Maintenance Scheduling Manager; Maintenance Manager

What You Will Do

The MSS-TA55 Group delivers critical maintenance services to FOD 1 and is responsible for planning, coordination, and execution of facility maintenance at the TA-55 Plutonium Processing Facility, a key asset in support of LANL's national security mission. As the Maintenance Scheduling Manager, you will lead the MSS Scheduling Team and Work Week Coordination Team, ensuring seamless integration of the MSS-TA55 schedule with broader operational schedules, including alignment with the Critical Demand Schedule.

You will lead schedule management process development, including planning and execution schedules, resource loading, material tracking, critical path analysis, milestone tracking, and cost integration. This position will shape the Work Week Management Program at TA-55, helping define and implement processes and procedures while ensuring ongoing daily scheduling operations.

• Serve as the central point of coordination within MSS for the responsible T-week, directly influencing maintenance milestones and alignment with production deliverables.
• Lead a team of schedulers and coordinators to support schedule development, readiness, and execution milestones with responsible managers.
• Coordinate with organizational stakeholders across multiple missions to manage integrated schedules in a multidisciplinary facility.
• Lead schedule management meetings, present schedule performance and metrics to MSS management, and act as primary spokesperson on scheduling issues to senior program and facility management.
• Oversee Work Week Coordinators and Project Controls Specialists in managing the rolling T-week process, coordinating and scheduling maintenance activities across assigned facilities.
• Maintain familiarity with the rolling T-week schedule to ensure timely and efficient execution of T-0 work activities.

Minimum

Job Requirements:

• Leadership: Proven track record of effective team leadership, including supervision, mentoring, conflict resolution, employee motivation, and professional development. Demonstrated ability to lead diverse technical teams in a dynamic environment.
• Scheduling Expertise: Extensive knowledge and experience with advanced scheduling tools such as Primavera P6. Strong technical understanding of schedule integration, dependencies, and critical path management across complex systems.
• Process Improvement: Demonstrated ability to develop and implement new scheduling methods and continuous improvement initiatives. Proven success driving changes and innovation in evolving organizational environments.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief leadership, lead discussions, and present to large audiences. Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across all levels and with external oversight bodies.
• Education/
  
  Experience:
  
  Position requires a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution and 5 years related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.
• DOE Order 426.2A
  
  Minimum Requirements:
  
  Position requires a bachelor of science degree in engineering or related science, and 4 years nuclear experience. Education or experience that is job related may be substituted on a case-by-case basis. The degree may be used to substitute up to 50 percent of the experience requirement.

• Active Q Clearance.
• Understanding of the DOE/Laboratory's maintenance and facility policies, practices, and procedures.
• Experience in Facility Operations, Engineering and/or Maintenance.
• Nuclear Facility Experience, specifically LANL TA-55.
• Experience in Project Management.
• Prior Work Week Management Experience.

Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Work Schedule: Work schedule may require off-shift duty to support the TA-55 24/7 operations schedule.

Position Commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

• Along with your resume, please include a detailed cover letter explaining how you meet each of the minimum requirements and any of the desired qualifications.
• Due to federal restrictions contained in the National Defense Authorization Act, certain international citizens are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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