Sr. Infrastructure Planner

MELE Associates, Inc.•Washington, DC

2d•$110,000 - $150,000•Remote

About The Position

MELE Associates is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Planner to support the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Infrastructure Lifecycle Management. This role involves providing expertise in infrastructure planning, developing strategies for sustaining, recapitalizing, and modernizing infrastructure across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). The planner will review NNSA site infrastructure plans, integrate mission requirements with infrastructure condition and capacity, and support enterprise infrastructure initiatives. Responsibilities include evaluating and prioritizing infrastructure investments, assessing changing requirements and conditions, providing technical and programmatic advice, and coordinating across various NNSA organizations and sites. The role also involves supporting program and portfolio management activities and developing senior-level briefings and decision materials. Additionally, the Senior Infrastructure Planner will lead planning initiatives and mentor less-experienced team members.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, facilities management, planning, business, public administration, or a related field. Significant directly relevant professional experience may substitute for a degree in a directly related discipline.
Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience in infrastructure, facilities, construction, capital planning, or related program management.
Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, or implementing infrastructure or capital investment plans.
Strong knowledge of infrastructure planning, including the relationships among mission requirements, facility condition and capacity, utilities, construction, recapitalization, risk, schedule, and investment priorities.
Demonstrated ability to analyze complex infrastructure issues and translate technical and programmatic information into practical recommendations for senior decision-makers.
Strong program management and coordination skills, including experience with planning, prioritization, schedules, budgets, risk, and performance.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise sound professional judgment, and produce high-quality work with limited supervision.
Strong written and oral communication skills, including preparation of executive-level briefings, analyses, and recommendations.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Q clearance.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a related field.
Prior NNSA or DOE experience involving infrastructure, capital planning, construction, facilities, or Site planning.
Other federal or public-sector infrastructure and capital planning experience.
Experience with large, complex infrastructure portfolios, master planning, utilities planning, asset management, or capital investment prioritization.
Familiarity with the Nuclear Security Enterprise and the relationship between NNSA mission programs and enabling infrastructure.
Active DOE Q or equivalent security clearance.

Responsibilities

Provide infrastructure planning expertise and develop strategies and recommendations for sustaining, recapitalizing, and modernizing infrastructure across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE).
Review and assess NNSA Site infrastructure plans, master plans, investment strategies, and related planning products.
Integrate mission requirements, infrastructure condition and capacity, risk, schedule, and resources to support near-, mid-, and long-term infrastructure planning.
Support enterprise infrastructure initiatives, including office space, utilities, and other crosscutting infrastructure needs.
Apply construction, facilities, and infrastructure planning experience to evaluate and prioritize infrastructure investments, including sequencing, dependencies, implementation approaches, and mission impacts.
Assess changing mission requirements, funding assumptions, schedules, and Site conditions and develop recommendations concerning cost, schedule, risk, and mission impacts.
Provide technical, analytical, and programmatic advice to NA-911 leadership and program managers and independently research and analyze complex infrastructure issues.
Coordinate across NA-90 organizations, NNSA programs, and Sites to integrate infrastructure planning with mission priorities and enterprise objectives.
Support program and portfolio management activities, including planning, prioritization, schedule integration, performance, and resource and financial analysis.
Develop senior-level briefings, decision materials, analyses, and recommendations and integrate input from multiple organizations and technical disciplines into clear products supporting leadership decisions.
Independently lead planning and analytical initiatives and share infrastructure planning knowledge and best practices with less-experienced team members.