Job Title Critical Supplier Program Project Leader 2

Location Los Alamos, NM, US

Organization Name SIGMA-OPS/Sigma Operations Group

Minimum Salary 96600

Maximum Salary 158000

What You Will Do

This position is open for external candidates only to apply.

The Sigma Operations Group (SIGMA-OPS) seeks an energetic, customer-focused individual for the position of Project Leader to serve as an integral part of the Programmatic Project Management Team. This team focuses on the incorporation of project management principles and serves as the primary liaison with a variety of Sigma Division programmatic organizations, support organizations, and LANL program offices. The successful candidate will work with Sigma Division management, technical teams, and program managers throughout project life cycles, to include tracking programmatic work progress and reporting on deliverable and milestone status. This position requires a motivated and professional individual who can strengthen communication across various stakeholders, acting independently, and quickly changing focus.

Specifically, the Project Leader 2 will:

• Serve as the primary interface between project scientists, program, and line management for moderately to highly complex project(s) to establish technical requirements and to negotiate and define deliverables, budgets, and schedules in accordance with the project charter and line expertise.
• Working with diverse teams, manage moderately to highly complex projects, ensuring project deliverables are completed within the scope, schedules, and budgets defined in project work packages. Properly communicate and document all changes during project lifecycle.
• Interface with program and line managers to assist with deconfliction, ensuring that resources are available to accomplish the work.
• Identify and manage project procurement needs.
• Interface with the program office and line management to develop and negotiate work packages and establish out year budgets and schedules.
• Mentor junior team members with the possibility of providing input to performance evaluations.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Working knowledge of and experience in project management of technical or operational work, including developing project plans, work breakdown structures, and work packages for small and mid-level projects; managing to scope, schedule, budget, and technical baselines; and documenting baseline reports and change control actions.
• Demonstrated ability to be the primary spokesperson to report on project status and issues to multiple internal organizations, external vendors, subcontractors, and/or customers.
• Demonstrated ability in building productive relationships with vendors, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders while exercising sound judgement to independently research, analyze, and resolve complex problems.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills providing excellent and professional customer service to individuals at all levels.
• Experienced ability to successfully plan, organize, lead, and monitor team efforts to completion.
• Experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks, issues, and conflicts to support successful project execution.
• Ability to obtain a Q clearance, which normally requires U.S. citizenship.

Education/Experience for Project Leader 2: Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in a related field from an accredited institution and 5 years related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience managing vendor relationships, including contract administration, vendor performance monitoring, and coordination with external suppliers.
• Experience supporting projects in a regulated technical, or government environment, including work with procurement, subcontracting, or contract management processes.
• Experience in handling classified matter.
• Active DOE Q clearance.

Work Location : The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Position commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Note to Applicants: Along with a resume, a detailed cover letter addressing each of the position requirements is required.

Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Additional Details

Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires 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 such clearance requires 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. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.

New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.

Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.

Employment Status Full Time

Appointment Type Regular

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