Operations & Maintenance Coordinator 1 / 2

Operations & Maintenance Coordinator

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 ($85,900 - $139,900)

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 ($94,500 - $154,600)

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

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 :

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.

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 :

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

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.

Regular Position : Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.

Internal Applicants : Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity : Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit,