Manager Modernization Project Office

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is home to world-leading scientific research and one of the nations premier multidisciplinary laboratories. As the Laboratory continues to expand its scientific capabilities through major facility investments modernization of its campus infrastructure has become critical to enabling groundbreaking research.

The Modernization Project Office (MPO) is responsible for planning designing and delivering the Laboratorys institutional capital improvement and infrastructure modernization programs. MPO serves as the Laboratorys center of excellence for project delivery overseeing engineering architecture construction management project controls cost estimating scheduling and earned value management for a diverse portfolio of institutional capital projects.

MPO manages Strategic Laboratory Infrastructure (SLI) Line-Item projects as well as operating-funded programs including Institutional General Plant Projects (IGPP) Other Improvement Projects (OIP) and Deferred Maintenance Reduction (DMR) ensuring Brookhavens facilities remain safe reliable sustainable and mission-ready for world-class science.

Position Description

Brookhaven National Laboratory seeks an accomplished engineering architecture or construction manager to serve as Manager of the Modernization Project Office (MPO). Reporting to Associate Lab Director for Facilities & Operations the Manager MPO provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the Laboratorys institutional capital planning and construction portfolio.

In this role you will lead multidisciplinary teams responsible for campus planning engineering architecture project management construction management cost estimating scheduling and project controls including Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS). The Manager is accountable for delivering complex capital projects safely efficiently and in alignment with Laboratory Department of Energy (DOE) and stakeholder objectives.

Working closely with Laboratory leadership the Director develops long-range infrastructure and campus development strategies that support Brookhavens evolving scientific mission.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership for the Laboratorys institutional capital planning engineering architecture and construction management functions.
• Lead the implementation of strategies that advance a modern mission-ready campus aligned with the Laboratorys evolving scientific mission enabling current and future world-class research.
• Provide executive oversight for implementation of the Laboratorys Campus Development Plan and long-range campus master planning initiatives ensuring infrastructure investments support institutional priorities and scientific growth.
• Develop and implement long-term infrastructure modernization strategies aligned with the Laboratorys scientific priorities and Annual Laboratory Plan.
• Establish organizational priorities operational objectives and performance measures that support safe efficient and successful project delivery.
• Identify emerging infrastructure needs and develop multi-year capital investment strategies supporting future scientific programs.

Capital Program and Project Delivery

• Lead the planning design execution and closeout of institutional capital projects ranging from approximately $30 million to over $100 million annually.
• Direct the Laboratorys Strategic Laboratory Infrastructure (SLI) Institutional General Plant Projects (IGPP) Other Improvement Projects (OIP) and Deferred Maintenance Reduction programs.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely within scope on schedule within budget and in accordance with quality expectations.
• Oversee engineering design construction management cost estimating scheduling project controls risk management and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) implementation.
• Ensure compliance with DOE Orders Laboratory requirements applicable codes and industry best practices.

Organizational Leadership

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of engineers architects project managers and construction professionals.
• Foster a culture centered on safety accountability collaboration innovation and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with federal state and local agencies elected officials community partners academic institutions and other external stakeholders that are critical to advancing campus development initiatives and securing future infrastructure investment.
• Represent the Laboratory in external engagements related to campus development infrastructure planning and institutional modernization serving as a trusted ambassador for Brookhavens long-term campus vision.
• Serve as the principal institutional representative for the Modernization Project Office with DOE Laboratory leadership external architects and engineers contractors regulatory agencies and other stakeholders.
• Present capital program strategies project status financial performance risks and recommendations to executive leadership and external review committees.
• Set the standard for Operational Excellence by leading the MPO with a focus on meeting requirements every day and instituting continuous improvements to exceed customer expectations.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Architecture Construction Management or a closely related technical discipline.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience managing the planning design and construction of complex institutional research industrial or technical facilities.
• Minimum of six (6) years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering architecture construction or capital projects.
• Experience leading all phases of project delivery including planning design procurement construction commissioning and project closeout.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets schedules cost estimating project controls risk management and resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects.
• Proven ability to develop strategic infrastructure plans that align organizational investments with long-term business or scientific objectives.
• Experience managing architectural and engineering consultants construction contractors and other professional services.
• Excellent leadership organizational communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to effectively engage leadership customers regulatory agencies and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical and project information through presentations reports and briefings.
• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams and build collaborative relationships across diverse organizations.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering a progressive workforce and maintaining the highest standards of safety ethics and operational excellence.

Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience managing capital construction within a Department of Energy national laboratory federal university or other large research campus environment.
• Knowledge of DOE Order 413.3B Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets
• Experience in campus planning space management facilities master planning or strategic infrastructure planning.

Other Information:

• This is an on-site position.
• Occasional travel
• Due to the need for unescorted access to controlled areas of the laboratory this position is limited to U.S. citizens in accordance with site security requirements.

Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to providing fair equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $184400 - $306100 / year. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidates qualification education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.

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