About Sandia
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:
- Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
- Extraordinary co-workers
- Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
- Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
- Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
*These benefits vary by job classification.
What Your Job Will Be Like
We are seeking a manager to lead the Non-Reactor Nuclear Facilities department, a highly skilled group of staff and technologists with expertise in gamma irradiation, nuclear material processing and disposition, and radiation metrology. The department is responsible for multiple nuclear and radiological capabilities located in TAV, TAIV, and TAIII at Sandia National Laboratories. This manager is also responsible for our Integrated Work Management and Maintenance Management programs for all the nuclear facilities. In partnership with the rest of the Nuclear Facilities Group, this department plays a critical role in supporting national security through experiments related to stockpile stewardship and nuclear material processing disposition.
On any given day, the Manager will be asked to:
- Ensuring that customers' needs are satisfied safely and securely through managing and coordinating specific deliverables
- Establish priorities to manage workload
- Understand the capabilities of your organization and connect the work and expertise of your staff with partners and customers
- Coordinate and represent departmental work and capabilities across the laboratory.
- Build, maintain, and leverage trust-based relationships with critical partners across the laboratory
- Coordinate workforce recruitment, training, performance assessments, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations and operational standards as mandated by DOE Orders
- Maintain rigorous operational protocols, ensuring that Safety Basis documents are current and effectively implemented
- Navigate complex regulatory documents and standards, track performance metrics, and lead strategic planning efforts to optimize operational processes while balancing risk and safety principles
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite.
Salary Range
$163,700 - $278,000
*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.
Qualifications We Require
- A Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant STEM field plus 5 years relevant experience in the operations of nuclear facilities
- Experience with any of nuclear operations, radiological operations, nuclear material processing and disposition, and/or radiation metrology
- Experience with project management practices for technical work, including developing project plans, work breakdown structures, and work packages
- The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance
Qualifications We Desire
The ideal R&D Manager candidate at Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:
- Two or more years of demonstrated leadership experience
- A graduate degree in science or engineering (MS or PhD)
- Outstanding interpersonal skills in developing trusting relationships with peers, staff, management, customers and stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the development and delivery of presentations, proposals, reports and documentation
Also, for this posting, we are seeking individuals with the following:
- Experience managing nuclear operations, including the operation of hot cells and in the performance of radiological work
- Possess an understanding of nuclear safety culture.
- Experience managing nuclear material processing and disposition with contacts across the NSE
- Experience managing radiation metrology capabilities
- Knowledge of and experience with DOE nuclear facility safety bases including Documented Safety Analysis, Technical Safety Requirements, and Unreviewed Safety Questions
- Knowledge of and experience with Sandia nuclear facilities, polices, and processes
- Familiarity with RCRA Requirements
- Active Q clearance
About Our Team
Group 1380, Nuclear Facilities (Technical Area V), operates three unique nuclear facilities and conducts radiation effects research and analysis supporting the mission of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the nation's interest. The operation of the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR), the Sandia Pulsed Reactor-Critical Experiments (SPR-CX), the Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF) and the Auxiliary Hot Cell Facility (AHCF), as well as the Radiation Metrology Lab (RML) play a vital role in SNL's strategic mission.
The Non-Reactor Nuclear Facilities Departmen provides the operational management of the Auxiliary Hot Cell Facility (AHCF), the Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF), the Low Dose Rate Irradiation Facility (LDRIF), and the Radiation Metrology Laboratory (RML). GIF and LDRIF are used to provide experiment support to a wide variety of experimenters within and external to the Laboratories. AHCF is the key Category 3 nuclear facility for repackaging and disposition of waste and materials that require the rigor in operations of a nuclear facility, as well as the safety provided by the shielding and containment. RML develops and utilizes state of the art methods to characterize complex radiation environments in the nuclear and accelerator facilities. Another important aspect of this department is the implementation of the Integrated Work Management and the Maintenance Management programs for the Nuclear Facilities Group (1380).
Posting Duration
This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
Security Clearance
Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.
Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.
EEO
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.
NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs
If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.
If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.
