Senior Technical Advisor - Lithium Modernization

Position Description

Who We Are:

TechSource, a Salas O'Brien company, is a nationally recognized engineering and scientific company specializing in the management and technical delivery of large-scale nuclear and high-technology projects with numerous federal agencies, helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex projects nationwide. We provide direct access to hundreds of experts and industry leaders in the nuclear sciences, non-proliferation technologies, accelerator physics, and systems engineering arenas with offices in Washington DC, SC, TX, TN, and NM. Our outstanding technical service has earned the company a client retention rate of over 95 percent. As an employee-owned company, we work to attract and retain the best talent because the best talent delivers the best results for our clients. TechSource is a recent DOE Small Business of the Year recipient and eleven-time Inc. 5000 winner.

Your Opportunity:

TechSource is hiring a full-time Technical Advisor to support Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)'s Office of Strategic Materials Production Modernization. Working with a motivated, knowledgeable, and collaborative team, you'll work with the national security laboratories and nuclear weapon production facilities engaged in managing technical work to modernize our nuclear weapon stockpile.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage a challenging and diverse portfolio - this position directly supports an emerging opportunity to modernize NNSA's Lithium capabilities.

* Provide input to a broad array of initiatives ranging from deploying new technologies, new facilities, and recapitalization of existing processes.

• Organize, plan, schedule, implement, control, and analyze performance on various projects and programs.
• Create and implement plans and processes to meet program performance including schedule, quality, cost, and security requirements.
• Support the modernization of technologies and acquisitions at NNSA sites.
• Identify programming and planning requirements to support Stockpile Modernization.
• Identify and report on issues, potential risks, and opportunities.
• Drive process improvement and innovation. Create plans and processes required to meet all performance, schedule, quality, cost, and security requirements.
• Some travel will be required (10%).

• Active DOE Q security clearance.
• Master's degree in STEM field. PhD preferred.
• 10 or more years of project management or related technical experience.
• Experience with DOE/NNSA/DoD programs.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.