The primary role of Work Planners is to develop Activity Level Work Documents (ALWDs) (i.e., work packages), and associated documentation, for the safe execution of work for the Construction, Maintenance, and Services organizations. ALWD development includes facilitating walkdowns and tabletop discussions, development of high-quality and complete job plans and work packages, ensure institutional work management process are being followed and systems being used consistently, facilitate work package review and approvals, and administer the work package completion and closure process. Roles do not include preparation of engineering drawings, development of technical operating procedures, performance of pre-job or post-job briefings, or execution of the scope of work in the work package. Although planners may have areas of expertise, input from subject matter experts (SME) for programs, facilities, engineering, experiments, systems, etc. is required for work package development. | | Key Responsibilities | - Interface with National Laboratories, Environmental Safety and Health (ESH&Q), Radiological Control, Maintenance, Services, Construction, Fleet, Nuclear Maintenance/Construction, Engineering, project managers, Superintendents, and craft personnel to prepare work documents, (engineering drawings, permits, etc. | - Facilitate and attend walkdowns and tabletop reviews for scopes of work. | - Preparation of activity level work documents (ALWDs) (i.e., work packages), job plans, Job Hazard Analyses (JHA)s, for Critical Site Infrastructure Utilities, (i.e., Water and Serwer systems, Roadways both primary and secondary), at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) and North Las Vegas Facility (NLVF). | - Identifying skill of the worker activities and initial required training for work packages. | - Perform on-site evaluations in order to clarify work site conditions and discuss job details with the customer and subject matter experts. | - Determine tool and equipment requirements. | - Prepare a detailed scope of work, with a man-hour and material estimate, and assemble additional pertinent documentation for Davis-Bacon Determinations. | - Perform work package reviews and facilitate the resolution of work package issues and concerns identified during work planning and review process. | - Ensure a high-level of quality of work packages. | - Identify potential safety, security, quality, or performance issues in performing the work scope and bring to the attention of the appropriate SME/manager. | - Provide, report, forecast, and maintain status updates for assigned work packages to planning supervisor and work management systems (i.e., Performance Reporting) | - Identify, initiate, and track procurements for work packages. | - Perform work planning according to the institutional work planning process(es). | - Mentor other planners (based on level of experience). | - Share lessons learned and best practices. | - Capture and share lessons learned and best practices. | - Attend identified tier meeting(s). | - Support cost estimates, where applicable. | - Maintain planner qualifications and participate in training opportunities. | - Attend and participate in functional organization meetings as identified. | - Champion, participate and implement institutional work planning process improvements. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
THIS IS A CASUAL POSITION WORKING A MAXIMUM OF 900 HOURS PER CALENDAR YEAR. | | The Facility Operations and Site Services Section at the Remote Sensing Laboratory on Joint Base Andrews (JBA) is looking for a high performing individual with attention to detail to join our team as a Senior Technologist. This position will report to the Facility Manager at the Andrews site office within Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS). The selected candidate will be responsible for the following: | - Assist with all facility-related projects involving electrical, plumbing, environmental, safety and health, and select Heating, Venting and Cooling System (HVAC) duties. | - Participate in planning, staffing activities, scheduling projects, and deliverable tracking. | - Assist with vendor research and selection for specialized jobs and projects. | - Monitor project schedules and engage with customers to ensure job accuracy, completion, and timeliness. | - Provide status updates to Facility Manager, colleagues, and RSL management. | - Identify electrical wires by color; read and interpret blueprints/technical diagrams. | - Install and maintain wiring and lighting systems. | - Inspect electrical components, such as transformers and circuit breakers. | - Identify electrical problems using a variety of testing devices. | - Repair and/or replace defective wiring or fixtures using hand and power tools. | - Coordinate project assignments among engineering, construction, specialty staff groups, clients, and vendors. Serves as a liaison to JBA’s Civil Engineering Department as it relates to building repairs that fall under their purview. | - Perform routine building walk-through and system checks as directed. | - Assist with vehicle fleet maintenance to include cleaning vehicles as required and transport for preventative/emerging requirements. | - Adhere to state and local building regulations based on the National Electrical Code and train fellow team members to install, maintain, and/or repair electrical wiring or equipment. | - | Perform other duties assigned by Management.
As an integral part of the General Accounting team, you will work on monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and analysis. Your work will have a direct impact on the financial success of the company. | | Key Responsibilities | - Perform relevant work as part of the Standard Accounting and Reporting System (STARS) Team responsible for external reporting to the Department of Energy (DOE) to include, monthly cost submission, preparing various internal and external reports, and preparing financial statements. | - Perform account reconciliations and analysis. | - Lead or assist with special projects as assigned. | - Learn Relocation reimbursement processing and perform weekly reviews and back-up duties as needed. | - Learn Property and Inventory responsibilities to perform back-up duties as needed. | - Perform other back-up duties as assigned.
