Program Manager Ii - Santa Barbara, United States - Mission Support and Test Services, LLC

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC
Mission Support and Test Services, LLC
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Santa Barbara, United States

2 weeks ago

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Overview:
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 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.

In this environment, the best ideas need to be voiced and every opinion matters.

As such, MSTS places great value on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and is committed to a diverse and equitable workforce, with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, and perspectives.


  • MSTS offers our fulltime employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including 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.
  • MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Responsibilities:


Key Responsibilities

  • Direct all phases of program for a single customer (e.g., NA40) with a combined value of $100M+ (may be less based on complexity of scope, unique customer set, or visibility of program) from inception through completion.
  • Direct all programmatic phases for information science; the total value of which is approximately $10M annually.
  • Provide expert guidance and direction to information sciences projects that utilize NNSS resources.
  • Monitor and report on program performance metrics, such as Earned Value metrics.
  • Have responsibility for coordinating with Project Managers on the cost, schedule and technical performance of applicable project work.
  • Serve as dottedline supervisor and partners with and facilitates collaboration between project, functional, and sponsor organizations.
  • Understand and anticipate potential problem areas, related to STL/NNSS work, that will delay or prevent successful project execution; coordinate with the Integrated Project Teams, national laboratories, program offices and sites of the NNSS Global Security Directorate to mitigate problem areas.
  • Coordinate the preparation of proposals, execution plans, work statements and specifications.
  • Successfully negotiate and deconflict use of NNSS facilities and resources for systems research and development project work.
  • Act as primary customer contact for program activities, leading program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance.
  • Coordinate with the Global Security Program Offices and Sites to establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules Successfully adapt to the needs and objectives of program in order to ensure project success and a positive experience.
  • Coordinate with other program units to plan resource allocation, identify program problems, and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications.
  • Direct the work of employees assigned to the program from technical and/or administrative areas.
  • Coordinate and serve as point of contact for project data and technical reporting.
  • Lead and coordinate planning for maintaining strategic capabilities and critical equipment.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 14 years of related and progressively responsible experience.
  • Working knowledge of Earned Value Management.
  • Prior experience as technical project lead on one or more Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS) projects preferred.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of NNSS processes and procedures such as: Real Estate Operating Permits (REOPs), Work Packages, Authorization Basis, Overflight Permissions, Estimating Procedures and Construction Activities etc.
  • Demonstrated excellence managing large and diverse teams of scientists, engineers, and support personnel preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to be creative and deliver upon objectives with limited predefined guidance.
  • Ability to interact with people throughout the internal and external technical and leadership spectrum's successfully.
  • Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience working with SPP and SIPP preferred.
  • Current Q or TS clearance and SCI access i
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