Project Planning & Delivery High Rigor Projects Manager II

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 PPD High Rigor Projects Manager will report to the Project Delivery Division Manager (PPDM) within the MSTS Project Planning & Delivery Directorate (PPDD).  

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the Project Portfolio Manager for all complex, non-line-item Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) construction projects; responsible for leadership of a project team tasked with delivering complex projects. 
• Direct and manage a team of project managers tasked with delivering projects during development, design, pre-construction, construction, and close-out phases of complex projects.
• Aid the Project Delivery team by coordinating the efforts of internal, consultant, and contract personnel, as needed; requires working knowledge of project management techniques, including development of project scope, budget, and schedule; ability to determine work priorities, standards, techniques, and appropriate guidelines.
• Support the achievement of organizational goals and objectives, embracing the company’s core values and expected behaviors with a commitment to operational excellence.
• Implement and coordinate efforts to find efficiencies, and control and reduce the cost of operations within the assigned Division and at the site. 
• Demonstrate environment, safety, health, and quality leadership and consistently enforce environment, safety, health, and quality policies and procedures across the assigned Project Delivery Division within the PPDD.
• Aid in the development, planning, and implementation of effective baselines, with consistent milestone identification, for successful project execution.
• Aid project managers in the change management process, reviewing project scope for alignment with proposed changes, ensuring effective communication with program counterparts; reviewing project artifacts.
• Coach project managers through implementation of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles during the execution of projects.
• Ensure projects are adequately prepared and progressed through the Construction Acceleration Planning Process (CAPP) Phase Gate process.
• Provide regular and periodic reporting of project status.
• Ensure that program requirements are met.
• Ensure Integrated Project Team (IPT) effectiveness for the high rigor projects under their purview.
• Drive a continuous improvement mentality and actively encourage the use of lean principles within areas of responsibility; champion the Project Planning & Delivery (PPD) lessons learned program and its application to the projects.
• Actively assist in defining competencies and skills required to develop and accomplish services.
• Anticipate risks and assure that those risks inherent in project delivery are identified, mitigated and/or controlled, and ultimately dispositioned.
• Promote and actively participate in integrated health and safety programs. Encourage and support employees’ participation in health and safety initiatives.
• Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintain a safe, secure, and legal work environment; develop personal growth opportunities and opportunities for staff development based on observed competencies and abilities of assigned staff.
• Accomplish staff goals and deliver results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; developing, coordinating, and enfor