We are seeking a Principal Emergency Response Specialist to serve as an Operations Command Center (OCC) Duty Manager. | | Key Responsibilities: | - Strategic Thinking and Problem-Solving: Utilize advanced tactical thinking to navigate complex problems, deploying effective solutions with precision and agility. | - Analytical Decision-Making: Assess situations with a keen analytical eye, employing sound judgment to make informed decisions that prioritize safety and operational integrity. | - High-Pressure Performance: Excel in a high-stakes, team-oriented environment, managing multiple priorities with resilience. Demonstrate unparalleled composure and the ability to facilitate constructive dialogue with a diverse range of stakeholders, even under extreme pressure. | - Emergency Response Leadership: Serve as the frontline coordinator for emergency incidents at the NNSS, embodying the role of Operations Command Center (OCC) Duty Manager with exemplary leadership. | - Operational Emergency Assessment: Swiftly categorize and classify operational emergencies, initiating immediate protective measures and coordinating response efforts effectively. | - Critical Communication: Execute timely and accurate notifications internally and externally, maintaining a transparent and open communication channel with MSTS Senior Management, NNSA/NFO personnel, and other key stakeholders. | - Interagency Collaboration: Act as a pivotal liaison with federal, state, and local agencies, including the Department of Defense and municipal entities, to streamline response efforts and resource sharing. | - Emergency Management Planning: Contribute to the development and refinement of emergency management procedures, checklists, and instructional materials, ensuring they are current, comprehensive, and compliant with DOE standards. | - Emergency Operations Support: Engage actively in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operations, providing essential support during activations for emergencies and scheduled events. Assume critical roles within the EOC, contributing to effective response coordination. | - Drill and Exercise Leadership: Lead and coordinate drills and exercises, enhancing the preparedness and response capabilities of the OCC and broader emergency management team. | - Technology Proficiency: Operate and manage sophisticated communication and data processing technologies, including classified video conferencing, Emergency Communications Network equipment, and electronic notification systems, ensuring seamless information flow during critical incidents. | - Training and Development: Participate in the development, review, and endorsement of operational procedures and training materials. | - Flexibility and Adaptability: Adapt to a rotating shift schedule, demonstrating flexibility and dedication to ensuring continuous operational readiness and response capability. | - Undertake additional responsibilities as directed by supervisory personnel, contributing to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of emergency management operations at the NNSS.
The Material Testing Lab on site at the Nevada National Security Site is in search of a highly qualified Senior Quality Control Inspector to support ongoing projects for the night shift. The schedule for this position will be night shift. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in welding inspection. | | Key Responsibilities | - Maintain comprehensive company level QC program implementing documents (Welding, Inspection, Pressure Safety and Materials Testing); provide interpretations of codes and standards and mentor employees on procedural adherence to these processes. | - Perform oversight, through independent quality control inspections and verifications, of items, systems, components, or products that are fabricated or installed by other workers for new or existing facilities and infrastructures. | - Exhibit a high degree of technical knowledge and skills to execute applicable national consensus codes and standards to inspect, examine, or test items or products to ensure they meet design requirement. | - Select the appropriate national consensus codes or standards and develop quality inspection criteria to be used to perform inspections. | - Maintain qualification and or certification to perform Quality Control inspection activities based on education, training, experience in one or more of the inspection disciplines (e.g. welding, nondestructive examination/testing, boilers and pressure systems, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, materials testing and verification, concrete, soils, anchoring, etc.). | - Make autonomous judgment during inspections activities to determine whether items, systems, components, or products are acceptable for use, or not, based on design requirements. | - Generate non-conformance reports that document the objective evidence where items or products do not meet design requirements. | - Authority to identify nonconforming conditions or defects and prevent items or products from being released for use until nonconforming conditions are resolved. | - Interface with internal line personnel (engineering, construction, facility, project, operations, work control, procurement, maintenance, quality assurance, etc.), middle and senior managers, and external MSTS customers to analyze and correct the production problems. | - Document the results of inspections or tests in accordance with national consensus standards and codes, procedures, engineering requirements, and/or industry practices as defined in written procedures. