Project Manager, W87-1 Chief Scheduler (Mid-Career/Experienced) - Onsite/Telecommute, Albuquerque, NM or Livermore, CA

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*

The W87-1 Program is seeking a qualified, self-motivated Project Manager who enjoys working in a fast-paced, high-rigor environment, to become the Chief Program Scheduler.

The Chief Program Scheduler’s responsibilities include:

• Coordination of schedule development, oversee resource loading, and lead schedule integration
• Assist Earned Value (EV) Lead on developing reporting requirements in respect to Primavera P6 schedules
• Assist the Change Control Lead on evaluating the impacts of change requests to program schedule and critical path
• Coordination with NNSA/external program schedule requirements
• Primavera P6 administration, users and privileges
• Lead a team of schedule coaches to ensure schedule quality and milestone alignment for the program
• The individual will interact routinely with personnel across multiple SNL organizations, as well as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), production agencies throughout the NNSA nuclear security enterprise, and Department of Defense organizations.
• Provide leadership to ensure the success of an experienced cross-disciplinary team
• Bridge the communication between the technical team and the customer/systems group
• Serve as the primary point of contact with customers, production agencies, and line management
• Coordinate with other organizations to negotiate requirements and deliverables

Other responsibilities include:

• Working with representatives from the systems organizations, component/subcomponent organizations, quality assurance, program management, and the production facility
• Working with the technical team, customers, and quality organizations to ensure the critical path of the program is kept on track
• Ensuring timely and effective communication among team members, with management, and with the system organization

• Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite at least 50% of the time.
• This position can be located in either Albuquerque, NM or Livermore, CA.
• This position requires the ability to travel as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Business or degree relevant to project management accountabilities, plus 5 years of demonstrated experience in Project Management; or Master's degree in relevant discipline, plus 1 year of demonstrated experience in Project Management; or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Previous job experience involving challenging engineering designs, complex engineering systems integration activities, or the oversight of multi-agency technical programs
• Familiarity with a major scheduling tool (Primavera P6 preferred)
• Proficiency in tools and applications commonly employed in project management activities
• Active DOE Q-level security clearance or DOD equivalent, with the ability to obtain and maintain Sigma 15

• Knowledge of ND complex and product realization process; experience working on ND programs at the system and/ or component level
• Knowledge of project management principles and experience operating in an Earned Value Management environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated teaming skills, including the ability to work effectively with other organizations, project sponsors and customers, and suppliers
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to develop and articulate a strategic plan and implement that plan across a cross-functional team
• Experience training and mentoring new team members
• Previous experience as a project lead/project manager
• Experience working with design and production agencies
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and interface with science and engineering technical management and staff

The W87-1 Project Management team is responsible for providing Project Management expertise to the W87-1 Modification Program system team at Sandia National Laboratories. The Nuclear Deterrence 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. This team partners with the System Engineering team and provides knowledge of PM methodologies and tools to enable the technical line organizations to perform, oversee, and execute the scope for the W87-1.

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.

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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.

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.

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