Low Rigor Project 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 Low Rigor Project Manager II will report to the Manager of Low Rigor Projects within the Infrastructure Project Planning & Delivery Directorate and provide program and project management support across various construction projects and programs across the campus.

Key Responsibilities

• Under general supervision of a senior level project manager in support of various self-performed and sub-contracted construction projects assigned by the management team.
• Support Project and Program Management of Direct Operations, Maintenance, and Capabilities-Enhancing scope.
• Manage low rigor projects (<$5 TPC) of low complexity. Responsible for all aspects of the project over the entire lifecycle (initiation, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closeout).
• Perform annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly program and project reviews and status reporting, as required.
• Integrate with partner and interfacing directorates/programs/projects to ensure a collaborative and comprehensive approach to asset management and program execution.
• Support development and implementation of long-term strategic plans that are integrated with mission requirements in support of future execution.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Infrastructure Programs Project and Program Managers, Facility/Asset Management, execution organization personnel, and other key stakeholders, for the definition, prioritization, and planning of future NNSS infrastructure investment projects.
• Support MSTS Project Delivery Initiative and Resources Demand Analysis deliverables.
• Develop and implement strategies to identify, manage and mitigate risk.
• Host project meetings with integrated project team and with managers.
• Develop project plans that identify resource and budgetary needs.
• Provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to team members.
• Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness.
• Coordinate with vendors and suppliers as necessary.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent training and experience and 2 years' related professional experience.
• The following are considered Bachelor Degree related fields:
  • Project Management
  • Construction Management
  • Business Management
  • Engineering
  • Others on a case basis
• Previous project management experience and responsibilities should include:
  • Managing or supervising projects (<$5M TPC) and project teams (<10 people) through representative project lifecycle phases.
  • Maintaining satisfaction of stakeholders with differing needs and expectations.
  • Identifying and complying with project requirements in development of products and deliverables supporting the project team in successfully achieving project scope, schedule, and cost objectives.
  • Previous demonstrated successful program and project management experience defining, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and successfully completing discrete elements of scope in compliance with defined schedule, costs, risk, and quality constraints.
• Successfully demonstrate one or more of the following:
  • Field work in the construction/maintenance trades
  • Related military experience – technical, civil or field construction experience
  • 2 years as a project manager in a construction related capacity
• Possess excellent oral and written communication ski