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Senior/Principal Facilities Engineering Project Manager, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories
Livermore, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/27/2026
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 hardworking and highly motivated Facilities Engineering Project Manager to join our team. The selected applicant will Lead project teams of internal or external engineering and architectural personnel, construction contractors, customers, sponsors, and suppliers, to ensure that the project meets scope, schedule, and cost requirements per DOE Orders and Sandia's requirements.

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

  • Use your relevant technical knowledge to participate in making technical contributions to the project through gathering and developing the customer's technical requirements and providing assurance and constructability reviews
  • Work closely with the project team to ensure that the project progresses as planned and identifies and addresses both technical and non-technical risks, opportunities, and other issues that impact the project during the project execution phase
  • Ensure that projects are completed within budget constraints using cost estimation, budget determination, and cost control and effectively address budget concerns with the appropriate funding source
  • Manage task definition and sequencing, duration estimation, and schedule development and control to ensure that the project is completed on schedule
  • Develop and deliver proposals, requirements documentation, progress reports, process improvements, and presentations for all levels of customers and partners, both internal and external

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite at the Livermore, CA facility.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

Salary Range

$121,900 - $237,800

  • 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 architecture, engineering, or other relevant field plus five or more years of directly related experience; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
  • Experience performing architecture or engineering design on building systems
  • Experience with one or more facilities management processes such as: operations, maintenance, document and project management
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire

  • Master's degree in architecture, engineering, or other relevant field
  • Certification as a Professional Engineer (PE), Leader in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), and / or Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Demonstrated advanced computer technical skills including experience with a computerized scheduling system and AutoCAD
  • 5 years of experience leading teams or programs
  • Strong communication skills and ability to interact with all levels of staff and management

About Our Team

The Project and Construction Management Department is responsible for managing, executing, and inspecting all large construction projects at the CA site. This includes modification of buildings, space, and infrastructure systems as well as the design and construction of new facilities to satisfy changing programmatic needs.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) 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.

Job ID: 697496

Job Family: FA

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

Salary : $121,900 - $237,800

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