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Senior Principal Project Controls Specialist (SPPCS) will act as a team lead to a group of Project Controls Specialists of various levels supporting the Infrastructure Directorate’s civil, utility, and miscellaneous projects throughout the NNSS. This position will report directly to the Project Controls Manager for Construction. The SPPCS will also be responsible for ensuring that all Project Controls functions and processes are followed by team members and that all reporting deadlines are met with quality. The SPPCS shall act as a mentor and coach, assisting team members with their professional growth and achievement of their goals. The SPPCS must be able to lead virtually in addition to in person. | | Key Responsibilities | - Oversight of project planning and development, scheduling, budget support, estimate review, and baseline change management for all responsible projects. | - Implementation of lessons learned and continuous improvement. | - Assure that cost and schedule management, baseline planning and control, risk management, earned value management, variance analysis and reporting and estimate at completion are accurately reflected in project reporting. | - Ensure Earned Value Management process compliance. | - Planning, Scheduling, and Budgeting responsibilities will include: | - Both cost and schedule support as part of a centralized Project Controls organization. | - Develop, maintain, and monitor performance baselines, including the change control process. | - Work with managers and customers to develop a statement of work (WBS; Dictionary, objectives, assumptions, and deliverables), resource estimate, and a baseline schedule for the project. | - Track project progress and analyzes project resource usage and makes necessary recommendations for correction. | - Maintain project forecast schedules, perform and analyze schedule health assessments. | - Lead WBS Development and schedule development workshops. | - Incorporate project milestones into project schedule(s). | - Develop and maintain Primavera P6 schedules using scope defined in the project WBS; to include full loading of resource requirements and integration with the Cobra performance-reporting database. | - Prepare and distribute proper Work Authorizations; ensuring that Work Authorizations are approved prior to execution of project scope. | - Contribute to project estimate development. | - Support out-year Program planning activities. | - Participate in project risk development and monitor the project risk register. | | - Accounting Considerations: | - Review actual cost data to ensure accuracy and provide corrections as necessary. | - Monitor project commitments for accuracy, prepare and manage monthly accruals. | - Prepare and manage project cost transfers. | - Create and monitor use of project charge numbers. | - Allocate and monitor project funding. | | - Analysis and Management Reports: | - Work with Control Account Managers to develop variance analysis and track corrective actions. | - Perform Critical Path and Float analyses and report results to project management. | - Monitor remaining project scope and needed resources to develop accurate Estimate to Complete. | - Conduct project management briefings and prepare reports to reflect program/project status, cost and schedule trends, funding, and project uncertainties. | - Prepare and maintain project baseline budget logs. | - Maintain trend program in support of monthly estimates to complete. | | - Revisions and Data Maintenance: | - Work with project manager to develop and process baseline change requests (BCRs). | - Participate in project surveillances and audits. | - Maintain and monitor management reserve. | | - Facilitate the project management team in all phases of the program life-cycle: initiation, planning, control, and closure. | - Communicate with project team members, managers, and customers to ensure successful completion of project objectives and deliverables. | - Mentor and train junior-level Project Controls Specialists. | - Export, format, and evaluate data to support project deliverables and management needs. | - Work on large and small teams to identify issues and provide viable solutions. | - Learn functionality of new or updated project controls system. | - Manage time and set priorities to successfully complete project deliverables. | - Support program planning and controls initiatives.
We have an opening for a Senior Field Engineer to support the Construction Department during construction activities for Issue for Construction (IFC) design packages of infrastructure projects. This may include construction projects, emerging project issues, providing support for project discovery, project scope development, and support for identifying functional requirements for projects and systems. | | Key Responsibilities | - Participate in walk-downs, generate sketches, help develop conceptual designs, evaluate existing systems, and generate and/or review functional requirement documents. | - Ensure designs are properly reviewed, executed, installed, tested, and documented in accordance with the latest issued construction documents. | - Review engineering documents for constructibility during various design reviews of 30%, 60%, 90%, and IFC. | - Verify and report on construction installation quantities. | - Interface with Project Engineering to facilitate responses to Requests for Information (RFIs), Field Change Requests (FCRs), and needed design changes. | - Develop redline drawings for incorporation into as-built drawings. | - Prepare, review and approve material requisitions. | - Assist in interpretation of drawings and specifications for field crews and craft supervision. | - May serve as internal Subject Matter Expert with specific engineering discipline. | - Contribute to development of solutions to resolve construction issues. | - Assist in the preparation of work plans and work packages.
