Superintendent - Materials Engineering Division

Company Description

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability. 

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Division Superintendent in the Materials Engineering Division (MED). The Division Superintendent will oversee approximately 50 technical employees and 4 supervisors across various sections within MED and will serve as the Division Safety and Security Officer (MED-SSO). In this role, you will be part of the MED leadership team and will focus on the management and utilization of technical employees supporting the research and programmatic activities of the Division. Under general guidance, you will act as an interface between science and engineering leadership and the technical workforce, while ensuring a safe and secure work environment. Within your area of influence, you will be responsible for ensuring that all safety, security, personnel, and quality policies and practices are followed in Division activities involving the technical staff. You will oversee the management and leadership of a large and diverse workforce consisting primarily of mechanical technologists, including engineering associates, as well as personnel with electronics expertise, chemical expertise, and coordination responsibilities who support multiple programs. This position will report to the MED Division Leader (DL) on personnel, safety, and security issues and will work closely with the Associate Division Leaders (ADLs) on staffing strategies, capability investments, and programmatic issues.  This position is within the Materials Engineering Division (MED) within the Engineering directorate.

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

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will 

• Provide advanced technical leadership and supervision to, and collaborate with, a multidisciplinary team of employees, including supervisors, on personnel actions such as hiring, performance appraisals, alignment, salary administration, promotions, and corrective actions, while working with other division superintendents and ADLs to ensure that technical staffing is consistent with Division and program needs.
• Maintain close working relationships with ADLs to ensure the timely staffing of key positions for project execution, assess programmatic needs, and identify, communicate, justify, and request required program support resources.
• Perform the duties of the MED-SSO, including representing MED to the PAD Assurance Office and leading Division efforts on safety-related issues, Work Planning and Control, and implementing security directives.
• Hold regular meetings with technician supervisors to discuss work practices, feedback, applicable hazards, controls, and improvements.
• Participate in, recommend, implement, and execute policy development processes, and provide overall management of the technical workforce in support of the PAD Chief Technologist.
• Participate in workforce development, including building and maintaining relationships with colleges and technical schools, as well as recruiting, mentoring, and supporting the career development of technical staff.
• Review and approve employee training qualifications as a second-line supervisor/approver.
• Exercise significant independent judgment, discretion, and initiative in pursuit of highly complex Division, Section, and programmatic technical and administrative missions.
• Ensure adherence to the Laboratory's ES&H regulations, security requirements, business practices, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the TSL.5 level

• Utilize expert-level knowledge and a high level of professional competence to analyze and interpret highly complex administrative and technical information and project objectives, develop requirements and concepts, and implement creative solutions to solve complex problems.
• Interact frequently and closely with LLNL program managers, project engineers and scientists, and other technical contacts and stakeholders both outside the work unit and external to