and regulatory guidance and governance specific to the programmatic work of assigned portfolio(s).

Minimum Job Requirements:

Program Management:Advanced knowledge of, and successfully demonstrated experience in, all aspects of program management of technical work. Including, defining program work scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, and performance milestones. As well as, developing cost, scope, and schedule baselines; reporting program status and cost and schedule variance; managing change control and risk; and providing direction to a project management team.Demonstrated experience and leadership in developing and executing complex organizational interface agreements, funding cost models, or similar integration tools. This includes demonstration of strong organizational skills and previous experience with the development, monitoring, and management of work packages.

Communication:Successfully demonstrated excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills. These interactions include building trust, gaining consensus, and resolving conflicts.

Collaboration:Successfully demonstrated development and nurturing of effective internal and/or external customer relationships.Experience leading and participating in cross-organizational teams that work with colleagues from across the DOE complex to achieve common goalsand develop solutions to address challenges.

Education:Bachelor's degree in a relevant STEM field from an accredited institution and a minimum of eight years of directly related technical and project management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications:

Nuclear Materials Management:Knowledge and experience with nuclear materials containers and storage, inventory tracking, processing, receipt and shipping, and reporting of nuclear materials under the requirements of DOE O 410.2. Familiarity with the Order and its requirements is highly favorable.

Earned Value Management System:Experience utilizing formal Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles to help manage a project/program, and formal training/experience in Earned Value Management and Baseline Change Requests (and associated software).Experience with P6 Primavera scheduling (not coding) and NNSA Enhanced Management Level B processes is a plus.

LANL:Advanced knowledge of regulatory and Laboratory requirements related to nuclear material and programmatic work of potentially assigned portfolio(s). Knowledge of and/or experience working in the TA-55 PF-4 environment is advantageous.

Additional Education:An advanced degree from an accredited institution is highly preferred for this level/position.

Additional Details

Directive 206.2- Employment will require a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2.Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.

Clearance: Q(Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining suchclearancerequires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances.Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.

*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances.SeeDOE Order 472.2for additional information.

HRP:This position is subject to the requirements of the DOE Human Reliability Program as specified in 10 Code of Federal Regulation, Part 712, *712.11. These requirements include on going drug and alcohol testing, as well as periodic medical and psychological evaluations.

426.2:This position is subject to DOE Order 426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, and Qualification Requirements for DOE Nuclear Facilities, which establishes entry-level requirements to ensure candidates selected for specific positions can successfully perform the requirements of the job.