The primary role of the Field Engineer II is to support the Construction Department during construction activities for Issue for Construction (IFC) design packages of infrastructure projects. This may include construction projects, emerging project issues, providing support for project discovery, project scope development, and support for identifying functional requirements for projects and systems. | | Key Responsibilities | - Participate in walk-downs, generate sketches, help develop conceptual designs, evaluate existing systems, and generate and/or review functional requirement documents. | - Ensure designs are properly reviewed, executed, installed, tested, and documented in accordance with the latest issued construction documents. | - Review engineering documents for constructibility during various design reviews of 30%, 60% 90%, and IFC. | - Verify and report on construction installation quantities. | - Interface with Project Engineering to facilitate responses to Requests for Information (RFIs), Field Change Requests (FCRs), and needed design changes. | - Develop redline drawings for incorporation into as-built drawings. | - Prepare, review and approve material requisitions. | - Assist in interpretation of drawings and specifications for field crews and craft supervision. | - May serve as internal Subject Matter Expert with specific engineering discipline. | - Contribute to development of solutions to resolve construction issues. | - Assist in the preparation of work plans and work packages. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Engineering Programs department seeks a talented individual to serve as a Fire Protection Engineering Manager. The selected candidate will be responsible resource management of engineering personnel as well as ensuring staff compliance to code, standards, and process. | | Key Responsibilities | - Daily responsibilities as an Engineering Manager include but are not limited to executing tasks assigned by the Engineering Programs Division manager, management and daily execution of projects, provide technical and professional guidance to staff, provide interpretation of process/procedures along with codes and standards, determine and coordinate technical training, ensure staff has tools/software required to perform work, ensure office environment is proper for engineering work. | - Provide daily oversight and direction to 3-5 individuals. | - Participate in audits from Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Personnel Investigations, Defense Board, International Organization for Standardization, and internal organizations, as well as prepare presentations based on management requests, work with customers to address issues/requests, coordinate with project managers on project priorities and assign resources to projects. | - Develop technology proposals to fund growth and development of engineering tools and technologies, review company and DOE processes and orders to ensure compliance, have a full understanding of nuclear facility safety analysis, operations, and interface requirements, perform duties as a discipline checker, perform duties as a project engineer. | - Exercise considerable discretion and judgment in performing work and conducting evaluations of operation/process effectiveness. | - Initiate changes required to implement process improvements and work with other work groups and outside agencies, customers/sponsors, suppliers, as required, to effectively execute projects and programs. | - Develop relationships as needed to perform work effectively. | - Provide guidance to students, interns, contractors and other support personnel, as a mentor or as a team/project leader. | - Interface with other team members, analyze processes and procedures to increase efficiency, monitor group performance against metrics and goals, perform employee performance evaluations, work with employees to develop goals. | - Create an environment where employees feel safe to raise issues, empowered to address issues,and supported to resolve issues. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management. | -
Nevada National Security Sites is actively looking for Manager I to serve as a Deputy Engineering Manager at our PULSE (Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experiments) Complex. The PULSE Complex is an underground nuclear facility located within the Forward Areas of the Nevada National Security Site that supports Subcritical Experiments performed by the Nuclear Weapons Laboratories. This position reports to the PULSE Engineering Manager and is responsible for management of PULSE engineers and engineering activities. | | Key Responsibilities | - Understand and maintain the assigned systems design requirements per the PULSE Documented Safety Analysis. | - Ensure that design output documents appropriately reflect the design basis and required functional classification of the assigned PULSE Structures, Systems and Components (SSCs). | - Assure that the design requirements and design basis are fully identified and in a form compatible to maintain and control the design basis. | - Authorize facility Configuration Management changes and manage the configuration of assigned PULSE facility systems. | - Provide technical support in the areas of construction, maintenance, and nuclear operations. | - Coordinate with engineers, project managers, and maintenance personnel to ensure proper testing and documentation is developed to support component and system specifications, functions, and operability. | - Develop and maintain engineering documents, reports, and correspondence to enable business activity. | - Must effectively communicate to confer and gather information from subject matter experts for inclusion into specifications to ensure technical accuracy and completeness of the content. | - Perform a wide range of tasks and special assignments that require comprehensive knowledge of engineering processes and procedures with the ability to analyze, interpret, and make recommendations. | - Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, and developing growth opportunities for employees. | - Maintain a safe, secure, and legal work environment. | - Accomplish staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards. | - Create an environment where employees feel safe to raise issues, empowered to address issues, and supported to resolve issues. | - Demonstrate environment, safety, health, and quality leadership and consistently enforce environment, safety, health, and quality policies and procedures. | - Implement applicable environment, safety, health, and quality requirements; emphasize the safety of each employee, and the protection of equipment and property in area of responsibility. | - Take immediate action to correct reported or observed unacceptable environment, safety, health and quality conditions and/or behaviors. | - Assure that appropriate procedures, training, equipment, warnings, and tools are provided to employees to permit work to be performed safely. | - Effectively interface and communicate with MSTS leadership, National Weapons Lab personnel, Nevada Field Office (NFO), and Defense Nuclear Safety Board (DNFSB) representatives. | - Promote and actively participate in the Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS) safety concept. | - Support and encourage employee participation in MSTS environment, safety, health, and quality initiatives.
