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General Engineer (Technical Director)
National Nuclear Security Administration · Posted 17 days ago
Hybrid Los Alamos, NM $179K – $210K Apply by Sep 25, 2026 General Engineering ENTJINTJINTPISTJ EngineeringOperations
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The Technical Director serves as a key technical expert and authority directing federal oversight activities, project goals, and nuclear safety/engineering facilities operations at the Project Management Office. The position is responsible for providing technical guidance, administrative direction, and programmatic oversight for a complex multi-billion-dollar project portfolio supporting NNSA's national nuclear weapons stockpile mission.
What You'll Do
- →As a General Engineer (Technical Director) you will: Evaluate contractor performance to determine whether contractor-performed work meets standards of adequacy.
- →Engages in the project technical, cost, and schedule status along with budget formulation and execution.
- →Ensure rigorous implementation of the contract requirements and identification of quality project performance indicators.
- →Review and approve project costs to ensure proper classification and use of funds.
- →Monitor and assist the Federal Project Directors with the controls of the Total Project Cost baselines for projects.
- →Ensure the project performance baselines are established and maintained.
- →Lead effective long-term planning, collaborating with the Federal Project Directors and NNSA Construction Contracting Officers in the development of annual, multi-year, or similar types of long-range work plans and schedules for Project Management Office work, including any NNSA direct contracted work.
- →Provide expert advice to the Project Management Office Director and managers, and other management officials on broad project and program technical engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) execution areas.
- →Provide significant and innovative recommendations for advancing the projects and programs and/or EPC systems, processes, and procedures.
- →Provides technical direction and guidance to contractors to ensure that long-range project plans are properly developed by providing EPC expertise in one or more designated engineering functional area(s) relevant to the project and or the PMO.
- →Implement the principles of the Department's Safety Management System Policy in programs for which the Associate Administrator is responsible.
- →This includes the demonstration of an appropriate emphasis on ensuring the technical competence of the Federal staff associated with those programs, and the conduct of effective oversight in the accomplishment of the related work products and schedules.
- →Provide subject matter expertise to identify problem areas, evaluate hazards, develop cost beneficial corrective action, and assure timely implementation to keep risks, issues and opportunities to the site, personnel, and facilities as low as practical.
- →Leads (in technical functional areas) Integrated Project Team(s) which consists of members responsible for coordination and resolution of issues associated with high hazard and/or technically complex projects in the areas of business management, contract management, EPC management, operational start-up, Environmental Safety and Health (ES&H), nuclear safety, and nuclear security.
Requirements
- ✓Subject to Random Drug Testing Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
- ✓Favorable suitability determination required.
- ✓Financial Disclosure is required.
- ✓Must be able to obtain/maintain a Q level Security Clearance.
- ✓You must be a United States Citizen.
- ✓This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- ✓Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
- ✓Compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) governing personal identity which will require that you provide two forms of identification.
- ✓A two (2) year trial period may be required.
- ✓Employees serving on a trial period may be terminated at any time during the trial period for performance, conduct, or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service.
- ✓More than one position may be filled from this vacancy announcement.
- ✓Must be able to obtain certification in the DOE's Technical Qualification Program (TQP) within 18 months of start date.
- ✓If more than two pages are submitted, you will be disqualified.
- ✓Trial periods are required for all excepted service employees.
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