Environmental Functional Area Manager

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability. 

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

Job Description

We have an opening for an Environmental Functional Area Manager to lead the Environmental Functional Area (EFA) at LLNL.  In this role, you will provide day-to-day management and technical leadership of the functions, disciplines, and personnel within the EFA. Additionally, you will be counted on for strategic vision and technical oversight to meet the goals and objectives of EFA customers and stakeholders. You will be a key member of the Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H) Directorate senior management team and report to the ES&H Programs Department Manager, ensuring that the Environmental Programs at the Laboratory are effective, efficient, and with regulatory and contractual requirements while supporting execution of important Laboratory mission. This position is in the ES&H Directorate.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period. 

You will 

• Serve as an integral member of the ES&H management team, develop high-level organizational strategies and priorities, manage the investment of resources, and develop programs to sustain core competencies, evolve and enhance environmental compliance and monitoring capabilities, and attract and retain a diverse staff of environmental professionals.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to the EFA and a staff of 40+ employees, and ensure successful execution of its mission, programmatic interfaces, and technical performance
• Provide solutions to complex and/or sensitive issues, analyze and interpret highly complex information and regulatory requirements, determine applicability across a wide spectrum of environmental standards and regulations to provide technical guidance and support to Laboratory programs regarding environmental responsibilities and regulations.
• Engage internal and external customers, and stakeholders to ensure comprehensive integration and teaming to operate with shared fate and as a valued and trusted partner.
• Provide expert level understanding of environmental regulatory and contractual requirements to effectively liaison with the DOE Livermore Field Office (LFO) on regulatory interpretation and to resolve highly unusual, complex and/or sensitive technical issues.
• Advise Directorate and Laboratory senior management on broad issues of environmental regulatory compliance, collaborate with other organizations to gain concurrence/acceptance on complex issues affecting all areas of the Laboratory.
• Oversee the LLNL Environmental Management System (EMS), monitoring, risk assessment, and analysis for Laboratory operations to ensure and verify environmental compliance, crucial for the success of the organization and image of the Laboratory; ensure the Laboratory EMS is consistent with the ISO 14001 standard.
• Develop and maintain meaningful, data driven performance measures for the EFA that inform Laboratory decision makers and accurately reflect the health of the EFA at the Laboratory.
• Oversee EFA performance management, salary management, and manage hiring and recruiting activities, including career development of employees and organizational succession management. Maintain a commitment to attract high-quality staff, and to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.
• Collaborate with and benchmark against other DOE sites to share practices and continuously improve.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, chemistry, biology, geology or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Extensive experience leading and managing within a diversified organization, with proven ability to proactively maintain a strong environmental protection culture in the workplace.
• Expert knowledge of environmental laws, regulations, and standard industry practices.
• Proven ability to anticipate problems in work assignment areas, review associated risks, identify appropriate solutions, determine functional area n