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Operations & Maintenance Coordinator 1/2

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, NM

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$87,800–$143,000 Per Year
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Accounts Payable, Blueprints, Business Processes, Business Solutions, Calendar Management, Campaigns, Communication Skills, Dental Insurance, Design Document, Electricity, Establish Priorities, Explosives, Facilities Engineering, Facilities and Maintenance, Forecasting, Laboratory, Maintain Compliance, Maintenance Services, Materials Management, Metrics, Operations Security (OPSEC), Organizational Skills, PC Software, Performance Reviews, Process Improvement, Research & Development (R&D), Resource Utilization, Safety/Work Safety, Schedule Development, Schematics, Software Licenses, T-3 / DS3, Trend Analysis, Tuition Fees, United States Citizen, Vision Plan
LOCATION
Los Alamos, NM
POSTED
12 days ago
What You Will Do





This position will be filled at either the Operations & Maintenance Coordinator 1/2 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Weapons Facilities Operations (WFO) operates, maintains, and constructs infrastructure in direct support of mission-focused research and development efforts. The division ensures readiness in mission execution, operations, and maintenance at over 500 facilities across 23 square miles, including nuclear, accelerator, and high explosives portfolios.

Operations & Maintenance Coordinator 1 ($87,800 - $143,000)

This position coordinates the soft scheduling, work execution process and performance review process from eight weeks out (T+15) to the week following execution hard schedule up to (T+4). Ensures adherence to applicable work management procedures. Facilitates and enforces process including scope stability, milestone adherence, work order restraints, job durations to improve resource utilization for scheduled work. Ensures coordination issues, gaps and exceptions to the above are identified, owned and tracked to closure. Ensures accountability for meeting the work week process.



The successful candidate will:

  • Participate in detailed schedule development for the planning and execution of all tasks for the assigned workweek to ensure compliance and maintain outage schedules. Ensure activities are coordinated to minimize safety challenges and can be worked effectively and efficiently.
  • Influence, with minimal oversight, to all department planners, schedulers, work execution groups, engineering, and other support personnel for the development of effective and accurate schedules and performance of work execution.
  • Review proper methodologies for work prioritization, ensuring the right work is done in the right time frame (AP-WORK-001 & AP-WORK-003).
  • Manage priority emergent work for their assigned workweek.
  • Evaluate scheduling execution performance data and help improve efficiency where needed. Incorporate an effective feedback loop that promotes and ensures continual process improvement.
  • Ensure daily open communication with support groups to ensure compliance, availability, productivity, and effectiveness.
  • Assist in long-range planning that includes major design changes and predictive and periodic maintenance activities.
  • Participate in outage development and coordination.
Operations & Maintenance Coordinator 2 ($96,600 - $158,000)

In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, at this level you will:

  • Guide work execution from inside the 3 week forecasted hard schedule threshold at (T3) to the current work week at (T0).
  • Partner with stakeholders of all reschedule work (T+1) to return activities inside the respective hard or soft schedule timeline and T-week designation.

  • Actively participate in Plan of the Day and Plan of the Week.

  • Evaluate schedule health and develop metrics by identifying trends and establishing campaigns for process improvement.
  • Manage and track emergent and priority work for OMCTL authorization.

  • Investigate, recommend, and develop method improvements impacting the areas of safety, work implementation, planning, scheduling, and acceptance testing.




What You Need



Minimum Job Requirements:

Strategic Communication: Ability to professionally communicate elements of facility maintenance. Ability to understand work control, maintenance, and/or materials management.

Business Systems and Processes: Ability to understand operations, maintenance and engineering policies, practices, and procedures. Ability to utilize and manipulate a computerized work management system, personal computer software, and site licensed programs in creating and maintaining maintenance reports.

Technical Expertise: Ability to understand and interpret various discipline (i.e.: mechanical, electrical, etc.) design documents, specifications, submittals, blueprints, drawings, schematics, etc.

Additional Job Requirements for Operations & Maintenance Coordinator 2:

In addition to the requirements outlined above, qualification at the higher level requires:

Strategic Communication: Ability to conceptualize and professionally communicate major elements of facility maintenance to both technical and non-technical components.

Business Systems & Processes: Knowledge of operations, maintenance and engineering policies, practices, and procedures. Experience with scheduling, work control, maintenance and/or materials management. Understanding of work hazards, safety practices and lock-out/tag-out policies and procedures. Ability to fully utilize and manipulate a computerized work management system, personal computer software, and site licensed programs in creating and maintaining maintenance reports.

Education/Experience at the Operations & Maintenance Coordinator 1 level: Position requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and related experience.

Education/Experience at the Operations & Maintenance Coordinator 2 level: Position requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and three years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and related experience.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Active Q Clearance.
  • Full understanding of the Laboratory's maintenance and facility policies, practices, and procedures.
  • Prior experience in T-Week scheduling coordination.
  • Experience in Facility Operations, Engineering and/or Maintenance.


Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.



Position Commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Note to Applicants:

  • Along with your resume, please include a detailed cover letter explaining how you meet each of the minimum requirements and any of the desired qualifications.
  • Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Where You Will Work

Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:

  • PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Free basic life and disability insurance
  • Paid childbirth and parental leave
  • Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)
  • Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
  • Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)
  • Onsite gyms and wellness programs
  • Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius)


Additional Details

Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.

Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government, and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.

*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.

New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.

Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to protected categories such as race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request such an accommodation, please send an email to applyhelp@lanl.gov or call (505)-664-6947 opt. 3.

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