The Engineering Department is establishing an On-Site Design Engineering team to be based in Mercury, NV and needs an individual that has an excellent working knowledge of AutoCAD design software. This team will be responsible for supporting low-rigor projects, emerging project issues, providing support for project discovery, project scope development, support for identifying functional requirements for projects and systems, and providing support to the Construction Department. | | Key Responsibilities | - Participate on walk-downs, generate sketches, help develop conceptual designs, evaluate existing systems with system owners, and generate and/or review functional requirements documents. | - Utilize AutoCAD specifically to prepare engineering drawings, sketches, and figures. | - Utilize Autodesk CAD software products to create design drawings for construction projects, and the eventual creation and modification of 3D models of systems and structures used to create the design drawings. | - Prepare and check engineering design documents, including drawings, sketches, and change notices. | - Work directly with engineers and project engineers to create design packages. | - Coordinate with multiple engineering disciplines, facility managers, project managers, and project engineers. | - Work on multiple projects maintaining a high level of detail while adapting to project demands. | - Build team relationships with technical and other company organizations including Management. | - Attend Tier 1 staff meetings and be an active participant in the discussions. | - Complete engineering tasks as described in the engineering work plans. | - Serve as a consultant to less experienced technologists. | - Provide practical advice on implementation of solutions for organizational goals. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
MSTS is seeking a Senior Project Controls Specialist to develop, maintain, and monitor multi-year performance measurement baselines, including cost and schedule, baseline management and change control, risk management, subcontract management, earned value management, variance analysis, and estimate at completion as assigned by the Project Controls Manager to support the Special Technologies Laboratory in Santa Barbara, CA. | | Key Responsibilities | - Responsibilities will include both cost and schedule support as part of a centralized Project Controls organization. | - Support the development and execution of project and functional planning. | - Develop, maintain, and monitor performance baselines, including the change control process. | - May serve as an assistant to a Project Manager. | - Export, format, and evaluate data to support project deliverables and management needs. | - Work on large and small teams to identify issues and provide viable solutions. | - Develop and implement project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). | - Ensure proper Work Authorizations are approved prior to execution of project scope. | - Develop and maintain Primavera P6 schedules to include full loading of resource requirements and integration with the Cobra performance-reporting database. | - Ensure Earned Value Management (EVM) process compliance. | - Contribute to project estimate development and incorporation into the P6 schedule. | - Learn functionality of new or updated project controls system. | - Create and monitor use of project charge numbers. | - Work with project manager to develop and process baseline change requests (BCRs). | - Allocate and monitor project funding. | - Work with Control Account Managers to develop variance analysis and track corrective actions. | - Work with subject matter experts (SMEs) and project stakeholders to document scope. | - Participate in project surveillances and audits. | - Develop P6 schedule activities using scope defined in the project WBS. | - Perform Critical Path and Float analyses and report results to project management. | - Monitor remaining project scope and needed resources to develop accurate Estimate to Complete. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Information Technology department is looking for an RF, Microwave, and Surveillance Technician II to join our team. | | Key Responsibilities | - Program and configure 2-way LMR radios including Harris and Motorola models. | - Climb towers and install cables, antennas, and video cameras. | - Install, test, maintain, and repair two-way radio systems and equipment including portable and mobile radios, base stations, trunked radio networks, repeaters, antenna systems, microwave links, dispatch consoles, and associated telecom equipment. | - Communicate with internal personnel, outside service personnel, equipment vendors and other government agencies to coordinate service requests, work orders, equipment evaluations, technical advice, and issues regarding radio services. | - Install and maintain DC power distribution panels, DC power plants, battery backup systems, and other forms of uninterruptible power supplies. | - Maintain, update, and upgrade customer-serviceable radio and microwave hardware, firmware, and software. | - Install, test, and repair coax, helix, and other RF cabling. | - Test, analyze, and diagnose radio systems to optimize and repair service. | - Manage, administer, and update radio server core devices and systems. | - Prepare and maintain detailed documentation of network configurations and cabling layouts, hardware equipment, etc. | - Survey outdoor cabling infrastructure, analyze engineering drawings, and design pathways to deliver analog and digital services between buildings. