Operations Facility Services Manager

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States' security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory's mission.

Pay Range:

$271,320 - $345,840 Annually for the TSM.1 Level

This is the lowest to highest salary in good faith we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. Pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for an Operations Facility Services Manager. This position is responsible for the implementation and execution of engineering, integration, scheduling, infrastructure, and maintenance programs for business spaces and low hazard facilities at Site 200 in Livermore, California and at Site 300 in Tracy, California, and Livermore Computing facilities. You will interact with senior Infrastructure and Operations Directorate managers, deployed team leaders, facility managers, Project Management Office (PMO), and support contractor representatives. Responsibilities also include assisting in the management and development of staffing, short-term and long-term strategic planning and goals, Future-Years Nuclear Security Program (FYNSP) plans, and associated budgets. This position resides in the Operations Program within the Strategic Deterrence (SD) Directorate.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

In this role, you will:

• Provide technical leadership and direction of SD facility management staff, and infrastructure programs to ensure that work is conducted safely and efficiently by well-trained and qualified staff in compliance with DOE Orders and applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Ensure budgets, schedules, and performance standards are realistically set and attained, leading to the effective achievement of objectives and meeting Laboratory requirements.
• Develop and implement cost-saving initiatives for improving equipment reliability and safety.
• Use independent judgment and latitude to establish departmental objectives in determining adequate and balanced support for facility operations, security, materials control and accountability, and infrastructure.
• Collaboratively set long-range goals and strategies aligned with institutional objectives, influencing policy-making and ensuring the attainment of Laboratory mission deliverables. This role involves independent decision-making on administrative, technical, and operational matters, overseeing budgets, schedules, and performance standards while promoting innovative concepts and ensuring program quality through oversight and technical review.
• Support key SD mission deliverables by exerting influence and making decisions that significantly affect organizational operations and the successful completion of facility equipment modifications, replacement projects, and maintenance.
• Facilitate and support the implementation of opportunities for continuous improvement in security, safety, and operations through the implementation of both formal and informal inspection and assessment programs and metrics.
• Direct, implement, coordinate, and integrate efforts across major organizational segments, develop and optimize policies, and provide strategic vision and planning while negotiating with senior leadership and internal/external stakeholders on critical matters.
• Oversee all operations areas involving multiple technical areas of expertise and negotiate significant matters with management and internal/external stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U. S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Engineering, or other technical area or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Extensive experience resolving complex problems and developing, planning, and coordinating solutions.
• Extensive experience in engineering, integration, scheduling, and maintenance at a DOE or commercial facility, and in operating and maintaining facilities in low hazard work environments.
• Experience in strategically managing organizations with multiple or complex technical areas to achieve objectives and meet organizational, institutional, and customer/sponsor requirements.
• Knowledge of DOE policies, procedures, regulations, and standards.
• Extensive experience interacting with and negotiating on matters of significance to the organization, including expert leadership and management skills to champion innovative directions and influence the development of institutional goals and objectives.
• Expert communication, facilitation, collaboration, problem-solving and interpersonal skills at the technical level necessary to direct an organization, lead innovative research and operations, build and motivate cooperative multi-disciplinary teams, and interact, present, explain, influence and advise SD senior management on various operational issues and matters of significance to the organization.
• Experience in performance management and supervision of technical, scientific, and administrative staff and managers, including performance issues, career development, annual performance appraisals, and salary management.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets and establishing strategic operational goals for nuclear, radiological, and high explosives facilities.

Qualifications We Desire

• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or other technical areas.
• Extensive experience establishing strategic policies and procedures within low hazard facilities and implementing successful methods and techniques.
• Advanced knowledge and experience developing and implementing continuous improvement in operational safety, security, and efficiency while encouraging process improvement throughout the workforce.
• Demonstrated knowledge of leadership, management, and organizational development principles and methods applied to the direction of a broad organization.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

• Included in 2025 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
• Our values - visit https://www.llnl.gov/inclusion/our-values

Security Clearance

This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance. If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

Wireless and Medical Devices

Per the Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory must meet certain restrictions with the use and/or possession of mobile devices in Limited Areas. Depending on your job duties, you may be required to work in a Limited Area where you are not permitted to have a personal and/or laboratory mobile device in your possession. This includes, but not limited to cell phones, tablets, fitness devices, wireless headphones, and other Bluetooth/wireless enabled devices.

If you use a medical device, which pairs with a mobile device, you must still follow the rules concerning the mobile device in individual sections within Limited Areas. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities require separate approval. Hearing aids without wireless capabilities or wireless that has been disabled are allowed in Limited Areas, Secure Space and Transit/Buffer Space within buildings.

Pre-Placement Medical Exam

A job related pre-placement medical examination may be required.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing all with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

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