Senior/Principal Construction Manager - Project Leader, Onsite

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking an experienced Construction Manager who will be accountable for construction work activities being performed by external construction companies. As the project leader, Construction Managers assure project success by managing the safety, schedule, budget, and quality of each project and assure that project requirements are met.

In this role, you can expect a fast-paced environment where you will manage multiple projects on any given day. You will proactively seek out issues and resolve them quickly; develop solutions for complex challenges, assemble teams to assure decisions are comprehensive and complete, reduce operational impacts, and assure accurate project costs and changes from the construction contractors.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Provide construction management services and ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and under budget.
• Ensure compliance with Sandia Corporation, Facilities Management and Operations Center, and
• Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) requirements to develop and deliver completed construction projects safely and effectively.
• Oversee all activities performed by construction contractors.
• Facilitate and participate in regular construction progress meetings.
• Provide accurate coordination with the construction management support, ES&H teams, system engineers, customers, as well as inspection service contractors to effectively schedule and manage all construction work.
• Develop a coordinated construction contractor schedule to handle all work as a program aligned to an assigned geographic area or team.
• Provide guidance and leadership to other Construction Manager's in the Department daily to meet strategic objectives.
• Support the Project Manager with design reviews, approving project cost and schedule impacts.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$99,400 - $193,600

Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Construction Management, or other relevant Engineering Degree, plus five (5) or more years of directly related experience. Or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years of Construction Management, Project Management, or Engineering experience in a Facilities related area.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Pursuit/completion of an advanced technical degree in construction/project management or related field.
• Experience with Newforma, Primavera and/or Microsoft Project.
• At least one (1) year of experience working within SNL processes and procedures.
• Certified Construction Manager (CCM) certification and/or certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP).
• OSHA-10-hour (or higher) training and knowledge of International Building Codes (IBC).
• Understanding of Facilities processes such as O&M, Projects, and Document Management.
• Strong organizational, negotiation, time management, and leadership skills, and the ability to interact with all levels of staff and management.
• Solid understanding of construction requirements such as building code, OSHA requirements, construction techniques, sequencing, scheduling, risk mitigation, and estimating.
• Ability to lead technical teams to solutions while balancing objectives such as cost, schedule, performance, quality, and safety.
• Demonstrated analytical skills with the ability to anticipate, identify, and resolve problems with high level of detail.
• Ability to implement system processes using the latest technical approaches, handle frequent changing priorities, and coordinate multiple activities.

About Our Team:

The Facilities Project Execution Team is aligned with the mission to provide direct support for all products and services. We develop, manage, and deliver projects and provide project and construction management for building and infrastructure systems. Within this team are several departments who oversee small (~$50K) to very large (>$30M) projects such as design-bid-build and design-build of new facilities, that are customer and direct funded. We are responsible for the schedule, cost and quality of each project and work closely with our construction partners, line customers, and oversight to assure project success.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ?posting date. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 696568

Job Family: FA

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F