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Principal Facilities Specialist will support activities at the Area 12 Tunnel Complex Facilities and report directly to the A12 Manager. Assigned facilities may include one or more of the following types of facilities: administrative, industrial, radiological, balance of plant real estate, emergency response training venue, and research, development and evaluation test beds. | | Key Responsibilities | - Principal contact for the day-to-day facility operations in the Area 12 Complex. | - Create and revise work authorization documents ensuring safe mission execution, and conduct management self-assessments. | - Synchronize all work activities conducted within the boundaries of the facility and infrastructure, asset planning and stewardship, and sustainability. | - Manage the maintenance and operating budget for all facilities in portfolio. | - Create strategic plan for facilities, planning and managing fiscal targets and schedules. | - Furnish technical suggestions and advice on alterations and improvements to physical facilities, maintenance and repair work, and operating services. | - Assist in the development of preventative and corrective maintenance program. | - Assist in negotiations with architects, engineers, and contractors. | - Assist in planning and coordination of comprehensive program for the operation, maintenance and repair of facilities and appurtenant structures. | - Inspect buildings and/or grounds to identify and recommend repairs needed. | - From time to time, may be required to make engineering decisions in emergencies without engineering review. | - Conduct space validation facility inspections. | - Provide project management support for projects under construction, including coordination with procurement, subcontractors, construction, engineering design, and Site Services management. | - Perform various support functions in the planning process to determine maintenance long range costs, get field data in support of proposed projects, and to help find alternative solutions that will affect cost and/or energy savings overall. | - Prepare and approve Real Estate Operations Permits (REOP). | - Prepare and approve National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) permits. | - Prepare reports and recommendations for management on the technical and administrative aspects of the Facilities program. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
We are looking for an Engineer to perform duties as a facility/system engineer (Mechanical Engineer II) at the Device Assembly Facility (DAF) within the MSTS Stockpile Experimentation & Operations Directorate. The DAF is located within the Forward Areas of the Nevada National Security Site. Facility Engineers are instrumental in ensuring the DAF can execute national-level experiments that ensure the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile remains safe, secure, and effective. | | Key Responsibilities | - Responsible for maintaining overall cognizance of assigned facility systems, providing systems engineering support for operations and maintenance, and technical support of line management safety responsibilities for ensuring continued system operational readiness. | - Validate physical configuration of assigned systems and maintain and update system documents for Configuration Management (CM). Understand the functions and performance criteria for assigned systems per the Safety Basis, and act as the subject matter expert for assigned systems. | - Conduct or oversee the In-service-Inspection and Technical Surveillance Requirement execution of assigned systems. | - Contribute to solutions of assignment-related problems and issues with a moderate scope and of moderate complexity, using a well-defined set of technologies. Solutions use established basic standards, practices and procedures as well as technical knowledge to address problems and complete tasks. Solutions may require evaluation of standards and processes. | - Participate in developing field programs and designs using pre-determined principles and practices. | - Select and implement computer applications for their field. | - Prepare or contribute to designs, strategies, reports and technical proposals. | - Perform design and technical analysis activities using prescribed codes and standards, computer software, and generally accepted best management practices. | - Perform frequent coordination of discipline information with other departments within the company and with outside vendors. | - Work with outside vendors as required, obtaining relevant information. | - Develop a working knowledge of codes and standards of other disciplines. | - Coordinate work within their discipline on moderately complex projects. | - Frequently participate as a member of work teams. | - Define specifications for procurements and initiates purchase requests. | - Monitor work of skilled technicians and other support personnel. | - Perform other duties as assigned by Management.
