PULSE Facility Manager; Manager III

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our mission is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.

Our vision is to be the user site of choice for large‑scale, high‑hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

MSTS offers full‑time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401(k); paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.

• Primary assignment is to conduct strategic and tactical management planning for MSTS programmatic and physical efforts required to operate and maintain the PULSE facility as a fully functional, cost‑effective nuclear facility and safe location for National Weapons Laboratories’ program experiments.
• Provides clear and concise communication regarding events in the facility and status of work. Takes immediate action to correct reported or observed unacceptable environment, safety, health, and quality conditions. Accurately reports issues/events in the Occurrence Reporting and Processing System.
• Lead safety and security implementation by continuously setting the example and enforcing compliance with all applicable requirements; emphasize the safety of each employee and the protection of equipment and property. Take immediate action to correct reported or observed unacceptable safety and health conditions and/or behaviors. Ensure appropriate procedures, training, equipment, warnings, and tools are provided to allow employees to work safely.
  
  Support and encourage employee participation in MSTS safety and security initiatives.
• Leadership in the implementation of Conduct of Operations, Integrated Safety Management, and Underground Safety and Health is an integral responsibility of this position, as demonstrated by periodic presence in the facility, including leadership in the areas of policy/procedural compliance.
• Develops and monitors Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics for the health of the PULSE facility and maintaining the facility ready for SCE experiments.
• Responsible for ensuring the PULSE facility is operated in a fully compliant manner in accordance with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office (NNSA/NFO)‑approved Documented Safety Analysis and Technical Safety Requirements. Responsible for collaborating with Nuclear Safety on revisions to the DSA and TSR to support future missions or facility changes.
• Creates an environment within the PULSE facility where employees feel safe to raise issues, empowered to address issues, and supported to resolve issues.
• Collaborate and develop coordinated long‑range plans for facility modifications and enhancements. Oversee implementation of modifications and enhancements to the facility.
• Define the competencies and skills bases for the organizational structure within the PULSE facility. Develop and maintain a skilled and trained base staff and matrixed support personnel who are well versed in the processes and procedures required to safely conduct work and experiments involving special nuclear material at the facility.
• Promotes ‘organizational learning’ concepts and provides leadership that encourages continuous improvements in the facility and facility operations.
• Provide continuous transparent and open interface with both MSTS Senior Management and DOE National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field…