Posting Duration
This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs
If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.
If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.
Salary Range
$116,600 – $229,500
*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.
What Your Job Will Be Like
We are seeking a Science & Engineering Project Manager (S&E PM) to join the W80-4 Program Management Risk Team. The S&E PM will partner closely with the science and engineering team members. Scope includes documentation management, earned value reporting, risk management, presentation development, and stakeholder engagement. The S&E PM will be responsible for ensuring successful execution of milestones & deliverables. The mission is why you come; the people are why you stay! At Sandia National Laboratories, the magnitude of our mission is immense.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Coordinate and integrate cross-functional teams to achieve results
- Be responsible for managing action items and deliverables
- Analyze and develop reports on cost, schedule, and performance
- Develop and improve programmatic processes
- Contribute to and participate in customer meetings
- Develop and present briefings
- Mentor team members
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 50% of the work week and intially may need to be onsite up to 100% of the work week.
Qualifications We Require
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant science, technology, engineering, or math related field plus five or more years of experience in an R&D (Science and/or Engineering) role and/or technical Science & Engineering Project Manager role; or Master’s degree in a relevant STEM field plus one or more years of relevant technical, engineering, and/or scientific experience.
- Experience with standard project management practices for technical work, such as project plan development and control, risk management, requirements management, project staffing, scope management, project scheduling, cost estimation and management, quality assurance, communications planning, and procurement management.
- Proficiency in tools and applications commonly employed in project management activities.
- Current PMP or equivalent certification, or ability to obtain certification within one year of hire.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance.
Qualifications We Desire
- Ability to make decisions requiring scientific or engineering judgment across multiple fields.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with science and engineering technical management and staff.
- Ability to collaborate with management at all levels.
- Ability to effectively communicate across science & engineering, project controls, and business subject areas.
- Active Q or Top Secret clearance.
- Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM).
- Experience with EV tools, such as Cobra, Acumen, Primavera, and wInsight.
- Experience working nuclear weapon programs/projects at the system and component levels.
- Experience working with the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, or the Department of Defense.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects involving substantial resources ($1M/year or greater).
- Project management education and certification(s).
About Our Team
The W80-4 Project Management department is responsible for providing Science & Engineering (S&E) Project Management support to the W80-4 Life Extension Program (LEP) system team at the Sandia National Laboratories. The department is also an integral part of the Division 8000 Nuclear Weapons (NW) Project Management Office (PMO). The NW Programs are responsible for assuring the safety, reliability and security of U.S. nuclear weapons, enabling the defense of our nation through our nuclear strategic deterrent. The Nuclear Weapons Programs’ three principal thrusts are: (1) overseeing the enduring nuclear weapons stockpile; (2) innovative analyses and evolution of warhead systems, subsystems, and components; their production and deployment; along with the development of supporting technologies; and (3) the safe, effective, and environmentally responsible dismantlement and disposal of weapons retired from the stockpile.
About Sandia
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:
- Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
- Extraordinary co-workers
- Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
- Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
- Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
*These benefits vary by job classification.
Security Clearance
Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.
Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.
EEO
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.