Job Description
Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.
- MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
- MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.
Responsibilities
The Engineering Directorate is seeking a talented and dedicated Manager II for Field Engineering. This role will report directly to the Engineering Integration Division Manager and interface with Design Engineering Management, Project Engineering Management, Construction, and Facility Management. This role will be responsible for identification of the training necessary for the Field Engineering staff. The Manager will lead a diverse group of Field Engineers through the management and execution of work processes, ensuring the operational needs for facilities and projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide Day-to-Day management, leadership, and prioritization to the Field Engineering Department; assuring the applicable Engineering Procedures, Policies, and Practices are utilized in support of Field Engineering activities.
- Maintain Field Engineering manpower by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
- Interface directly with Construction and Project Management to determine resource allocation for projects.
- Maintain departmental capabilities for site wide support of lift plans.
- Ensure construction discipline engineers are meeting technical and quality standards as required by each project.
- Responsible for identifying and scheduling necessary training for staff to perform Field Engineering responsibilities.
- Responsible for managing a staff of 15 direct employees or more as well as staff augmentation resources to meet customer demand.
- Responsible for continually evaluating resource availability and reacting to customer demand by hiring employees and/or utilizing staff augmentation resources.
- Responsible for conducting annual performance evaluations, mid-year reviews, employee mentoring, coaching, and personnel development and growth.
- Responsible for interfacing with multiple Program Managers, Project Managers, Facility Engineering, and Construction Management.
- Responsible for providing status and tracking project performance against established goals and metrics.
- Duties include conducting Management Assessments, attending monthly project status meetings, developing and maintaining metrics, and other duties as assigned.
- Responsible for working with Project Controls to maintain resource-loaded P6 schedules to support current and new incoming projects.
- Establish and manage the construction document control center and oversee the change control process.
- Function as the department technical Interface with internal and external organization for field engineering performance, including safety and quality.
- Provide technical guidance to Field Procurement and technical support to the General Superintendents.
- Oversee performance for all design documents and deliverables from a construction perspective.
- Perform periodic reviews and rewrites of departmental processes and procedures to the latest company directives, national codes, and NNSA orders.
- Stand in as Construction manager as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 14 years of related and progressively responsible experience.
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering program or Professional Engineer license highly preferred.
- Must be eligible to obtain a DOE/NNSA Q Clearance.
- Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge; graduate research experience may be recognized.
- Prior Department of Energy complex work experience preferred but not required.
- Management experience required.
- Proven ability to work effectively as a leader to ensure task and project success.
- Professional Engineer (PE) License preferred but not required
- Field Engineering experience is highly desired.
- Past Project Engineering experience preferred.
- Past CAM experience preferred.
- Earned Valued Management experience preferred but not required.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred but not required
- Proven ability to work effectively as a team member and leader to ensure task and project success.
- The primary work location will be at the Nevada National Security Site (located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada).
- Work schedule for this position will be 4/10’s, Monday – Thursday (subject to change).
- Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
- Must possess US Citizenship and a valid driver's license.
MSTS 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 offered employment with MSTS are also 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. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2 , “Personnel Security”. 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.
Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR Part 707.4 , “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted. Applicant selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation, required to participate in subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference 10 CFR Part 709 , “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.”
MSTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.
Annual salary range for this position is: $151,881.60-$243,006.40.
Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.
