Description

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 a Facilities Engineering Project Manager with cost estimating experience to join a core team whose responsibility will be to develop an in-house estimating capability, of individual projects ranging from $500K to less than $34M, and an annual total of approximately $200M. Once established, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing internal cost estimates to our Project Execution team.

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

• Use estimating expertise as well as relevant technical knowledge in design/construction and project management to successfully complete facility and infrastructure construction cost estimates.
• Work closely with project execution staff to identify both technical and non-technical risks, opportunities, and other issues that impact the project during the project execution phase.
• Contribute to value engineering proposals to reduce cost of projects.
• Develop and maintain a cost estimate database where previous estimates are housed and performance can be measured. Develop cost estimating improvements and processes to assure estimating accuracy from external estimating support vendors.
• Assemble and present cost estimating performance metrics in professional presentations.
• Communicate with other laboratories and industry to benchmark, gather data, and improve Sandia's estimating capabilities.
• This position has no direct reports.

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 engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or other relevant field, plus five (5) years or more years of directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job.
• Minimum of five (5) years or more years' experience performing construction cost estimating as your primary occupation.
• Professional estimating certification from one of the following:
  • Certified Cost Professional (CCP) from the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEI).
  • Associate Estimating Professional (AEP) from American Society of Professional Cost Estimators (ASPE).
• Experience with standard project cost management practices including one or more of the following:
  • Cost estimating project plan development.
  • Evaluation of cost estimating.
  • Evaluation of external market factors and applicability in risk to project cost factors.
  • Risk and opportunity management.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire

• AACEI CEP (Certified Estimating Professional) or ASPE CPE (Certified Professional Estimator) existing or obtained within 2 years of employment.
• Experience leading team of professional construction cost estimators.
• Knowledge and background in one or more engineering fields, such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Architecture or related technical field.
• Experience working with construction cost estimating software.
• Ability to develop corporate estimating standards and procedures aligned with industry recommended practices and DOE Orders, Standards, Guidance, and prime contract requirements.
• Knowledge of management practices, assurance processes, business operations, fiscal and scheduling systems, and project acquisition standards.
• Teaming skills, including the ability to work effectively with other organizations, project sponsors and customers, and suppliers.
• Organizational skills, including the ability to effectively prioritize and complete tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to operate with a high level of autonomy.

About Our Team

Department 4120, Project Execution, provides project management and construction management services for buildings and infrastructure to support current and future mission needs at Sandia National Labs. Department 4120 implements projects from initiation, design, construction, and close-out and these projects range in scale, from $50k up to $34M in total project cost. They include facility modifications, infrastructure projects, new facilities, and use various methods of project delivery such as design-bid-build and design-build.

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.

Essential Functions

If offered the position, you may be required to demonstrate your fitness to perform certain physical aspects of the position, including lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.