DAF Deputy System Engineering Manager I

Mission Support & Test Services, LLC (MSTS) • Mercury, NV

11d • $126,984 - $203,174 • Onsite

About The Position

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS), which manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, is hiring a DAF Deputy System Engineering Manager I. The position reports to the DAF Engineering Manager and is responsible for managing DAF engineers and engineering activities across the Electrical, Mechanical, and Communications groups and the Civil, Structural, and Architectural groups.

The role maintains and controls assigned DAF systems’ design requirements and basis in accordance with the DAF Documented Safety Analysis. It manages facility configuration, supports construction, maintenance, and nuclear operations, and coordinates engineering, project management, and maintenance personnel on testing and documentation. The position also develops engineering documents and communicates with subject matter experts and external and internal stakeholders to ensure technical accuracy and completeness.

The manager leads and develops staff, distributes and monitors work, and maintains a safe, secure, and compliant workplace. The role promotes employee participation in safety, health, environmental, and quality initiatives; addresses unsafe or unacceptable conditions; and ensures employees have appropriate procedures, training, equipment, warnings, and tools. The primary work location is the Nevada National Security Site, approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. The schedule is four 10-hour days, Monday through Thursday, subject to change. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain HRP certification and a DOE Q-level security clearance, and is subject to pre-employment screening and continuing security requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training and experience, plus at least 11 years of related and progressively responsible experience.
• Experience working with requirements-based systems or industries.
• Experience, skill, and/or training in workload distribution and execution of work.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with project functional groups, particularly Design Engineering, Construction, Project Management, and other services.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact tactfully, professionally, and effectively with people while maintaining confidentiality.
• Ability to cope with conflicting deadlines, heavy workloads, and constant interruptions.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities, with emphasis on continuous improvement and team building.
• Knowledge of nuclear safety basis and technical vocabularies and terminology common to the assignment.
• Ability to work with limited supervision and under general direction.
• Ability to learn quickly, attention to detail, and ability to work within a team environment.
• Proficiency in standard office software such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Skill in business usage of the English language.
• Ability to obtain and maintain HRP certification.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance; U.S. citizenship and age 18 or older are required for this clearance.
• Must pass required pre-employment drug testing and background review and meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter; subsequent reinvestigations and a counterintelligence evaluation, potentially including a polygraph, may be required.
• Pre-placement physical examination, including a drug screen, is required; the employer also conducts random drug testing.

Nice To Haves

• DOE STD 3009 experience is preferred; experience in a government-regulated industry is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Manage DAF engineers and engineering activities for the Electrical, Mechanical, and Communications groups and the Civil, Structural, and Architectural groups.
• Understand and maintain assigned systems design requirements in accordance with the DAF Documented Safety Analysis.
• Ensure design output documents reflect the design basis and required functional classification of assigned DAF Structures, Systems, and Components (SSCs).
• Ensure design requirements and design basis are fully identified and documented in a form that supports maintaining and controlling the design basis.
• Authorize facility Configuration Management changes and manage the configuration of assigned DAF facility systems.
• Provide technical support for construction, maintenance, and nuclear operations.
• Coordinate with engineers, project managers, and maintenance personnel to develop testing and documentation supporting component and system specifications, functions, and operability.
• Develop and maintain engineering documents, reports, and correspondence to support business activity.
• Communicate with subject matter experts and gather information for technically accurate and complete specifications.
• Perform engineering assignments requiring comprehensive knowledge of engineering processes and procedures, including analysis, interpretation, and recommendations.
• Recruit, select, orient, train, and develop employees and growth opportunities.
• Set job expectations; plan, monitor, and appraise staff results; coach, counsel, and discipline employees; and develop and enforce systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
• Create an environment where employees feel safe raising issues, empowered to address them, and supported in resolving them.
• Provide environment, safety, health, and quality leadership and enforce related policies and procedures.
• Implement applicable environment, safety, health, and quality requirements, emphasizing employee safety and protection of equipment and property.
• Take immediate action to correct reported or observed unacceptable environment, safety, health, and quality conditions or behaviors.
• Ensure employees have appropriate procedures, training, equipment, warnings, and tools to work safely.
• Interface and communicate effectively with MSTS leadership, National Weapons Lab personnel, Nevada Field Office representatives, and Defense Nuclear Safety Board representatives.
• Promote and actively participate in the MSTS safety concept, and support employee participation in MSTS environment, safety, health, and quality initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Pension
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• 96 hours of paid holidays
• Relocation assistance for employees located more than 75 miles from the work location
• Tuition assistance and reimbursement

What This Job Offers

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