Low Rigor Senior Project Manager

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.

The Project Planning and Delivery (PPD) Director is looking to hire a Senior Project Manager.  

The Senior Project Manager will report to the Low Rigor Project Management Manager within the Infrastructure – PPD Directorate and provide program and project management support across various projects and programs. 

 Key Responsibilities

• Support Project and Program Management of Operations, Maintenance, and Capabilities-Enhancing scope.
• Manage low rigor projects (<$5M TPC). Responsible for all aspects of the project over the entire lifecycle (initiation, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing), including management of the design and construction during the execution phase.
• Perform annual, quarterly, and monthly program and project reviews and status reporting.
• Integrate with partner and interfacing directorates/programs/projects to ensure a collaborative and comprehensive approach to asset management and program execution.
• Support development and implementation of long-term strategic plans that are integrated with mission requirements in support of future execution.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Infrastructure Programs Project and Program Managers, Facility/Asset Management, Project and Program Managers for other NNSS Programs, execution organization personnel, and other key stakeholders, for the definition, prioritization, and planning of future Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) infrastructure investment projects.
• Support MSTS Project Delivery Initiative and Resources Demand Analysis deliverables.
• Develop and implement strategies to identify, manage and mitigate risk.
• Host routine project meetings with integrated project team members.
• Develop project plans that identify resource and budgetary needs.
• Provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to team members.
• Manage deadlines and drive project execution, across support functional organizations, to ensure project performance according to baselines.
• Coordinate with vendors and suppliers as necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent training and experience and at least 5 years’ related professional experience.
  • The following are considered related fields for Bachelor's degree:
    • Project Management
    • Construction Management
    • Business Management
    • Engineering
    • Others on a case-by-case basis
  • The following is considered related professional experience, must have at least 5 years:
    • Construction or maintenance planner.
    • Construction or maintenance supervisor or superintendent.
    • Construction Subcontract Technical Representative (STR).
    • Military experience – Technical, civil or propulsion plant experience preferred - to be evaluated.
    • Active in a construction craft, with at least 5 years at the foreman or above level.
• Previous project management experience and responsibilities should include:
  • Managing small projects (<$5M TPC) and project teams (<10 people) through representative project lifecycle phases.
  • Defining, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and successfully completing discrete elements of scope in compliance with defined schedule, costs, risk, and quality constraints.
  • Maintaining satisfaction of stakeholders with differing needs and expectations.
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