The Environment, Safety, and Health (ESH) Directorate is seeking a Work Planning & Control (WP&C) Functional Area Manager to lead a critical Laboratory-wide program that enables safe, disciplined, and effective work execution.
ESH manages more than 100 complex programs across the Laboratory, with a budget of $90 million and a workforce of more than 450 employees. In this leadership role, you will provide strategic direction, management oversight, and technical leadership for the WP&C functional area and its team of more than 60 professionals.
Reporting to the Integrated Work Management (IWM) Department Manager, you will ensure the Laboratory’s WP&C program is effective, efficient, and consistently implemented in support of the Laboratory’s mission.
This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period.
You will
- Serve as an integral member of the IWM management team to formulate and execute strategic plans and goals, and to steward a WP&C program that is clearly understood and consistently implemented across the Laboratory.
- Provide overall leadership, direction, technical oversight, and accountability for the FA while managing the delivery of an innovative, effective, and partner-focused WP&C program.
- Engage WP&C FA partners and stakeholders to ensure comprehensive integration and teaming, operating as a valued and trusted partner in enabling safe mission execution.
- Build and sustain trusted relationships with DOE Livermore Field Office, line management, and ESH stakeholders to resolve complex, sensitive, and high-impact technical issues.
- Advise Directorate and Laboratory senior management on broad WP&C matters and drive alignment on issues that affect organizational performance and mission execution.
- Evaluate and maintain meaningful, data-driven performance measures that accurately reflect the health and effectiveness of the WP&C program.
- Lead workforce planning activities for the functional area, including hiring, retention, succession planning, career development, and performance management.
- Participate in EFCOG (Energy Facility Contractors Group) working groups and benchmark with other DOE sites to identify, share, and implement best practices that support continuous improvement.
- Perform other duties as assigned.