Advisory Engineer

Longenecker & Associates • Aiken, SC

19d • Onsite

About The Position

Longenecker & Associates (L&A) seeks a motivated Advisory Project Engineer to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions in Aiken, South Carolina . L&A is a woman-owned small business and trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. L&A is unconditionally committed to mission success and the well-being of employees, the nation and the environment. Our team members are passionate about building a healthier environment for generations to come. We are a community that interfaces and effectively communicates with all levels of management and government. If you have a passion for excellence, seek opportunities to engage in mission critical work, and consistently exceed expectations, apply now to join our professional family. POSITION DESCRIPTION The main duties include, but are not limited to: · Initiate own technical programs and make recommendations to management on technical programs based on analysis of customer needs and technology trends, reach solutions to the most complex technical problems in field(s) of expertise and to influence solutions in neighboring disciplines, · Provide staff augmentation support to SRNS. Integrate and manage engineering activities for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and priorities, · Provide project management tools and methods to assigned projects and support development of future projects, · Manage project tasks and deliver results for cost and schedule of those tasks, · Engineering services shall be provided using SRNS processes and procedures. Programmatic guidance will be provided by SRNS, · Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, and use other technical resources in the company and external resources, to resolve complex problems, · Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning, · Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and is recognized as having expertise in a functional area of technical specialization, · Recommend research programs for others in group and assist in that planning, · Develop solutions to the most complex technical problems in areas of expertise and in adjacent technical fields, Influence technical direction of other parts of the department, acts as a technical communicator across disciplines to optimize the creative solution of technical problems, · Conceive needed programs for self and for others in the department, · Put needs in perspective with regard to other technical needs at SRNS, · Sponsor new ideas in the department Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving major technical tasks for division, · Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed, · Include research, development, testing, quality assurance requirements, · Communicate results verbally and in manuscripts form, · Report regularly the results and represent SRNS and SRS in technical areas to oversight groups and professional societies, · Maintain excellent technical credibility by contributing significantly toward meeting Site missions and goals which may be demonstrated by issuing reports, making presentations, and /or involvement in national technical organizations, · Mentor less senior professionals as a means of transferring technical knowledge and insight, · Recommend engineering and technology research, development and application programs for others and assist in the planning of such programs, · Demonstrate commitment to TQ concepts by active leadership leading to successful implementation of Division and Department TQ Initiatives, · Be a resource for TQ initiatives in Department and Division.

Requirements

• PhD degree and about 15 years experience
• MS degree and 17 years experience
• BS degree and about 21 years experience
• BS Degree in Engineering or current registration as a Professional Engineer
• Candidate must have the ability to produce quality documents with attention to detail and meeting management defined expectations
• Candidate must have the ability to coordinate, interface, and communicate with management, engineering, facility, operations, quality assurance, and test personnel
• Candidate must have the ability to communicate clear, concise, and accurate reports, evaluations, documents, procedures, reviews, comment resolutions, email, and oral presentations
• Candidate must have the ability to mentor junior team members and develop their design knowledge
• Providing overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks
• Integrating engineering resources for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and engineering tools for engineering tasks
• Providing administrative guidance to leads and managers
• Responsibilities for overall management, scheduling, and priority of the tasks and projects assigned
• Managing the administration, document control, project controls, and quality engineering sections for all assigned projects through section supervisors
• Resolving conflicts between project direction and technical direction from the functional managers
• Participating in department and site-wide programmatic issues resolution and quality improvements
• Responsibilities for creating a team through requesting, evaluating, and developing engineering expertise capable of achieving the objectives of the projects assigned
• Evaluating tasks of subcontractors to ensure design output meets project technical, cost, and schedule objectives
• Establishing baselines for design activities for all assigned projects and engineering work requests
• Recommending to project managers, subcontractor authorizations for new work and changes to baselines
• Evaluating project cost and schedule variances and implement corrective actions
• Experience with EVMS tools
• Reviewing cost accounts for procurement of engineered materials
• Establishing projects' scope of work including assuring that there are firm customer requirements develop
• Ability to work in a diverse work environment
• Satisfactory results of a pre-employment screening, which includes a background check and drug screening in accordance with Federal requirements (details below)
• Ability to fulfill and promote L&A core values

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience on DOE sites and programs
• It is preferred the candidate demonstrate a minimum of 5 years of experience working at one or more DOE facilities
• Previous SRS Design Engineering experience and working knowledge of SRNS design processes and procedures are preferred

Responsibilities

• Initiate own technical programs and make recommendations to management on technical programs based on analysis of customer needs and technology trends, reach solutions to the most complex technical problems in field(s) of expertise and to influence solutions in neighboring disciplines
• Provide staff augmentation support to SRNS. Integrate and manage engineering activities for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and priorities
• Provide project management tools and methods to assigned projects and support development of future projects
• Manage project tasks and deliver results for cost and schedule of those tasks
• Engineering services shall be provided using SRNS processes and procedures. Programmatic guidance will be provided by SRNS
• Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, and use other technical resources in the company and external resources, to resolve complex problems
• Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning
• Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and is recognized as having expertise in a functional area of technical specialization
• Recommend research programs for others in group and assist in that planning
• Develop solutions to the most complex technical problems in areas of expertise and in adjacent technical fields, Influence technical direction of other parts of the department, acts as a technical communicator across disciplines to optimize the creative solution of technical problems
• Conceive needed programs for self and for others in the department
• Put needs in perspective with regard to other technical needs at SRNS
• Sponsor new ideas in the department Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving major technical tasks for division
• Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed
• Include research, development, testing, quality assurance requirements
• Communicate results verbally and in manuscripts form
• Report regularly the results and represent SRNS and SRS in technical areas to oversight groups and professional societies
• Maintain excellent technical credibility by contributing significantly toward meeting Site missions and goals which may be demonstrated by issuing reports, making presentations, and /or involvement in national technical organizations
• Mentor less senior professionals as a means of transferring technical knowledge and insight
• Recommend engineering and technology research, development and application programs for others and assist in the planning of such programs
• Demonstrate commitment to TQ concepts by active leadership leading to successful implementation of Division and Department TQ Initiatives
• Be a resource for TQ initiatives in Department and Division

Benefits

• As an L&A employee, you will be eligible for a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare (medical and dental), 401K plan, and paid time off.
• We believe in investing in our employees beyond compensation and as an L&A employee, you will have access to in-house training, career pathing, mentoring, award programs, tuition reimbursement and much more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level