Nevada National Security Sites · 1 day ago
DAF Deputy System Engineering Manager I
Mercury, NV
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$127K/yr - $203K/yr
11+ years expMission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) operates the Nevada National Security Site, focusing on national security through engineering and operational capabilities. The DAF Deputy System Engineering Manager I will manage engineering activities and personnel, ensuring compliance with design requirements and fostering a safe work environment.
Government Administration
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Understand and maintain the assigned systems design requirements per the DAF Documented Safety Analysis
Ensure that design output documents appropriately reflect the design basis and required functional classification of the assigned DAF Structures, Systems and Components (SSCs)
Assure that the design requirements and design basis are fully identified and in a form compatible to maintain and control the design basis
Authorize facility Configuration Management changes and manage the configuration of assigned DAF facility systems
Provide technical support in the areas of construction, maintenance, and nuclear operations
Coordinate with engineers, project managers, and maintenance personnel to ensure proper testing and documentation is developed to support component and system specifications, functions, and operability
Develop and maintain engineering documents, reports, and correspondence to enable business activity
Must effectively communicate to confer and gather information from subject matter experts for inclusion into specifications to ensure technical accuracy and completeness of the content
Perform a wide range of tasks and special assignments that require comprehensive knowledge of engineering processes and procedures with the ability to analyze, interpret, and make recommendations
Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, and developing growth opportunities for employees
Maintain a safe, secure, and legal work environment
Accomplish staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards
Create an environment where employees feel safe to raise issues, empowered to address issues, and supported to resolve issues
Demonstrate environment, safety, health, and quality leadership and consistently enforce environment, safety, health, and quality policies and procedures
Implement applicable environment, safety, health, and quality requirements; emphasize the safety of each employee, and the protection of equipment and property in area of responsibility
Take immediate action to correct reported or observed unacceptable environment, safety, health and quality conditions and/or behaviors
Assure that appropriate procedures, training, equipment, warnings, and tools are provided to employees to permit work to be performed safely
Effectively interface and communicate with MSTS leadership, National Weapons Lab personnel, Nevada Field Office (NFO), and Defense Nuclear Safety Board (DNFSB) representatives
Promote and actively participate in the Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS) safety concept
Support and encourage employee participation in MSTS environment, safety, health, and quality initiatives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 11 years of related and progressively responsible experience
Experience working with requirements-based systems or industries
Experience, skill, and/or training in the function of performing workload distribution and execution of the work
Skilled in working and communicating effectively with project functional groups, primarily Design Engineering, Construction, Project Management, and other services
Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with all types of people in a tactful, professional, and effective manner while maintaining confidentiality
Must be able to cope with conflicting deadlines, heavy workloads, and constant interruptions
Demonstrated leadership qualities with emphasis on continuous improvement and team building
Knowledge of nuclear safety basis, technical vocabularies, and terminology common to the assignment
Ability to work with limited supervision and under general direction
Learns quickly, detail oriented, and able to work within a team environment where challenges become opportunities
The candidate must be proficient in standard office software (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Skilled in business usage of the English language
Must be able to obtain and maintain HRP certification
The primary work location will be at the Nevada National Security Site (located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada)
Work schedule will be 4/10s Monday through Thursday (subject to change)
Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required
Must possess a valid driver's license
MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications
Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance
Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age
Preferred
DOE STD 3009 is preferred, however, experience working in a government regulated industry is acceptable
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision
Both a pension and a 401k
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.
Company
Nevada National Security Sites
The Nevada National Security Sites help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by: supporting the stewardship of the nation’s nuclear deterrent; providing nuclear and radiological emergency response capabilities and training; contributing to key nonproliferation and arms control initiatives; executing national-level experiments in support of the National Laboratories; working with national security customers and other federal agencies on important national security activities; and providing long-term environmental stewardship of the NNSS’s Cold War legacy.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Melissa Biernacinski
Action Officer, Government/Customer Relations and Strategic Partnerships
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