Deputy Principal Associate Director for Projects

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$390,690- $497,988 Annually

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has an opening for the Operations and Business (O&B) Deputy Principal Associate Director (DPAD) for Projects. This position reports directly to the Principal Associate Director (PAD) for O&B and leads the Project Management Office (PMO), which consists of functional areas required to execute the capital project portfolio of work, including construction and demolition. The DPAD is accountable for fully effective, safe, secure, compliant execution of projects consistent with scope, cost and schedule requirements. The current project portfolio consists of over 200 projects with a Total Project Cost (TPC) value of over $1B with an annual spend rate of approximately $200M. Within the portfolio are Line Item projects, nearly 60 large minor construction projects that range between $2M and $20M in TPC, and a significant volume of small projects that range between $500K and $2M. The DPAD leads a staff of 130 project managers, engineers, architects, construction managers, project controls specialists, and a variety of support functions, as well as 15-20 general contractors and more than 300 subcontractor skilled crafts.

The DPAD collaborates with the LLNS Senior Management Team, Laboratory Infrastructure (LI), Science Technology & Engineering (ST&E) disciplines, and the LLNS Board of Governors’ Committees on the vision, strategy, and implementation of successful project execution. It serves as a point of contact for the DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Livermore Field Office (LFO) and the NNSA National Security Enterprise relative to LLNL real property-based infrastructure delivery, representing the Laboratory’s construction and project management.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

You will 

• Serve as a member of the O&B senior leadership team and represent the O&B PAD across a variety of operational areas with a focus on project controls, project management, design management, construction management, and coordinate with procurement services for project design and execution. Develop and implement organizational and institutional objectives and goals.
• Partner with the Programs and Laboratory enabling organizations on integrated project planning and execution to maximize project value and impact.
• Provide expert technical leadership and management for the PMO organization. Promote and pursue excellence in construction functional disciplines. Ensure management systems for capital projects are efficient, effective, and assessed for continuous improvement.
• Provide innovative leadership to drive quality and excellence in project execution and construction management. Be accountable for staffing, operating budgets, expenditures for PMO’s project and construction management functions. Foster efficient and engaged teamwork with a focus on timely and transparent communication, safety, security, inclusion, talent development and compliance.
• Lead performance management and career development, including performance reviews, rating, and salary management.
• Provide project management oversight for project planning, scoping, estimating, risk identification and mitigation, construction safety, transition to operations (commissioning and activation) and compliance with the Laboratory’s sustainability strategies and goals.
• Proactively build and sustain partnerships with the DOE/NNSA Livermore Field Office (LFO), other DOE/NNSA Labs, plants, and sites, and EFCOG. 
• Model and promote LLNL’s values and demonstrate integrity, respect, innovation, partnerships, collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability.
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