MSTS is seeking a Senior Technologist for the Power Operations Department. The Power Operations department provides reliable high-power electrical distribution to facilities, projects and locations at the NNSS. The Senior Technologist will report to the Power Operations Department Manager within the Fleet & Critical Site Infrastructure Division | | Key Responsibilities | - Working knowledge of a variety of electrical systems with a focus on protective relays. | - Knowledge with RF, SCADA communication systems, AC/DC instrumentation a plus. | - Maintain and manage collaborative relationships with inner department’s i.e. Design Engineering, IT/Cyber and Construction. | - Aid bargaining staff in completion of work packages, address data collection concerns, and utilization of software in the field. | - Identify innovative processes for improving repair process flow, data collection, and analysis. | - Assist with optimization of work sequences and tasks covered by operating procedures. | - Collaborate across teams to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues. | - Identify and suggest solutions to routine or recurring problems. | - File and retrieve maps, records, reads and interprets engineering drawings. | - Participate in the development of new approaches to maintenance, operations, or testing. | - Plan, guide, or prepare administrative and technical documents as required for maintenance, operations, or testing. | - Assist with coordination of project assignments among engineering, construction, specialty staff groups, clients, and vendors. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
The Program Manager will report to the Special Technologies Laboratory (STL) Manager of the Program Management Office (PMO) and will oversee the Systems Research and Development portfolio and capability at STL. This includes managing the facilities and staff engaged in the development of specialized sensors, communication systems, and other devices in support of selected SPP/SIPP, SDRD, NA-10 and NA-20 priorities. The successful candidate will: | | Key Responsibilities | - Direct all phases of program for a single customer (e.g., NA-40) with a combined value of $100M+ (may be less based on complexity of scope, unique customer set, or visibility of program) from inception through completion | - Direct all programmatic phases for systems research and development; the total value of which is approximately $10M annually. | - Provide expert guidance and direction to systems research and development projects that utilize NNSS resources. | - Monitor and report on program performance metrics, such as Earned Value metrics. | - Have responsibility for coordinating with Project Managers on the cost, schedule and technical performance of applicable project work. | - Serves as dotted-line supervisor and partners with and facilitates collaboration between project, functional, and sponsor organizations. | - Understand and anticipate potential problem areas, related to STL/NNSS work, that will delay or prevent successful project execution; coordinate with the Integrated Project Teams, national laboratories, program offices and sites of the NNSS Global Security Directorate to mitigate problem areas. | - Coordinate the preparation of proposals, execution plans, work statements and specifications. | - Successfully negotiate and de-conflict use of NNSS facilities and resources for systems research and development project work. | - Act as primary customer contact for program activities, leading program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance. | - Coordinate with the Global Security Program Offices and Sites to establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules Successfully adapt to the needs and objectives of program in order to ensure project success and a positive experience. | - Coordinate with other program units to plan resource allocation, identify program problems, and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications. | - Directs the work of employees assigned to the program from technical and/or administrative areas. | - Coordinate and serve as point of contact for project data and technical reporting. | - Lead and coordinate planning for maintaining strategic capabilities and critical equipment. | - This is a 20%-time position, and the remainder of the candidate’s time would be expected to be covered by existing direct or indirect technical activities.
MSTS is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer for the Power Operations Department. The Power Operations department provides reliable high-power electrical distribution to facilities, projects and locations at the NNSS. The Senior Principal Engineer will report to the Power Operations Department Manager within the Fleet & Critical Site Infrastructure Division. | | Key Responsibilities | - Develop, provide comment to, and otherwise ensure power engineering aspects are accomplished for the department with focus on modernization efforts that ensure the NNSS power utility operates safely and effectively meets mission needs. | - Devise integrated solutions to the highly complex technical problems at all levels, including cross-disciplinary engineering fields. Not assigned direct reports, but mentors’ junior staff and management in methods, processes, and best practices. | - Provide strategic direction to senior management and others across the DOE Complex. Serves as expert advisor and consultant to internal and external senior management on existing configurations and new modifications. | - This position will not have singular design authority within the company, but will represent utility operational needs and clearly state requirements for any and all projects or designs that require electric utility service connection, as needed. | - Delegated care, custody, and control for commissioning purposes and perform other duties as assigned by or in coordination with the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and management. | - Make recommendations and conclusions considered authoritative under the scope of the department services provided, and otherwise be empowered to make decisions and recommend modifications or establish new strategies. | - May be called upon to provide data, relevant information, and represent company positions within other departments, to headquarters, or regulatory bodies (NERC, WECC, etc.). | - Conceive, plan, and conduct improvements within power generation, delivery, storage, and backup power systems to ensure immediate and lasting benefit for both power infrastructure and facility owners for modernization investments. | - Perform duties for initial project scoping and at turnover for commissioning to accept construction scope of work. | - Perform work as an integrated project member from inception on all electrical scope for projects that will be turned over to Power Operations for maintenance. | - Exercise recognized technical leadership, creativeness, and judgment to prove or disprove the feasibility of ideas and devices of existing plans and recommends achievable solutions, with focus in the area of initial planning and finial commissioning. | - Develop, define, and modify strategic approaches in the course of planning and conducting innovative work that maximize use of all available resources. | - Exercise a very high degree of originality and sound judgment in formulating, evaluating, and correlating broad engineering and scientific programs to attract new mission work dependent upon highly reliable power. | - Promote business development, by developing and defining customer needs, developing proposals and planning projects that will meet customer needs. | - Develop and communicate long-range technical positions and writes detailed strategies within defined corporate goals and deliverables that comply with laws, codes, orders, and DOE policies and procedures. | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
