Mechanical Team Leader; R&D Manager

What You Will Do

The Accelerator Operations and Technology Division (AOT), Mechanical Design Engineering (MDE) group is seeking a manager to lead the Mechanical Team. The AOT division maintains, operates, and upgrades all accelerator systems used at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) complex. These consist of two 750-keV Cockcroft-Walton-based injector systems (H+ and H- systems), a 201.25-MHz drift tube linear accelerator utilizing high-power diacrode tubes, an 805-MHz coupled cavity linac utilizing klystrons as the primary power source, a proton storage ring, and roughly a kilometer of beam transport lines that feed beam to the five independent research programs.

The MDE group is made up of mechanical engineers, designers, and technicians focused on accelerator related technologies and is principally responsible for all the LANSCE mechanical beam line systems including beam line electro-magnets, alignment, beam line assemblies, beam line vacuum systems, accelerating structure water cooling systems, and mechanical beam diagnostics systems.

The Mechanical Team is a multi-disciplinary team made up of technicians and technologists, with an expertise in machining, welding, assembling, alignment, mechanical material handling, and more. The team is primarily responsible for all the beamline magnets, assemblies and alignments for LANSCE accelerator. The team also heavily works for others utilizing their expertise hence serving customers across the lab.

As a Mechanical Team Manager for AOT-MDE, the successful candidate will oversee the day-to-day operations, coordinate with other teams within the division, contribute to the beam operation and maintenance of the LANSCE accelerator's mechanical systems, beam line assemblies and alignment. He or she will represent mechanical team in all coordination meetings and be responsible for planning and scheduling of their short- and long-term activities, integrating with other teams in the group, and correct T&E charging.

The successful candidate will also provide continuous on-call support for the LANSCE mechanical team after hours and on weekends.

Minimum

Job Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience operating and maintaining mechanical systems at an accelerator facility.
• Demonstrated experience fabricating, installing, troubleshooting, performing an electrical and mechanical test on beamline magnets.
• Demonstrated experience with mechanical material handling equipment such as cranes, hoists, forklifts, hydraulic lifts, etc.
• Demonstrated experience supervising a multidisciplinary team of technicians and technologists.
• Demonstrated experience with implementation and utilization of safe work procedures, processes, and methods similar to the LANL Integrated Work Management (IWM) process.
• Demonstrated experience as an energized electrical worker and familiarity with the lock out tag out operations.
• Demonstrated ability to read and understand the mechanical drawings.
• Demonstrated successful record of effective interpersonal verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience with 24 hours on-call.

Education/

Experience:

Position requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 3 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

• Experience operating, and maintaining mechanical systems utilized in a radioactive environment.
• Experience performing and supervising employees needing to work around hazardous equipment and in hazardous environments such as radiation activation, contamination areas and spatially constrained and poorly lit areas.
• Demonstrated supervisory and leadership experience in setting priorities, assigning tasks, evaluating performance, mentoring, and team building.
• Experience leading projects to include scheduling resources, monitoring and reporting project progress, resolving issues, and documenting the work accomplished.
• Qualified Crane and Forklift Operator.
• Ability to obtain a Q clearance, which normally requires U.S. citizenship.

Consideration for the position will be strictly limited to applicants that…