Project Manager 2

# Job Description

Location: Los Alamos, NM (Onsite Work)

Employment Type: Full-Time Clearance Requirement: Active DOE Q Clearance

Position Overview:

TradeWind is seeking a highly motivated Project Manager 2 to lead projects in support of critical client missions. The successful candidate will provide strong leadership in planning, directing, and executing project activities while ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient operations. This role requires proven ability to deliver projects on scope, schedule, and budget through disciplined application of Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and established project management practices.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsible for and lead projects of $500k or less and provide oversight to Superintendent 2’s as necessary.

- May initiate the investigation of abnormal events, incidents, and /or accidents to identify the root cause and assist in implementing appropriate corrective actions.

- May serve as a Control Account Manager (CAM) responsible for planning, budgeting, managing, and controlling costs and schedule performance for a project or subproject and serve as a point of contact for project controls, including account scope, schedule, budget and technical performance.

- Ensure work packages realistically represent the duration and budget necessary to perform work and perform variance analysis reviews, determine cause and effect of schedule or cost variance and define achievable corrective action plans.

- May be required to present project management performance plans, status updates, trends or issues to federal sponsors.

Required Qualifications:

- Position typically requires a recognized degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, or specialized courses in project management, and ten (10) years’ work experience (5+ years’ experience in at least one of the following functions: engineering, procurement and construction) leading to a thorough understanding of the knowledge described above, or any combination of education and experience.

- Must be available to work the graveyard shift.

- Active DOE Q Clearance is required.

- Nuclear Experience is required.

Required Experience:

- Proven leadership and management skills (organize, direct, control) a team of workers, including work schedules, project progress and resource allocation.

- Advanced experience managing construction projects including proactively managing project scope, schedule and budget including Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).

- Demonstrated experience identifying project risks, developing risk mitigation strategies and corrective actions, and recommending risk acceptance/avoidance for all aspects of a project.

- Advanced knowledge of all phases and complexity levels of construction projects, upgrades, renovations and D&D.

- Lead constructability reviews of the design process and the potential impacts to construction cost and schedule.

- Extensive knowledge and experience with facility maintenance and/or construction management include systems engineering design and maintenance, safety/authorization basis, configuration management programs, work control and facility control systems.

- Extensive knowledge and understanding of collective bargaining agreements related to all trades.

- Extensive understanding of work hazards, safety practices, operating configuration, and lock-out/tag-out policies and procedures.

- Demonstrated ability to understand and interpret various physical, mechanical, and electrical documents, blueprints, drawings, and schematics.

- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong and effective customer engagement.

- Demonstrated experience interfacing with program, project, and line management to develop clear and executable action plans to address issues or needs.

- Provide personal leadership, direction and technical advice regarding health, safety and environmental compliance.

- Demonstrated experience and skill in identifying problem areas, investigating alternative solutions and establishing a recovery Plan/Path forward.

- Ability to determine actions to be performed on problems affecting maintenance programs.

- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills that include reporting on project status to senior level management, project stakeholders, as well as regulatory inquiries.

- Demonstrated skill in the preparation and presentation of oral and written reports.

- Demonstrated ability to utilize and manipulate a computerized work management system in maintaining and tracking job activities including the coordination of materials and equipment delivery with vendors and suppliers.

- Ability to promote an open communication environment to develop mutual trust and teamwork.

Salary and Benefits Information:

Expected Salary Range: $165k - $205k / year (depending on experience)

TradeWind Services offers a selection of exceptional benefits to employees and their families. We can customize your benefits to fit your specific needs. Benefits include:

- Medical/Dental/Vision plans

- Long- and Short-term Disability Insurance

- Life Insurance

- Paid Time Off (PTO)

- 401K

# Details

Location

Los Alamos NM

Employee Type

Full-Time Regular