Los Alamos National Laboratory

Project Management (Project Manager 3)

Los Alamos National Laboratory • $128K — $215K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline from an accredited institution.
  • 8 years of experience in project management, project control, engineering, procurement, or construction.
  • Demonstrated experience leading project teams in construction projects with a focus on scope, schedule, and budget management.
  • Proven ability to identify and mitigate project risks effectively.
  • Excellent communication skills for reporting project status to senior management and stakeholders.
  • Experience in meeting contractual requirements within a sensitive national security environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead an Integrated Project Team (IPT) for planning, engineering, procurement, and construction activities.
  • Develop and document project scope, execution plans, schedules, and budget baselines.
  • Identify, assess, and manage project risks, including developing mitigation strategies.
  • Serve as the focal point for internal and external project communications.
  • Conduct variance analysis and define corrective action plans for schedule or cost variances.
  • Ensure work packages accurately reflect the necessary duration and budget for project tasks.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Support for work-life balance initiatives.
  • Access to a collaborative and innovative work environment.
Full Job Description
Description

Job Title Project Management (Project Manager 3)

Location Los Alamos, NM, US

Organization Name PM-DO/Project Management Division

Minimum Salary 128000

Maximum Salary 215900

What You Will Do

Be part of a dedicated and skilled Capital Projects team delivering complex, cost-effective projects safely, on time and within budget. The organization strategically engages and collaborates with project owners, team members and key stakeholders throughout the Laboratory to ensure that project development, planning and execution comply with requirements and result in excellent project delivery. This position will lead an Integrated Project Team (IPT) to conduct planning, engineering, procurement, construction, and startup activities including developing and documenting project scope, execution plan, schedule, and budget baselines; identify, assess, and manage project risks; and perform confidence assessments to develop contingency and management reserve estimates. Serve as the focal point for internal and external project communications.

May serve as a Control Account Manager (CAM) responsible for planning, budgeting, managing, and controlling costs and schedule performance for a project or sub-projects. Serve as a point of contact for project controls, including account scope, schedule, budget, and technical performance. Lead efforts to ensure work packages realistically represent the duration and budget necessary to perform work. Perform variance analysis reviews, determine cause and effect of schedule or cost variance and define achievable corrective action plans.

This position will report functionally to the Project Management Division Leader and will be deployed to executing organizations that are responsible for project portfolios ranging from under $50 Million to more than $1 Billion with some meeting the requirements of DOE Order 413.3B, Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:
  • Demonstrated experience leading project teams in delivering construction projects including proactively managing project scope, schedule and budget including use of Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
  • Proven ability to identify project risks, developing risk mitigation strategies and corrective actions, and recommending risk acceptance/avoidance for all aspects of a project.
  • Advanced knowledge and expertise in engineering, procurement, construction, and other project related activities, including developing project execution plans, work breakdown structures, and work packages; managing to scope, schedule, budget, and technical baselines; and documenting baseline reports and change control actions.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong and effective customer engagement by interfacing with program, project, and line management to develop clear and executable action plans to address issues or needs.
  • Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills that includes reporting on project status to senior level management, project stakeholders, as well as regulatory inquiries. Ability to promote an open communication environment to develop mutual trust and teamwork.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and implementing plans or programs to meet or exceed contractual requirements, performance measures, regulations, and laws, including the ability to do so while operating within a highly sensitive national security and/or nuclear environment.

Education/Experience

Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline from an accredited institution and 8 years of experience in two or more of the following functions: project management, project control, engineering, procurement or construction leading to a thorough understanding of the knowledge described above; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience working in nuclear facility operations or other highly complex, hazardous operations, particularly as it pertains to the Los Alamos National Laboratory mission.
  • Experience working with federal clients at headquarters or field office level in a strategic manner to maximize client satisfaction.
  • Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.
  • Clearance: Active DOE Q clearance desired.

Essential Job Functions (can perform with or without reasonable accommodation): Walking, Climbing, Bending, Peripheral vision.

Work Environment:

Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM USA. 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:

For full consideration, please submit a comprehensive resume and cover letter that addresses the key requirements of the position.

While the posted salary range for this position is broad, it is highly unusual for selected applicants to be hired at the top end of the range and more common for selected candidates to grow into the full salary band over time.

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.

Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.

Employment Status Full Time

Appointment Type Regular

Regular

About Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory initially organized during World War II for the design of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. It is located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico in the southwestern United States. LANL conducts research in fields such as national security, space exploration, renewable energy, medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing. It is the largest institution of its kind in the world. LANL is managed and operated by Triad National Security, LLC, which is composed of Battelle Memorial Institute, the University of California, and the Texas A&M University System.
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