Early Career Project Planning & Controls Specialist - Livermore, CA - Onsite

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
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• 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*

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We are seeking a Project Planning and Controls Specialist to join the Integrated Business & Site Operations Center to perform project planning and controls for our highly dedicated and mission focused team. We provide analysis and reporting associated with various project controls deliverables and activities, such as project baseline, work package agreements, cost control, cost estimation, projections, or project reviews, including interfacing with the responsible Control Account Manager (CAM), technical Principal Investigator (PI), and business leads to meet the business requirements, program deliverables, and schedule milestones.

• Monitoring project budgets, tracking expenditures, forecasting costs, and identifying cost variances.
• Developing, maintaining, and updating project schedules using tools like Microsoft Project, or Primavera P6.
• Preparing regular status reports on project progress, schedule adherence, and budget performance for stakeholders and senior leadership
• Analyzing project data to identify trends, issues, and opportunities for improvement
• Tracking and documenting changes to project scope, schedule or budget and assessing their impact on project objectives
• Coordinating resource allocation and availability to ensure project milestones are met
• Working closely with project managers, engineers, peers and other stakeholders to align project plans and controls.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite. Relocation will be provided for those who qualify.

$88,900 - $171,900

*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.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

• Experience in financial analysis including budgeting, cost estimating, and resource management
• Experience in schedule development and maintenance including building and updating project timelines, tracking milestones and deliverables, and using scheduling tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Primavera P6).
• Experience in engaging stakeholders to recommend solutions, providing actionable information for technical leadership using cost and schedule analytics.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and perform under strict deadlines and changing priorities
• Effective written and verbal communications skills
• Interest and willingness to gain an understanding of the technical scope
• Ability to work and excel in an ambiguous, dynamic and fast paced environment

Mission Services provides essential business services that support Labs operations. From supply chain to project controls, finance, and integrated business management; Mission Services ensures that every mission at Sandia has the necessary equipment, materials, project management and business support necessary to keep The Mission moving.

Our vision is to transform our services for mission success and support Sandias national security mission by innovating, partnering with our customers, and addressing issues directly. We aim to significantly enhance our mission delivery, increase our value to sponsors, clients, national security partners at the Sandia Field Office (SFO), and internal customers, while fostering trust in our teams. Our 10000 staff is matrixed to support various missions across the Labs.

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.

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.

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.

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This Limited Term Employee (LTE) position is a temporary position for one year term, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to a maximum of seven years.

Individuals in LTE positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.