Senior Project Manager - Construction Planning

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 Senior Project Manager will report to the Construction Program Manager within the Enterprise Infrastructure Programs (EIP) Directorate and provide program and project management support. This position will have key responsibilities managing Construction Planning Funds (<$10M) for projects from Discovery through Development, Construction Program G2 administrator, and Construction Program funding and financial support. Activities such as supporting presentation development, tracking performance of Construction and Planning Projects, update construction program metrics, and oversee planning deliverables.  

Key Responsibilities

Construction Planning Project Management duties:

• Under general supervision of a Program Manager, manages small projects (<$10M). Responsible for all aspects of the project over the entire lifecycle 
  (initiation, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing).

• Participate in all aspects of the project(s) over the planning lifecycle as identified in the CAPP Process: Idea, Discovery, Planning, and Development for Construction Program Projects, using MSTS project management processes, techniques, and tools.

• Maintain baseline and completes monthly status, forecast, and variance analysis in accordance with MSTS project management processes.

• Manage cost and schedule development, coordinating with Work Package Managers (Planning Leads and Execution Project Managers) and Project Controls Specialist.

• Collaborate with Project Planning & Execution Divisions, Project Controls, and other stakeholders to maintain discovery, planning and development schedule and resource templates. 

• Brief management and stakeholders on planning progress, costing, schedule, raise issues as 3rd party, and helps coordinate solutions. 

• Complete annual task planning for Construction Planning Projects, establish annual baseline, generate carryover projection, identify resource needs, complete task plan write-up.

• Complete annual programming for Construction Planning projects including annual programming analysis, projections, and write-up for programming submittal. 

• Apply project management best practices and processes through an Integrated Project Team approach for such items as project planning, work authorization, monitoring project performance, and controlling the project baseline.

Construction Program G2 Administrator duties:

• Act as the primary G2 administrator for the Construction Programs; coordinating with NNSA G2 Points of Contact, G2 Lead, EIP Divisions, and other MSTS Divisions as needed.

• Monitor and communicate key G2 deliverables and due dates to Program and Project teams.

• Update monthly performance data, including costs, commitments, forecast, and milestones into G2 system, ensuring accuracy of data.

• Establish/update lifecycle milestones and spend plans in G2 system