NEST Joint Technical Operation Team Lead

Company Description

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Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is essential to innovation and creativity for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Joint Technical Operations Team (JTOT) Leader within the broader Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) to provide full-time support to LLNL’s nuclear emergency preparedness and response activities within the Global Security (GS) Principal Directorate. You will be part of a team that manages LLNL’s support to NNSA’s nuclear emergency preparedness and response capabilities; the team includes the Accident Response Group (ARG), the Joint Technical Operations Team (JTOT), Stabilization (STAB), the Disposition and Forensics Evidence Analysis Team (DFEAT), the Radiological Assistance Program (RAP), DOE Forensics Operations (DFO), Consequence Management Response Team (CMRT) and the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC). This position reports programmatically to the Render Safe Operations (RSO) Associate Program Leader and administratively to the payroll supervisor of the hiring organization.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

In this role, you will

• Provide technical and operational leadership, management, and planning for the >$8M budget, interact with stakeholder community, including NNSA, DOD, FBI, National Laboratory partners, and international partners as directed by NNSA.
• Provide technical guidance and project leadership for JTOT Strategic Partnership Program and teams with a focus on defining, developing, and executing complex physic, electrical, and radiography experiments, which involve hardware design, fabrication, assembly, testing, qualification, and fielding.
• Serve as primary technical and operational contact, representing LLNL’s JTOT in its interactions with the NEST management team and foster cross-program interactions and expansions.
• Responsible for ensuring that LLNL’s JTOT is technically and organizationally prepared to respond to national needs while integrating the appropriate skills and functions within an operationally relevant timescale and while meet stringent security requirements.
• Administer activities for staffing of JTOT response positions, attract, retain, recruit, and select staff with technical expertise.
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate elements of communication, project management, risk management, and technical rigor are applied to ensure accountability and quality of products delivered by JTOT Strategic Partnership Projects (SPP).
• Develop new program growth opportunities through interactions with current and potential sponsors and the development of research proposals.
• General management and personal commitment to the goals of Integrated Safety Management, Integrated Safeguards and Security Management, compliance with all ES&H regulations, diversity and inclusion, and equal opportunity business practices.
• Serve as a nationally recognized expert with significant knowledge of the technical and scientific expertise relevant to nuclear emergency preparedness and response and on external scientific or technical committees, representing the Laboratory.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional Job Responsibilities at the SES.5 Level

• Management of a JTOT skillset including meeting the necessary training, mentorship, and Federal qualification requirements.
• Established leadership of national level response by being a Federal Technical Home Team Leader at LLNL or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Master’s Degree in Science, Engineering, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Direct experience with NNSA nuclear emergency preparedness and response capabilities. Relevant technical experience supporting nuclear emergency preparedness and response.
• Substantial programmatic experience in R&D and/or operational support relevant to NNSA response capabilities. Successful track record growing programs through sponsor engagement.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a qualified JTOT responder Personnel Qualifications Standards (PQS) certification in one of the scientific, engineering or leadership skillsets. Training may take up to one-year and responders must meet response timeline criteria.
• Substantial experience developing creative solutions to highly complex problems and a demonstrated ability to deliver a high quality, polished product in a timely manner.
• Expert communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills necessary to present, explain, and advise and influence senior management and/or external sponsors.
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively in an interdisciplinary team of scientists, as well as independently.
• Expert knowledge and substantial experience as a project manager or principal investigator of projects with competing priorities, loosely defined deliverables, and high visibility. Experience planning and tracking budgets including knowledge of financial systems.

Additional Qualifications at the SES.5 Level

• Established nationally recognized response expertise with Federal leadership, partners and NNSA laboratories at deployed locations for JTOT and/or JTOT related activity.
• Expert communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills necessary to effectively present, explain, influence, and advise senior management and/or external sponsors, including policy makers, external customers/sponsors, and a broader community of experts.

Qualifications We Desire

• Ph.D. in science, engineering, physics or equivalent experience in NNSA weapons program and/or relevant to the JTOT mission which includes weapons science and engineering, nuclear diagnostics, arming and firing, radiography, health physics, and/or weapons effects.
• Knowledge of LLNL financial systems and work control processes at LLNL.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in identifying mission essential tasks and developing training content designed to maintain proficiency in essential areas.

Additional Information

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

• Included in 2021 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
• Work for a premier innovative national Laboratory
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
• Collaborative, creative, inclusive, and fun team environment

Learn more about our company, selection process, position types and security clearances by visiting our Career site.

COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

LLNL demonstrates its commitment to public safety by requiring that all new Laboratory employees be immunized against COVID-19 unless granted an accommodation under applicable state or federal law. This requirement will apply to all new hires including those who will be working on site, as well as those who will be teleworking.

Security Clearance

LLNL is a Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Laboratory. Some positions will require a DOE L or Q clearance (please reference Security Clearance requirement above). If you are selected and a clearance is required, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. In addition, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. An L or Q clearance requires U.S. citizenship. For additional information please see DOE Order 472.2.

Equal Employment Opportunity

LLNL is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer that values and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via our online form.

California Privacy Notice

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees, and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information LLNL collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed here.

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position. Lab employees and external candidates may be considered for this position.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

• Included in 2022 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
• Work for a premier innovative national Laboratory
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
• Collaborative, creative, inclusive, and fun team environment

Learn more about our company, selection process, position types and security clearances by visiting our Career site.

COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

LLNL demonstrates its commitment to public safety by requiring that all new Laboratory employees be immunized against COVID-19 unless granted an accommodation under applicable state or federal law. This requirement will apply to all new hires including those who will be working on site, as well as those who will be teleworking.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire. For additional information, please see DOE Order 472.2.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position will be required to pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

Equal Employment Opportunity

LLNL is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer that values and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via our online form.

California Privacy Notice

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees, and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information LLNL collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed here.