Job SummarySMSI is seeking a Startup Engineer to support our client, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The Engineer is responsible for serving as the primary liaison between PSD-DO and PPI-DO, representing PPI in the Project Owner Role (POR) on construction projects. This position requires working onsite at LANL and active Q clearance.
The position requires exceptional organizational, analytical, communication, and project management skills, with a proven ability to lead, mentor, and coordinate multidisciplinary construction teams while maintaining a strong focus on safety, security, quality, schedule, and cost performance.
Responsibilities- The Startup Engineer is responsible for serving as the primary liaison between PSD-DO and PPI-DO, representing PPI in the Project Owner Role (POR) on construction projects.
- Ensure end-user requirements are met across design, procurement, installation, and hot testing.
- Mentor new PPI employees on PF4 operations and plant functionality.
- Collaborate closely with project disciplines through meetings, walkdowns, design reviews, equipment inspections, and testing to keep project execution on budget and schedule.
- Develop, maintain, and submit project schedules, cost estimates, budget forecasts, and other required program documentation.
- Coordinate facility upgrades requirements with personnel requests and anticipated technical and operational needs.
- Monitor project milestones, deliverables, resources, and performance to ensure commitments are met.
- Support planning and execution of facility improvements to enhance technical capabilities and meet future mission requirements.
- Maintain effective communication and coordination among technical personnel and program management.
- Emphasize and promote safety, security, environmental stewardship, and compliance while accomplishing program objectives.
- Identify program risks, resource constraints, schedule concerns, and cost issues and provide recommendations to management.
- Maintain accurate program documentation and records in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Train and mentor designated replacement personnel to ensure continuity of ongoing program management responsibilities and processes.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of organizational and mission requirements.
Required Skills/ Abilities- 20 years of experience supporting LANL in construction or technical management is required.
- Experience mentoring and coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams and project deliverables.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to develop schedules, cost estimates, forecasts, and program reports.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief management.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting established schedules and deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively in a highly regulated, safety-conscious, and security-focused environment.
- An active DOE Q clearance is required.
- US citizenship is required.
- An active Real-ID driver's license is required.
EducationBachelor's degree in a technical discipline and a minimum of 20 years of relevant technical experience at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
