IWC Maintenance & R&D Planning Manager I

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 Integrated Work Control Division is seeking to hire a Manager I to lead the Maintenance & R&D Work Planning group at the NNSS. This position will take the lead in standardizing, streamlining, and improving implementation of the Integrated Work Control Process (IWCP) within maintenance & R&D.  

Key Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Integrated Work Control Manager, the Maintenance & R&D Planning Manager shall lead and manage strategic and detailed maintenance planning for nuclear and non-nuclear facilities, including Mercury, North Las Vegas, RSL Nellis, and Forward Area nuclear and high-hazard facilities.

• Provide strategic leadership, aligning teams with Division-level goals and focus areas, and translating high-level objectives into actionable goals.

• Monitor established KPIs and performance metrics, analyze trends and variances, and implement timely corrective actions to address gaps and performance issues.

• Provide regular performance reporting and updates to IWC Division Management.

• Responsible for the overall implementation of the IWCP within maintenance and R&D.

• Provide fiscal oversight of the departmental budget, proactively monitoring planned versus actuals, analyzing variances, and implementing corrective measures.

• Conduct regular team meetings to review metrics, foster collaboration, and address challenges.

• Serve as the subject matter expert for IWCP, acting as a resource for senior stakeholders, and possessing comprehensive knowledge of divisional and departmental processes, operations, and assigned projects.

• Ensure customers and stakeholders receive exceptional support by cultivating strong relationships and representing the division in a positive and supportive manner.

• Responsible for ensuring planning support to the “T-Week” scheduling process, managing and monitoring work planning deliverables to ensure alignment with “T-Week” schedule need dates, proactively identifying risks to readiness, and providing timely status updates to stakeholders.

• Responsible for tracking, statusing, communicating, and managing priorities effectively.

• Improve work planning effectiveness and the quality of activity-level work documents for the maintenance and R&D department.

• Ensure proper flow-down of integrated work control process requirements to stakeholders.

• Provide oversight and direction to maintenance planning supervisors and planners.

• Provide management intervention and engagement to planning supervisors for issues or roadblocks impacting the effectiveness of the organization.

• Maintain a staff of maintenance planners by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.

• Ensure team members obtain, maintain, and remain current in all assigned qualifications and training.

• Actively cultivate a culture where team members feel empowered to ask questions, raise issues, propose solutions, and engage in constructive dialogue.

• Accomplish staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; and developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.

• Participate in Integrated Work Control process improvement initi