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Manager II - Advanced Technology

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC
Livermore, CA
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.

Responsiblities

The successful candidate will be a member of a multidisciplinary team in a collaborative environment at the Livermore Operations office of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), managed and operated by Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS).

Key Responsibilities

  • The primary responsibilities for this position include functional management and resource management. The position will be funded at the 25% level for functional management. The remainder of responsibility will be comprised of resource management for Stockpile Experimentation and Operations (SEO), Technologies and Operations (T&O) directorate.
  • Lead the Advanced Technology Group at Livermore Operations as a functional manager.
  • Work with MSTS management to develop a strategic path forward to completing current projects and developing new work.
  • Maintain a staff of technical and scientific professionals by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintain a safe, secure, and legal work environment; develop personal growth opportunities.
  • Interact and collaborate with scientists and managers at the national laboratories to build new projects for developing needed diagnostics.
  • Work with MSTS management to increase diagnostic building and calibration capabilities.
  • Participate in Site Directed Research & Development (SDRD) annual process.
  • Analyze resource reports to identify under-planned and over-planned resources and disseminate the information to both functional and project managers.
  • Develop working knowledge of the SEO T&O project portfolio to serve as a liaison between functional and project managers to assist in matching resources to projects with available scope.
  • Assist in fiscal year project planning to maximize the efficiency of resource allocation.
  • Travel to other MSTS sites occasionally required.
  • Demonstrate environment, safety, health, and quality leadership and consistently enforce environment, safety, health, and quality policies and procedures.
  • Implement applicable environment, safety, health, and quality requirements; emphasize the safety of each employee, and the protection of equipment and property in area of responsibility.
  • Take immediate action to correct reported or observed unacceptable environment, safety, health and quality conditions and/or behaviors.
  • Assure that appropriate procedures, training, equipment, warnings, and tools are provided to employees to permit work to be performed safely.
  • Promote and actively participate in the Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) safety concept.
  • Support and encourage employee participation in MSTS environment, safety, health, and quality initiatives.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 14 years of related and progressively responsible experience.
  • Experience working as a functional manager as well as on technical projects is highly desired.
  • The candidate will possess strong proficient oral and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills with managers from functional areas and project managers.
  • Must possess planning and organizational skills.
  • Must be able to employ judgment and apply knowledge to ensure requirements are completed efficiently and on time.
  • Must possess ability to create and maintain highest level of confidentiality when dealing with proprietary information and sensitive situations is necessary.
  • Extensive contact with personnel in Department of Energy (DOE) weapons complex, in industry, and in universities is desired.
  • The primary work location will be at the Livermore Operations Facility.
  • Work schedule will be 4/10s Monday through Thursday (subject to change).
  • 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: $155,209.60 - $248,331.20

 Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.
Posted 2026-01-18

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