Idaho National Laboratory needs a Mechanical Design & Reliability Engineering Manager to develop and execute transformative operational strategies that directly fuel America's energy leadership and next-generation technological breakthroughs, with work shaping policies and practices that advance nuclear innovation, national security, and energy solutions continuing a legacy of scientific excellence. You'll manage activities of a department or discipline through subordinate supervisors and professionals, provide guidance to your team within the latitude of established company policies, be responsible for effective operation of activities of major significance to the organization with decisions impacting others in the immediate team and influencing methods and techniques, and execute financials, business planning, organizational priorities, and workforce planning. Your responsibilities include ensuring budgets, schedules, and performance standards are realistically set and attained, typically managing employees who perform similar tasks potentially including supervisors and exempt and non-exempt staff, receiving objective-based assignments and determining resources to meet schedules and goals, being responsible for a single function, location, and technical discipline, recommending changes to policies and establishing procedures affecting the department or multiple disciplines, helping develop overall and long-term goals, working with subordinate supervisors and customers on matters between sections, partnering with contacts outside own area of expertise, and communicating results across disciplines.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

Manage the activities of a department or a discipline through subordinate supervisors and professionals. Provide guidance to your team within the latitude of established company policies.
Responsible for the effective operation of activities of major significance to our organization. Decisions impact others in the immediate team and influence methods and techniques.
Execute financials, business planning, organizational priorities, and workforce planning. Ensure that budgets, schedules, and performance standards are realistically set and attained.
Typically manage employees who perform similar tasks. May manage supervisors, exempt, and non-exempt staff.
Receive objective-based assignments and determine resources to meet schedules and goals.
Responsible for a single function, location, and technical discipline.
Recommend changes to policies and establish procedures that affect the department or multiple disciplines.
Help develop overall goals and long-term goals of the department and possibly the division.
Work with subordinate supervisors, customers, and functional peer group professionals, involving matters between sections and multiple units.
Partner with main contacts outside own area of expertise and other external partners.
Communicate results and recommendations across disciplines.
Third level of management with human resource responsibilities. Typically, all work is performed through the management of others.
You will typically report to a direct report of a Director, Sr. Director, or Senior Leadership.

Required:

Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and 5+ years experience in DOE contractor experience and 2 years of leadership experience with at least 10 direct reports.
Experience with interfacing with DOE-EM and DOE- NE on future nuclear projects
Experience with Earned Value Management (EVMS) and as a Cost Account Manager
Successful record leading engineering execution of nuclear projects
Experience with Facility Information Management System (FIMS)
Experience as Design Authority for nuclear facilities..

Job Information:

Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Mechanical Design & Reliability Engineering Manager to work on our Mechanical Engineering team. Our team works a 4x10 schedule located out of our Materials and Fuels Complex with every Friday off.

The target pay range for this position is $158,712- $237,174 annually. The full pay range is $107,844 - $274,980. At Idaho National Laboratory compensation decisions are determined using factors such as education, relevant experience, and other credentials.
TDP: This is a testing designated position; you will be required to submit to a pre-employment drug screen and periodic drug testing throughout the term of your employment.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this classification, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, bend, and work in an office and field/laboratory environment. The job requires hand/finger dexterity to keyboard or type, handle materials, manipulate tools, and reach with hands and arms. The job requires operation of job-related equipment and driving a vehicle. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Sufficient visual acuity and hearing capacity to perform the essential functions and interact with people is required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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