Project Manager 2/Superintendent 3 (4026)

Navarro Inc.•Los Alamos, NM

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a Project Manager 2/Superintendent 3 for the Construction Superintendent team at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The role leads projects valued at $500,000 or less and provides oversight to Superintendent 2s as necessary. The position may initiate investigations of abnormal events, incidents, or accidents to identify root causes and help implement corrective actions. The role may serve as a Control Account Manager (CAM), planning, budgeting, managing, and controlling project or subproject costs and schedule performance. It also acts as a point of contact for project controls covering scope, schedule, budget, and technical performance. The Project Manager ensures work packages reflect realistic durations and budgets, reviews variances, identifies causes and effects of schedule or cost deviations, and defines achievable corrective action plans. The position may present project management plans, status updates, trends, or issues to federal sponsors. The role requires nuclear experience and the ability to obtain DOE Q Clearance. It typically requires a recognized degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, specialized project management courses, and ten years of work experience—including at least five years in engineering, procurement, or construction—or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The position may require a flexible schedule covering days, nights, and weekends. U.S. citizenship is required due to government contract and/or clearance requirements.

Requirements

Ability to obtain DOE Q Clearance.
Nuclear experience is required.
Typically, a recognized degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, specialized project management courses, and ten years of work experience, including at least five years in engineering, procurement, or construction; an equivalent combination of education and experience may also qualify.
Proven leadership and management skills, including organizing, directing, and controlling a team of workers, work schedules, project progress, and resource allocation.
Advanced experience managing construction projects, including scope, schedule, budget, and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
Demonstrated experience identifying project risks, developing mitigation strategies and corrective actions, and recommending risk acceptance or avoidance.
Advanced knowledge of construction project phases and complexity levels, upgrades, renovations, and decommissioning and demolition (D&D).
Knowledge of facility maintenance and/or construction management, including systems engineering design and maintenance, safety/authorization basis, configuration management programs, work control, and facility control systems.
Knowledge and understanding of collective bargaining agreements related to all trades.
Understanding of work hazards, safety practices, operating configuration, and lock-out/tag-out policies and procedures.
Ability to understand and interpret physical, mechanical, and electrical documents, blueprints, drawings, and schematics.
Ability to establish and maintain strong, effective customer engagement.
Experience interfacing with program, project, and line management to develop clear and executable action plans.
Ability to identify problem areas, investigate alternative solutions, and establish recovery plans or paths forward.
Ability to determine actions to address problems affecting maintenance programs.
Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, including reporting project status to senior management, project stakeholders, and regulatory inquiries.
Skill in preparing and presenting oral and written reports.
Ability to use and manipulate a computerized work management system to track job activities and coordinate materials and equipment deliveries with vendors and suppliers.
Ability to promote open communication, mutual trust, and teamwork.
U.S. citizenship is required due to government contract and/or clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead projects valued at $500,000 or less and provide oversight to Superintendent 2s as necessary.
Initiate investigations of abnormal events, incidents, or accidents when needed; identify root causes and assist with corrective actions.
Serve, when required, as a Control Account Manager responsible for planning, budgeting, managing, and controlling project or subproject costs and schedule performance.
Act as a point of contact for project controls, including scope, schedule, budget, and technical performance.
Ensure work packages realistically represent the duration and budget required to perform the work.
Review variances, determine the causes and effects of schedule or cost variances, and define achievable corrective action plans.
Present project management performance plans, status updates, trends, or issues to federal sponsors when required.
Organize, direct, and control teams of workers, including work schedules, project progress, and resource allocation.
Manage construction project scope, schedule, and budget, including through Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
Identify project risks, develop mitigation strategies and corrective actions, and recommend risk acceptance or avoidance.
Lead constructability reviews of design processes and evaluate potential impacts on construction cost and schedule.
Provide leadership, direction, and technical advice regarding health, safety, and environmental compliance.
Interface with program, project, and line management to develop executable action plans addressing issues or needs.
Identify problem areas, investigate alternative solutions, and establish recovery plans or paths forward.
Determine actions to address problems affecting maintenance programs.
Prepare and present oral and written reports, including project status reporting to senior management, stakeholders, and in response to regulatory inquiries.
Use and manipulate a computerized work management system to maintain and track job activities, including coordinating materials and equipment deliveries with vendors and suppliers.
Promote open communication to develop mutual trust and teamwork.
Maintain effective customer engagement and address construction, facility, and maintenance needs.