MSTS is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Power Operations Department. The Power Operations department provides reliable high-power electrical distribution to facilities, projects and locations at the NNSS. The Senior Engineer will report to the Power Operations Department Manager within the Fleet & Critical Site Infrastructure Division. | | Key Responsibilities | - Contribute to solutions of assignment-related problems and issues with a moderate scope and of moderate complexity, using a well-defined set of technologies. Solutions use established basic standards, practices and procedures as well as technical knowledge to address problems and complete tasks. Solutions may require evaluation of standards and processes. | - Participate in developing field programs and designs using pre-determined principles and practices. | - Select and implement computer applications for their field. | - Prepare or contribute to designs, strategies, reports and technical proposals. | - Perform design and technical analysis activities using prescribed codes and standards, computer software, and generally accepted best management practices. | - Frequent coordination of discipline information with other departments within the company and with outside vendors. Works with outside contacts as required to obtain relevant information. | - Follow established engineering and technical procedures and instructions. | - Coordinate work within their discipline on moderately complex projects. | - Often serve as a member of various work teams. | - Mentor less experienced staff in specific discipline. | - Define specifications for procurements and initiates purchase requests. | - Monitor work of technicians and other support personnel working on their projects. | - Develop a working knowledge of codes and standards as they relate to Power Operations. | - Provide Engineering support and oversight for high and medium voltage (138kV and lower) power transmission, distribution and substation projects and maintenance for the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). | - Perform duties for initial project scoping and at turnover for commissioning to accept construction scope of work. | - Perform work as an integrated project member from inception on all electrical scope for projects that will be turned over to Power Operations for maintenance. | - Exercise recognized technical leadership, creativeness, and judgment to prove or disprove the feasibility of ideas and devices of existing plans and recommends achievable solutions, with focus in the area of initial planning and finial commissioning. | - May be called upon to provide data, relevant information, and represent company positions within other departments, to headquarters, or regulatory bodies (NERC, WECC, etc.). | - Perform other duties assigned by Management.
In this role, the Senior Principal Project Controls Specialist will support multiple high visibility MSTS Projects and Programs through the planning and execution phases. Accurate Project planning and reporting from an experienced Project Controls professional will facilitate successful Project execution in support of the National Security Mission. | | Key Responsibilities | - As a Subject Matter Expert (SME), this role will provide DOE Order 413.3b and EVM compliance guidance to the project team. | - Ensure Earned Value Management (EVM) process compliance in accordance with company EVM system description. | - Planning, Scheduling, and Budgeting: | - Work with managers and customers to develop a statement of work (WBS; Dictionary, objectives, assumptions, and deliverables), resource estimate, and a baseline schedule for the project to include leading WBS development and schedule development workshops. | - Perform and analyze schedule health assessments. | - Prepare and analyze vertical and horizontal schedule integration and maintain project forecast schedules and estimate to complete utilizing earned value techniques. | - Monitor project budget, management reserve and undistributed budget. | - Develop, maintain, and monitor performance baselines. | - Prepare and distribute proper Work Authorizations; ensuring that Work Authorizations are approved prior to execution of project scope. | - Management and facilitation of the incorporation of subcontractor schedules into the Project Master Schedule. | - Contribute to project estimate development and leads incorporation into the P6 schedule(s). | - Participate in project risk development and monitor the project risk register. | | - | Accounting Considerations: | - | Review actual cost data to ensure accuracy, and provide corrections as necessary. | | - | Monitor project commitments for accuracy and manage monthly accruals. | | - | Create and monitor use of project charge numbers. | | | - Analysis and Management Reports: | - Identify and document project variances, recommend corrective actions and assist in the preparation of monthly project variance reports. | - Maintain project corrective action log, project baseline budget logs. | - Analyze project resource usage and recommends adjustments when needed. | - Assist in and facilitate the management estimate at completion and maintain the best case, worse case, and most likely scenarios. | - Prepare and analyze all required company reporting. | - Perform Critical Path and Float analyses and report results to project management. | - Maintain trend program in support of monthly estimates to complete. | - Prepare monthly project reports and upload of Headquarters reporting. | | - Revision and Data Maintenance: | - Work with project manager to develop and process baseline change requests (BCRs), and ensure compliance with the change management process | - Maintain and monitor management reserve | - Participate in project surveillances and audits. | | - Assess customer needs and works to meet them. | - Mentor and train junior-level Project Controls Specialists. | - Learn functionality of new or updated project controls system. | - Support development of Company Directives and/or Desktop Instructions to support project controls initiatives.