Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager - Deputy Group Leader

What You Will Do

Join a fast paced and performance focused team supporting nuclear operations in defense of our nation!

The Plutonium Facilities Engineering (PFE) Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of engineering capabilities to deliver innovative solutions for the Laboratory's scientific and national security mission. We are seeking a Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 3 to serve as the Deputy Group Leader within the Rapid Response Team.

In this leadership role, you will support Plutonium Facilities Engineering by directing, coordinating, and rapidly deploying technical resources to address high-priority, emergent, and time-sensitive mission needs. You will ensure the Rapid Response Team provides immediate engineering support to facility operations, maintenance, safety, system engineering, and project execution activities.

• Lead and deploy qualified engineering resources to respond to emergent issues, operational priorities, and facility needs requiring accelerated scheduling, analysis, or design.
• Oversee rapid scoping, decision-making, and resolution of engineering issues to minimize impacts to operations, safety, and mission-critical activities.
• Ensure engineering design changes, field support, and requests for information (RFIs) are completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Manage short-term and real-time staffing adjustments to meet urgent facility or program demands.
• Maintain strong communication channels with Operations, Systems Engineering, Maintenance, Projects, Safety Basis, and ES&H to ensure rapid alignment and execution.
• Provide leadership ensuring compliance with LANL Conduct of Engineering (CoE), Configuration Management (CM), DOE requirements, and nuclear safety expectations.
• Support strategic and long-range organizational planning with the Group Leader, including staffing, workload forecasting, training, and performance management.
• Foster a culture of safety, transparency, and operational excellence within the Rapid Response Team.
• Lead or support improvement initiatives targeting processes, policies, work streams, and engineering delivery efficiency.
• Utilize expert-level Microsoft Excel capabilities for rapid data analysis, scheduling, resource management, and KPI development.
• Prioritize and manage multiple concurrent engineering needs in a dynamic mission environment with shifting priorities.

As a Nuclear Facilities Engineering Manager 3, you will support the Plutonium Facilities Engineering (PFE) Division by providing strategic and operational leadership in alignment with the division's mission to deliver innovative engineering solutions for national security. You will assist the Rapid Response Team (PFE-RRT) Group Leader in setting direction and priorities while ensuring technical and administrative execution is consistent with nuclear facility requirements, the LANL Conduct of Engineering (CoE), and Configuration Management (CM) program expectations.

Your oversight will ensure that engineering functions—design, field execution, procurement, project management, and discipline-specific engineering—are performed in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local codes, regulations, and standards. You will also lead efforts to resolve technical and personnel challenges, enabling sustained engineering performance in support of reliable, safe, and mission-aligned facility operations.

In addition, but not limited to, the incumbent will assist the Group Leader in developing staffing plans, in accordance with customer requirements and within budget constraints, perform recruiting and hiring activities to implement those plans, and develop staff through training, mentoring and qualification programs.

If this interests you, and you want to be part of an organization that offers a rewarding and cultivating environment, we want you to join our team!

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• Leadership of technical organizations supporting nuclear facility operations—including maintenance, systems engineering, safety basis development, and project execution.
• Strong track record implementing and interpreting Conduct of Engineering (CoE) processes to ensure safe and reliable facility modifications.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong customer and stakeholder relationships, negotiate requirements, and manage conflicts constructively.

Central to this position, we are seeking a qualified and talented individual that has demonstrated Leadership and innovation in managing a multi-disciplined engineering organization. The ideal candidate will have prior experience managing technical teams and interfacing with other engineering disciplines.

This position will serve in a management role and provide expert knowledge and experience in engineering and administration for facility projects and on-going operations and maintenance within nuclear facilities is required. Specific knowledge and…