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Project Manager 2

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC.
Los Alamos, NM Full Time
POSTED ON 11/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/19/2026
SMSI provides expert management consulting, program and project management, and technical consulting services to government and private sector clients. SMSI has grown and evolved by building an outstanding reputation for client-focused performance and for delivering results that enable clients to meet commitments and milestones.
SMSI is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Job Summary
The Project Manager 2/ Superintendent 3 will be supporting our client, Los Alamos National Lab. The Project Manager 2 will be responsible for and lead projects of $500k or less and provide oversight to Superintendent 2’s as necessary. May initiate the investigation of abnormal events, incidents, and /or accidents to identify the root cause and assist in implementing appropriate corrective actions. May serve as a Control Account Manager (CAM) responsible for planning, budgeting, managing, and controlling costs and schedule performance for a project or subproject and serve as a point of contact for project controls, including account scope, schedule, budget and technical performance. Ensure work packages realistically represent the duration and budget necessary to perform work and perform variance analysis reviews, determine cause an effect of schedule or cost variance and define achievable corrective action plans. May be required to present project management performance plans, status updates, trends or issues to federal sponsors.
Responsibilities
  • Proven leadership and management skills (organize, direct, control) a team of workers, including work schedules, project progress and resource allocation.
  • Advanced experience managing construction projects including proactively managing project scope, schedule and budget including Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
  • Demonstrated experience identifying project risks, developing risk mitigation strategies and corrective actions, and recommending risk acceptance/avoidance for all aspects of a project.
  • Advanced knowledge of all phases and complexity levels of construction projects, upgrades, renovations and D&D.
  • Lead constructability reviews of the design process and the potential impacts to construction cost and schedule.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience with facility maintenance and/or construction management including systems engineering design and maintenance, safety/authorization basis, configuration management programs, work control and facility control systems.
  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of collective bargaining agreements related to all trades.
  • Extensive understanding of work hazards, safety practices, operating configuration, and lock-out/tag-out policies and procedures. Demonstrated ability to understand and interpret various physical, mechanical, and electrical documents, blueprints, drawings, and schematics.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong and effective customer engagement.
  • Demonstrated experience interfacing with program, project, and line management to develop clear and executable action plans to address issues or needs.
  • Provide personal leadership, direction and technical advice regarding health, safety and environmental compliance.
  • Demonstrated experience and skill in identifying problem areas, investigating alternative solutions and establishing a recovery Plan/Path forward.
  • Ability to determine actions to be performed on problems affecting maintenance programs.
  • Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills that includes reporting on project status to senior level management, project stakeholders, as well as regulatory inquiries.
  • Demonstrated skill in the preparation and presentation of oral and written reports.
  • Demonstrated ability to utilize and manipulate a computerized work management system in maintaining and tracking job activities including the coordination of materials and equipment delivery with vendors and suppliers.
  • Ability to promote an open communication environment to develop mutual trust and teamwork.
Requirements
  • 10 years’ work experience (5 years’ experience in at least one of the following functions: engineering, procurement and construction) leading to a thorough understanding of the knowledge described above, or any combination of education and experience.
  • May be required to work a flexible schedule- Days, Nights, Weekends.
  • Active DOE Q Clearance is required.
  • Nuclear Experience is required.
Educational Requirements
  • Degree in engineering or scientific discipline, or specialized courses in project management.

Salary : $500,000

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