What You Will Do

The Project Engineer working for the Plutonium Facilities Engineering (PFE) organization is one of the few technical personnel involved through the entire lifespan of a project. The Project Engineer is expected to meet with customers and users of Los Alamos National Lab’s Plutonium Facility (PF-4) to understand and develop Statements of Need, and Scope(s) of Work to resolve technical facility issues, enhance process or equipment/facility performance, and increase reliability of the Plutonium Facility. These technical issues may be modifications to the facility, replacement of major equipment, changes to facility layout, or installation of new equipment or processes. Once the Scope of Work is developed, approved, and understood by all project team members the Project Engineer then engages Design Engineers and System Engineers to develop the technical solution to the issue. The Project Engineer facilitates and champions the design development, design review, and design acceptance while working with internal and external subject matter experts. Once the design package is developed, and approved, the Project Engineer then engages with Work Execution and Construction Management to implement the design. During design implementation the Project Engineer manages change control to the approved design. Should any sort of deviation from the design be encountered during implementation the Project Engineer manages the engineering response to those deviations. During all steps and phases of the project the Project Engineer is expected to ensure the technical solutions continue to meet the technical need or the facility user(s), that the project is indeed solving the customer’s/user’s issue. At the completion of the project the Project Engineer is responsible for closeout activities, collecting all documentation, test report, designs, drawings, etc. generated during the lifespan of the project and compiling them in accordance with LANL’s Document Control mandates.
 
The Project Engineer may be expected to work on projects both inside and outside the nuclear facility footprint. Projects can vary from modifications to accredited nuclear safety systems, to renovations of office spaces, and everything in between. Regardless of project size, complexity, duration, or cost the Project Engineer is expected to be the primary champion and facilitator of all technical aspects of the project and is responsible for the delivery and maintenance of high-quality technical design documentation throughout the entire life of the project.
 
This position will work with internal (LANL) and external (subcontract) resources to execute projects. This position will have a direct impact on the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship and nuclear weapons modernization programs.   If this type of work is interesting to you, come join our team!

• Demonstrated experience managing technical teams and interfacing with other engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated understanding of technical scope development and entry-level understating of common engineering design document deliverables.
• Demonstrated understanding of design development and design review process (30%/60%/90%) with limited prior experience facilitating design reviews.
• Project Engineering Qualifications Test: All Project Engineers will be required to pass an Oral Qualifications Test within 12 months of their hiring date.
• Administrative Subcontract Technical Representative: All Project Engineers will be required to be qualified as an Administrative Subcontract Technical Representative (AdSTR) within 3 months of their hiring date.

• Basic knowledge of applicable codes and standards in common use at DOE and DOD facilities (ASME, NQA-1, IBC, IEBC, IEEE, NFPA, etc.).
• Basic knowledge of applicable LANL standards (Engineering Standards Manual (ESM), Conduct of Engineering, Conduct of Maintenance, Conduct of Operations, etc.).
• Awareness of common project schedule and cost tracking methodologies and programs (P6, MS Project, EVMS, etc.)
• Basic understanding of US government contracting or procurement methods/processes, specifically related to subcontract Architecture & Engineering agreements.

Where You Will Work

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.

HRP: This position is subject to the requirements of the DOE Human Reliability Program as specified in 10 Code of Federal Regulation, Part 712, §712.11. These requirements include on going drug and alcohol testing, as well as periodic medical and psychological evaluations.

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