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Job Title: Water Program Engineer & GIS Manager

Job Summary:
Water Programs Engineering and GIS Manager supports the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office. The Water Program includes surface water monitoring and corrective actions, groundwater monitoring, and environmental well drilling. Work is conducted across the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Northern New Mexico. In this position you will ensure all activities and operations are performed in a safe and deliberate manner; will maintain required safety, security and operational training; assure procedural and regulatory compliance; and make safety and security an integral part of every task including taking the necessary steps to stop work if it is deemed unsafe or compromises security.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
•    Assists in recruiting. interviews, hires, and trains new staff. 
•    Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
•    Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.  
•    Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy. 

Duties/Responsibilities:
•    Lead engineering team (civil and environmental engineers) and GIS team, including supervisory responsibilities.
•    Provide support to the surface water monitoring, groundwater monitoring, drilling, and other environmental remediation project teams, and coordinate with managers to prioritize work.
•    Act as the primary interface with internal and external clients for engineering support.
•    Act as the primary point of contact with client’s engineering services to ensure engineering projects are performed to appropriate standards and procedures and meet or exceed the clients’ expectations.
•    Responsible for maintaining survey equipment, maintaining AutoCAD licenses, and ensuring access to ArcGIS Pro.
•    Support the surface water project manager with providing the definition, planning, cost, and execution of the NPDES Individual Permit corrective action projects, including small self-performed projects and large subcontracted construction projects. 
•    Manage timesheet approvals, time-off requests, performance reviews, and training requirements and completion.
•    Work with the GIS Team Lead regarding the GIS Team’s needs and staffing issues.
•    Generate job descriptions and postings, manage interviews, and coordinate on-boarding for the teams as needed. 
•    Ensure Teams’ compliance with all policies and procedures.
•    Regularly report on teams’ deliverable progress.
•    Performs other duties as assigned. 

Required Skills/Abilities: 
•    Demonstrated ability to use AutoCAD and Civil 3D.
•    Ability to manage team member’s project work.
•    Skill and ability to perform complex tasks with minimal supervision or guidance.
•    Organizes own work to meet established objectives.
•    Level of language, mathematical, communication, computer, and reasoning skills necessary to perform essential job functions.
•    Ability to work in a team-oriented project environment.
•    Familiarity with Los Alamos National Laboratory and work environment preferred.

Education and Experience: 
•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
•    Professional Engineer licensure.
•    Career level of the position will be determined by the number of years of relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

General:

• This position will be required to work outdoors, and at times may include walking and hiking several miles while carrying equipment weighing approximately 30 lbs.
• This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Individual must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Individual must pass a pre-employment drug screen and accept all company policies.
• Individual must be a US citizen

Working Conditions:
The physical and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Physical Demands: 
•    Standard business hours with flexibility to meet project deadlines.
•    May require occasional onsite or client-facing support.
•    Ability to perform computer-based tasks and processing for up to 8 hours, including sitting, standing, mousing, and interacting with information on a computer monitor
•    Ability to review detailed documents for prolonged durations.

Work Environment: 
This position will require outdoor work and may include walking and hiking several miles while carrying equipment weighing approximately 30 lbs.

This description is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to accurately reflect the activities and requirements of the position, but duties may be added, deleted, or modified, as necessary. This description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment