Deputy Director

Job Description

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750 professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.
  
  

Responsibilities

As Deputy Director, you will assist the Director in providing overall management and leadership for the Stockpile Experimentation and Operations (SEO) Programs team.

Key Responsibilities

• Acts for the Director, assuming all roles and responsibilities during their absence.
• Participates in planning and developing Program strategies, implementation plans, and FYNSP budgets.
• Actively tracks and reports program/project execution and coordinates with program managers to ensure customer and NNSS leadership expectations met.
• Interacts with all levels of management, both within and outside the organization.
• Interacts continuously with internal management concerning projects, operational decisions, scheduling requirements, and/or contractual clarifications.
• Leads briefings and technical meetings for internal representatives.
• Coordinates multiple projects or a large function with significant responsibility for staff, material, budgets, and/or capital resources that may have an impact to mission or financial success of the Company.
• Represents the MSTS Leadership Team on NNSA executive teams and working groups.
• Creates an environment where employees feel safe to raise issues, empowered to address issues, and supported to resolve issues.
• Demonstrates environment, safety, health, and quality leadership and consistently enforces environment, safety, health, and quality policies and procedures.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 17 years of related and progressively responsible experience.
• Must have an active Q or equivalent clearance and ability to maintain an SCI clearance
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting National Nuclear Security Administration research/development, weapons or technology programs.
• NNSA NA-10/Department of War/Defense Headquarters engagement experience strongly preferred.
• Experience leading programs or program portfolios more than $100M annually.
• Experience in deployment of program management and system engineering processes.
• Technical knowledge of NA-10 missions to enable guiding program development and execution strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve operational excellence, set expectations and monitor de legated activities to closure, especially with ambiguity and conflicting priorities.
• Experience leading the development of new program opportunities, including the definition, development, and preparation of proposals.
• Experience in recruiting and mentoring teams and assessing the performance and facilitating the technical execution of programmatic deliverables.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The primary work location will be at the Losee Road facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Occasional travel required (less than 25%).
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.
  
  

MSTS is required by DOE directive 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 offered employment with MSTS are also 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. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2 , “Personnel Security”. 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.

Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR Part 707.4 , “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted. Applicant selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation, required to participate in subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference 10 CFR Part 709 , “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.”

MSTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.

Annual salary range for this position is: 186,347.20 - 302,806.40

Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.