Asset Manager Diagnostic Equipment (Program 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.

NNSS is seeking an experienced Asset Manager (Program Manager I) to support lifecycle maintenance for a state of the art 125-meter linear induction accelerator that will be used to generate high-energy x-ray bursts to take radiographic images on subcritical experiments (SCEs).  This position will also support lifecycle maintenance of other cutting-edge machinery, such as the ZEUS dense plasma focus diagnostic.  This position is based in Nevada but may require some upfront travel to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) prior to the accelerator arriving in North Las Vegas for integration testing to ensure critical components are accurately tracked and managed in a Maximo based asset management system.  Final installation and operation of the accelerator will be nearly 1000 feet underground at the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experiments (PULSE) facility located at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development and implementation of a systems-based asset management framework for the NNSS in collaboration with our partner laboratories (LANL, LLNL, SNL) to ensure the long-term reliability and availability of critical diagnostic equipment for stockpile mission work.
• Oversee and integrate the efforts of cross-functional teams, including the Maximo team, engineering, operations, and maintenance, to ensure cohesive and consistent application of asset management strategies and tools across the NNSS and partner sites.
• Establish and govern the program-level asset management plans for all diagnostic equipment, ensuring alignment with organizational strategic objectives, budgetary constraints, and performance targets.
• Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of a comprehensive, integrated asset hierarchy within Maximo, ensuring robust data management and reporting capabilities that support program objectives and resource allocation across multiple diagnostics.  
• Synchronize operational and maintenance schedules to balance mission driven deadlines with preventative maintenance needs. 
• Direct and implement the program's reliability engineering initiatives, including comprehensive risk assessments, criticality analysis, FMEA, and the development of overarching maintenance strategies to mitigate operational risks and optimize asset performance across the entire diagnostic portfolio.
• Oversee materials management including the development of bills of material (BOM), critical spares analysis, and obsolescence management. 
• Collaborate with NNSS Work Control personnel to establish maintenance processes, schedule work, and develop work control documents. 
• Develop, implement, and continuously refine program-wide maintenance strategies (predictive, preventative, reactive, corrective) to achieve optimal balance between operational demands, cost-efficiency, and long-term asset health across all diagnostic platforms.
• Lead the strategic planning and execution required to achieve and extend the intended operational lifecycles of critical assets like Scorpius and ZEUS, ensuring sustained performance and mission readiness for 30+ years.
• Hold ultimate accountability for program compliance with regulatory requirements (including ISO 55001), overseeing all corrective action initiatives and driving continuous improvement methodologies across all asset management functions.