Job Description

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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Do you desire to have an impact on national security and want to join a dynamic team that solves broad and challenging issues for Infrastructure Operations? If so, you could be the Engineering Program and Project Lead we seek to lead our division’s construction and project portfolio in strategy, mentoring, and guiding construction management and project management activities. In this position, we need your energy, enthusiasm, and knowledge of construction and project management, skills, trends, engineering tools and approaches. We are looking for a strong leader that excels in interpersonal skills with the ability to change culture and gain consensus with innovative thinking.

This Senior Administrator role is in the Division Chief of Staff Team and reports directly to the Division 4000 Chief of Staff. The Division Chief of Staff Team advances D4K's mission by objectively assessing performance, integrating programs, driving solutions, and promoting a collaborative and efficient division focused on excellence and continuous improvement .

This role is designed to administer and lead D4Ks project and construction portfolio that includes strategic construction projects with high impact, working with ambiguous and complex structures; as well as leaders, and partners within Infrastructure Operations to plan, prioritize, and coordinate Facilities project portfolio. This role will also advise senior and executive leadership on improvement activities and return on investment assessments.

This project portfolio has significant oversight for its performance adhering to schedule, scope, and budget. The Senior Administrator is responsible for leading D4K to successful execution and tracking of this breadth of work and for orchestrating good communications with oversight parties at the local Sandia Field Office as well as DOE HQ. Developing innovative solutions to reduce burden and improve transparency is a key deliverable in this role. Reporting functions and data and metrics, while not created by the Senior Administrator, will need to be tracked and known well by this Senior Administrator to make data driven decisions and strategic actions.

This role is also a strategic liaison between the Sandia Facilities teams and the division office. As part of this role, you will be expected to work with all levels of management and members of the workforce to achieve goals and improve collaboration. You will capture partner needs, develop requirements, and work in strong partnership with all necessary parties to drive projects to completion and improve lab processes and procedures. You will implement best practices that improve our return on construction investment.

The qualified individual will be expected to lead and manage the D4K portfolio of projects and construction and is expected to have high impact and collaboration for the success of the laboratory mission.

On any given day, you may be called upon to:

• Plan and direct engineering and technical project portfolio for internal and external partners, coordinating as required with work performed in other internal and external organizations.
• Define system and subsystem requirements, project scope, schedules, cost estimates, and work that support mission objectives relating to the portfolio of work.
• Negotiate work with external customers and partners, build and lead teams, and organize resources to implement scope.
• Apply standard principles and advanced Project Management techniques.
• Provide technical or engineering support to one or more aspects of the program or project.
• Provide leadership and planning for execution of projects and apply engineering or other technical knowledge to achieve project objectives and work.
• Find opportunities to automate processes with data systems that create efficient workflow and service delivery.
• Review and validate project requirements with customers.
• Lead status meetings to review and report project progress and health.
• Lead development of a Facilities construction and project management process improvements.
• Ensure project alignment to strategic objectives.
• Follow established project management, governance, and enabling processes.
• Gather, document, and validate system requirements including project scope, cost, schedule, and quality.
• Prioritize and run the project portfolio for D4K while simultaneously coordinating with corporate entities to provide solutions to issues in a timely manner.
• Communicate significant program portfolio initiatives and accomplishments.
• Conduct data analysis of given modeling, and visualization.
• Ensure data is aligned to performance assurance, risk management, and strategic objectives.
• Use information systems engineering judgment to recommend and support data-driven decision-making for executive customers.

The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Salary Range:

$175,100 - $297,800

*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.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or Construction Management, plus 15 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, or Construction Management, plus 11 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• NM Professional Engineering (PE) license
• Project Management Certification (PMP).
• Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt.
• Familiar with Sandia Performance Assurance and Risk Management.
• Ability to lead, coordinate, and prioritize work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Possess knowledge and experience in multiple, current information systems relevant to facilities operations (e.g., Maximo, TRIRIGA, EIMS/FileNet, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Newforma).
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills with demonstrated experience at the executive level.
• Familiar with Sandia corporate information tools, and how the tools may be demonstrated to contribute to business operations.

About Our Team:

The Division Chief of Staff Team advances D4K's mission by objectively assessing performance, integrating programs, driving solutions, and promoting a collaborative and efficient division focused on excellence and continuous improvement .

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.

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.

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.

Job ID: 694591

Job Family: EN

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.