Engineered Safety Department Manager Active Security Clearance Required

We have an opening for an Engineered Safety Department Manager to lead the Engineered Safety this role you will provide day-to-day management and executive leadership of the functions disciplines and personnel within the Engineered Safety Department which include Nuclear Safety Packaging & Transportation Safety Engineering and Radiation Protection. You will provide strategic vision organizational leadership and technical judgment direction to meet the goals and objectives of Environment Safety and Health (ES&H) Directorate customers and stakeholders. You will be a key member of the ES&H Directorate management team and will ensure that Engineered Safety programs at the Laboratory are effective efficient and compliant while enabling the safe execution of high-hazard mission-critical work. This position is within the Environment Safety & Health (ES&H) Directorate.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week after a probationary period. 

You will 

• Serve as an integral member of the ES&H Directorate management team to formulate and execute high-level strategy set priorities and steward resources to sustain and continuously improve the Laboratorys engineered safety capabilities.
• Provide overall leadership direction and accountability for the Engineered Safety Department consisting of four functional areas (Nuclear Safety Packaging & Transportation Safety Engineering and Radiation Protection) approximately 110 employees four direct reports and an annual budget of approximately $20M.
• Act as a senior advisor to Laboratory and Directorate leadership on engineered safety strategy risk posture and issue resolution across a broad and complex hazard portfolio.
• Direct the development and implementation of integrated risk-informed and cost-effective solutions to highly complex or sensitive safety issues that span multiple organizations and mission programs.
• Provide a high-level interconnected understanding of engineered safety regulatory contractual and policy requirements to effectively engage with Laboratory operating organizations and the DOE Livermore Field Office (LFO) on interpretation alignment and resolution of complex issues.
• Engage internal and external customers and stakeholders to ensure strong integration shared accountability and trusted partnerships that enable mission execution while strengthening safety performance.
• Develop and maintain meaningful data-driven performance measures that inform Laboratory decision makers and accurately reflect the health capacity and effectiveness of Engineered Safety programs.
• Oversee department performance management salary management workforce planning hiring succession planning and leadership development while fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive work environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top-Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
• Bachelors degree in nuclear mechanical chemical electrical engineering or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and extensive relevant experience.
• Extensive experience directing leadership and their teams in managing complex technical organizations with demonstrated ability to maintain a strong safety culture in high-hazard or mission-driven environments.
• Extensive knowledge of laws regulations and industry standards applicable to complex engineered safety programs with the ability to interpret and apply requirements across diverse operations.
• Extensive experience utilizing independent judgment for setting strategy anticipating risks resolving complex issues and balancing safety mission cost and schedule considerations.
• Extensive experience in organizational leadership including budgeting workforce planning performance management and development of managers and senior technical staff.
• Extensive experience with problem-solving and negotiation requiring analytical and decision-making skills necessary to address highly complex and sensitive issues impacting a large organization.
• Highly effective communication collaboration facilitation and influence skills across all organizational levels including regulators and external stakeholders.

Qualifications We Desire

• Advanced degree in engineering or related field and/or Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience with Department of Energy (DOE) Directives Orders and Prime Contract requirements applicable to engineered safety programs including engagement with DOE field offices headquarters or other external regulatory bodies on safety-related matters.
• Experience operating in a national laboratory or research environment with complex evolving mission demands and/or integrating safety programs across multiple hazard domains.
• Experience collaborating across the DOE complex and with external partners to benchmark practices and drive continuous improvement.

Additional Information :

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Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position open to Lab employees and external candidates.

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  This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire. 

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  Remote Work :

  No

  
  

  Employment Type :

  Full-time