Project Engineer/Associate Program Director/Associate Division Leader for W87-1 Modernization Program - Active Clearance Required

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 dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and diverse perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$325,560 - $414,984 Annually for the TSM.2 Level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for a W87-1 Modernization Program Project Engineer, Associate Program Director, and Associate Division Leader.  As Project Engineer, this position is responsible for providing leadership to the engineering elements of the W87-1 Modernization Program as well as ensuring broad integration across the W87-1 project.  As Associate Program Director (APD) of the W87-1 within the Weapon Technologies and Engineering (WTE) program, an element within the Strategic Deterrence (SD) Directorate, this position will ensure the integration of the W87-1 program across the WTE portfolio.  Additionally, this position involves being a member of the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED) senior management team in an Associate Division Leader (ADL) role focusing on administrative management responsibilities of DTED’s W87-1 section. This position is administratively in DTED within the Engineering Directorate.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one day per week.

You will:

• Provide management oversight, technical direction, and leadership for all W87-1 engineering program elements including coordination with the Materials and Manufacturing Capabilities APD and direct support to the W87-1 Program Management Office.
• Implement and direct engineering project management approaches for effective accomplishment of the programmatic and institutional objectives, participating as a member of the WTE and DTED senior management team in the planning, implementation, and execution of short-term and strategic goals, initiatives, and project deliverables, and ensuring compliance with NNSA enhanced management requirements and alignment in communications to staff.
• Provide direction in the overall conduct and coordination of personnel management activities, including but not limited to performance review and alignment, salary management, recruiting, hiring, promotions, transfers, training, career development, succession planning, recognition, and personnel issues that arise.
• Participate as a member of the WTE senior management team in formulating and preparing  W87-1 program budgets, including managing the W87-1 engineering budgets from NA-125 (and other sources) and ensuring L2 milestones are monitored, tracked, and successfully completed.
• Serve Strategic Deterrence and Engineering leadership and teams with expert and timely technical and management advice on all W87-1 matters, integrating W87-1 APD/ADL activities with other activities.
• Communicate and represent LLNL positions across the Laboratory and the National Security Enterprise (NSE) sites, maintaining regular and constructive communications with W87-1 NSE and Air Force partners, and supporting the obligation to anticipate and meet technical and programmatic needs of program customers.
• Provide leadership and direction to ensure safe and efficient execution in all W87-1 engineering activities.
• Develop staffing requirement plans for the W87-1 engineering program elements, supporting recruitment of new talent and strategic investment in program personnel to foster an agile, motivated, well-trained, and sustainable workforce.
•  Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 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 the time of hire.
•  Bachelor’s degree in engineering, materials science, or related technical field or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Expert level knowledge of, and signi