Associate Project Manager for Collider, Electron-Ion Collider Project

Brookhaven National Laboratory•Upton, NY

10d•$184,400 - $306,100

About The Position

The Associate Project Manager for Collider leads planning, execution, and delivery of approximately $1 billion in assigned Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) project scope, including the Hadron Storage Ring, Electron Storage Ring, Global Systems, Superconducting Magnets, and Collider Integration. Reporting to the EIC Project Manager, the role is accountable for delivering the assigned scope within approved cost and schedule baselines while meeting technical performance, quality, and environmental, safety, and health requirements. The EIC Project Manager retains overall responsibility for the EIC Project. The Associate Project Manager directs and integrates activities across engineering design, procurement, fabrication, installation, and hardware testing. In a matrixed organization, the role establishes project priorities, leads assigned System Managers, and works with Division Directors, other Associate Project Managers, Project Controls, and Procurement to secure resources, resolve interfaces, manage risks, and drive timely delivery. The position also supports design and procurement readiness reviews and participates in the EIC Change Control Board. The role may require travel and visits to accelerator work sites, machine and fabrication shops, and construction areas. The selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Uncleared Personal Identity Verification credential as a condition of employment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Project Management, Construction Management, Business, or a related field.
At least 10 years of relevant experience, including at least 6 years managing delivery of complex technical systems, programs, or projects in a safety-critical scientific, engineering, industrial, or federal project environment.
Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams in a matrixed organization and coordinating work across organizational, institutional, and vendor boundaries.
Experience managing or coordinating engineering design, procurement, fabrication, installation, testing, integration, commissioning, or operations readiness for complex technical systems.
Demonstrated ability to manage scope, cost, schedule, risks, interfaces, and change control using disciplined project-management methods.
Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical and project issues to varied audiences.
Proficiency with project-management, scheduling, financial, and office software tools.
Demonstrated commitment to working safely, acting ethically, and taking personal accountability for operational excellence.
Ability to use vertical ladders to heights over 4 feet.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Uncleared Personal Identity Verification credential.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Engineering, Physics, Project Management, Construction Management, Business, or a related field.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, formal project-management training, or equivalent demonstrated experience managing large, complex technical projects.
Experience with particle accelerators, storage rings, superconducting magnets, or similarly complex scientific infrastructure.
Experience managing or coordinating large accelerator system integration efforts and working through major technical design and readiness reviews.
Experience applying federal project-management practices, including Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), project scheduling, cost and schedule performance reporting, and baseline change control.
Experience supporting DOE project reviews and federal project reporting processes.

Responsibilities

Lead integrated planning and execution across assigned Level 3 Work Breakdown Structure systems, establish priorities, resolve cross-system issues, and hold system leaders accountable for deliverables.
Execute approved scope within allocated budget and schedule baseline constraints.
Monitor cost and schedule performance, identify emerging variances, and drive corrective actions to maintain or recover baseline commitments.
Provide oversight of Subsystem Managers and Control Account Managers.
Manage risks and risk-handling plans for Collider scope identified in the EIC Risk Registry.
Direct integrated planning, scheduling, and cost estimating for assigned Collider scope in partnership with System Managers and Project Controls.
Coordinate with the Project Controls Manager to support development and execution of the Project Baseline.
Establish procurement priorities with the Procurement Manager and resolve issues affecting supplier performance and delivery milestones.
Review Collider-related change control proposals and recommend their disposition through the EIC Project change control process, exercising delegated authority.
Support coordination of Preliminary and Final Design Reviews and procurement Readiness Reviews to help ensure designs meet EIC technical performance specifications.
Ensure Collider-scope work is planned and executed in accordance with BNL and EIC environmental, safety, and health policies and procedures.
Participate as a member of the EIC Change Control Board.