RDPS Principal Civil Engineer

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 Requirements Development and Planning Services (RDPS) group is part of Project Planning Delivery (PPD) and supports requirements definition for project planning of high rigor and line item projects. We are looking to hire a Principal Civil Engineer.

RDPS develops and documents the functional and operational requirements for the project. This includes identifying project and/or infrastructure needs, developing solutions and options, ensuring compliance, collaborating with technical and management stakeholders, and leveraging technology and innovation. RD&PS also provides numerous a la carte services to projects including: pre-conceptual and conceptual sketches and design, program/project system breakdown, high level project timeline and schedule development, site plans/layouts, floor plans, diagrammatic plans, perspective views (3-D), full rendered views (3-D), and other custom sketches, models, and/or renderings for project plans, reports, and presentations. 

Key Responsibilities

• Devise solutions to complex technical problems of broad scope that may requires resolving conflicting customer expectations and design requirements, utilizing unconventional technology and materials, and/or cross-disciplinary integration.
• Contribute to strategies and reports.
• Serve as an internal subject matter expert in their discipline.
• Develop technical documentation based on general direction and technical guidance on complex issues and projects of a broad scope.
• Perform design and technical activities that require interpretation and correlation of codes and standards, complex computer software, and unique processes and procedures tailored for the work being executed.
• Contribute to development of engineering solutions employing new principles, concepts, and/or techniques.
• Serve as lead on teams requiring coordination with other teams.
• Coordinate work with other project team members.
• Execute work in a disciplined manner to demonstrate compliance with laws, codes, orders, and MSTS policies and procedures.
• Accept individual accountability for products and deliverables.
• Development of Functional Requirements Documents, Functional and Operational Requirements Documents, and Technical Requirements Documents for infrastructure (civil, electrical, mining, utility) projects.
• Development of pre-design/conceptual sketches, program / Project system breakdown, high-level initial project timelines and schedules, site plans/layouts and floor plans (with focused sections), diagrammatic plans (2-D).
• Legend views (2-D), perspective views (3-D), full rendered view (with motion/fly over) (3-D), and custom sketches, models, or renderings.
• Interface with project managers, customers, and stakeholders in the development of technical and operational requirements.
• Perform options and solutions analysis.
• Support project viability, discovery, and planning efforts of project managers in relation to the above.
• Support PPD management special assignments as requested.
• Interpret and adapt guidelines for specific cases.
• Evaluate processes, procedures to improve performance.
• Serves as a consultant to less experienced engineers and trains other engineers.

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) required for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering degrees
  • Or, Calculus-base