Risk Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant technical field, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Advanced knowledge and significant experience in an engineering discipline using systems engineering, including technical leadership and project planning.
• Experience executing complex engineering work, including developing, analyzing, integrating, or validating engineering designs in a production, research, or development environment.
• Applied experience with failure mechanisms, risks, assessments, and verifications.
• Experience developing and implementing solutions to complex technical problems using technical best practices, theories, concepts, and techniques.
• Advanced experience in project controls, work planning, scheduling, cost estimating, and execution of work to meet milestones and deliverables.
• Ability to lead independent work and lead and manage small or multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience coordinating activities and objectives with technical staff, mid-level managers, customer or sponsor representatives, vendors, and external organizations.
• Experience in operational and experimental facilities and industry, such as aerospace.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills to collaborate in a team environment, present and explain technical information, and advise management and stakeholders.
• At the SES.4 level, significant experience and demonstrated ability to lead the creative and innovative application and development of risk-management principles, theories, and concepts.
• At the SES.4 level, expertise and demonstrated ability to lead highly technical teams in executing defined projects or programs.
• At the SES.4 level, significant experience with advanced-level risk registers and mitigation plans.
• At the SES.4 level, expert communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills for advising senior management and external sponsors.
• At the SES.4 level, demonstrated ability to engage multidisciplinary teams and deliver innovative solutions, including expertise in systems engineering, precision design, and system commissioning.
• At the SES.4 level, internally and externally recognized subject-matter expertise with advanced concepts spanning one or more science, technology, or engineering disciplines.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in engineering, physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience with complex engineering projects.
• Experience with DOE Risk Management Guide G413.3-7A.
• Project management certification such as PMP, or Systems Engineering certification.
• Broad knowledge of LLNL policies and practices and applicable DOE and NNSA orders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and lead risk assessments for engineering projects involving advanced systems and components.
• Provide technical leadership in risk management for project development, integration, qualification, delivery, and risk-process maturation.
• Identify, assess, document, communicate, and mitigate technical and programmatic risks.
• Lead component and system requirements development, including performance and interface requirements, traceability, and verification planning.
• Work with project teams to understand system behavior and ensure requirements, interfaces, and verification approaches are technically sound and aligned with implementation.
• Develop and implement system-level assessments of design architecture and analysis, integrating components and systems into a functional system.
• Develop solutions to complex engineering challenges and collaborate on innovative risk and systems engineering methods.
• Define work scope and priorities, allocate resources as appropriate, and track work objectives to completion on time and within budget.
• Prepare, deliver, and explain written and verbal presentations of technical work to project teams, customer and sponsor representatives, and management.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for risk management on assigned tasks and projects; serve on internal technical and advisory committees; and mentor personnel.
• At the SES.4 level, direct technical tasks and projects and establish broader risk-management and project vision and strategy.
• At the SES.4 level, develop innovative risk-management methods and technology, advise senior management and external sponsors, and act as a prime consultant on large projects.

Benefits

• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (depending on project needs)