Manager II – PULSE Facility Engineering 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.

Facility & Testbed Engineering (F&TE) provides technical support to the nuclear and high hazard facilities using qualified cognizant system engineers to reliability and operability of their assigned systems that support the Stockpile Experimentation and Operations (SEO) directorate mission. 

MSTS is seeking a Facility Engineering Manager for the Principal Underground Laboratory of Subcritical Experiments (PULSE). The subject manager will report to the F&TE Director and assist the PULSE Facility Manager.  The PULSE Facility Engineering Manager will provide management and leadership to the Facility Engineering teams supporting PULSE Facility operations and infrastructure projects. 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the PULSE Facility engineering team in support of Facility Operations.  This includes directing two Deputy Managers and their assigned reports.
• Manage engineering functions that directly support overall operation of the PULSE Facility on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure the PULSE facility is operated in a fully compliant manner per the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office (NNSA/NFO)-approved Documented Safety Analysis and Technical Safety Requirements.
• Provide leadership and management of MSTS programmatic and physical efforts for operating and maintaining the PULSE facility as a functional, cost-effective nuclear facility.
• Provide engineering support to ensure a safe location for National Weapons Laboratories’ program experiments. These efforts include routine operation of the equipment and systems associated with the facility; inspections and surveillance; preventive and corrective maintenance of the facility’s systems, components, structures, and equipment.
• Establishes strategic goals for the facility operations, evaluating trends and outcomes. 
• Accomplish financial objectives by prioritizing facility modifications and enhancements.  Overseeing implementation and deconflicting with construction projects and experiments. 
• Prepares an annual facility engineering budget, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions. 
• Maintain a skilled and trained staff that are well versed in the processes and procedures required to safely conduct work and experiments involving special nuclear material.
• Provide continuous transparent and open interface with MSTS Senior Management and DOE National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office personnel.  Ensuring all are apprised of activities, operations, and issues within the PULSE facility.
• Provide oversight and direction to subordinate managers and personnel to maintain; quality assurance, project documentation, training, work processes, performance documents, document compliance, records, and work planning for PULSE Facility operation and maintenance.
• Provide leadership with the implementation of Conduct of Operations and Integrated Safety Management.
• Lead safety and security implementation by continuously setting the example and enforcing compliance with all applicable requirements; emphasize the safety of each employee and the protection of equipment and property. Take immediate action to correct reported or observed unacceptable safety and health conditions and behaviors. 
• Ensure appropriate procedures, training, equipment, warnings, and tools are provided to allow employees to work safely. Support and encourage employee participation in MSTS safety and security in