Integrated Safety Teams Deputy Department Manager - Military Veterans
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Company Description
Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!
Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States' security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.
We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is important for continued success of the Laboratory's mission.
Pay Range $256,290- $330,756 anually
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Job Description
We have an opening for an Integrated Safety Teams (IST) Deputy Department Manager to assist the Department Manager in leading lead the Integrated Safety Teams Department at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
In this role, you will support the IST Department Manager in providing day to day guidance and technical leadership of the functions, disciplines, and personnel within the IST Department which includes 11 Integrated Safety Team Leads (ISTLs) and approximately 150 matrixed employees from the Environmental, Safety and Health (ES&H) Department Functional Areas. Additionally, you will champion and manage the Emergency Planning function for ES&H. You will be counted on for strategic vision and technical oversight to meet the goals and objectives of the ES&H Directorate customers and stakeholders. You will be a key member of the ES&H Directorate senior management team, ensuring that the ISTs are providing innovative and integrated solutions to help the customers meet mission deliverables while ensuring the safety of employees and the community, as well as ES&H regulatory compliance.
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. The specifics of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the office and virtual work options may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization.
You will
- Operate as a key Point of Contact for the ISTLs and function as a facilitator of ES&H program risks/opportunities to Functional Area Managers to create an integrated operating paradigm among ISTLs, field disciplines, and subject matter experts that support the customer needs.
- Influence a culture of customer service, partnering, "getting to yes", project management, and continuous improvement in support of the Laboratory's mission work, with the goal of conducting ES&H support with shared fate as a valued and trusted partner.
- Coach the ISTLs on customer collaboration to develop and implement innovative, integrated, and cost-effective safety solutions to broad, highly complex, and/or sensitive ES&H issues.
- Maintain an active field presence to ensure team members are aligned with customer schedules and deliverables, as well as establish accountability for quality and timeliness.
- Lead the ES&H directorate-wide process improvement effort related to Emergency Planning to include clarifying and documenting procedures for both internal to ES&H and external support of our customers during emergency response actives at LLNL.
- Collaborate with ISTLs, Functional Areas, and ES&H Technician Manager to optimize workload and address staff gap coverage, while minimizing interruption of customer activities.
- Collaborate in the oversight of IST performance management, salary management, talent management, succession planning, as well as hiring and onboarding activities.
- Serve as an integral member of the ES&H senior management team and work closely with the IST Department Manager to develop and implement high-level organizational strategies and priorities.
- Maintain a commitment to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
- Bachelor's degree in science, ES&H, engineering, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and extensive related technical experience.
- Significant experience in ES&H program management and Human Performance concepts and/or related performance improvement methodologies in a highly technical organization focusing on diverse, cutting-edge experimental science.
- Significant experience using independent judgment to strategically manage an organization, establish organization goals/objectives and interpret policies, delegating, directing, and monitoring the work of others.
- Advanced knowledge in two or more ES&H discipline areas which may include: Industrial Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics, Environmental Protection, and Work Planning and Control to include a high-level knowledge of the associated ES&H related laws, regulations, and standard industry practices.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate and facilitate with others in a consistently positive manner, exercise discretion and tact, and gain consensus in an environment where others may have strongly conflicting ideas and goals.
- Experience in performance management and supervision of organizational staff and managers, including performance issues, career development, annual performance appraisals, and salary management with the ability to motivate and inspire a diverse group of personnel.
- Expert communication, facilitation, collaboration, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills necessary to effectively explain, direct, present, advise, negotiate, and influence all levels of management, both internal and external to the Laboratory.
Qualifications We Desire
- Advanced Degree in Engineering/Science or related field, and/or certification in industrial hygiene, safety or other ES&H related field.
- Experience with applicable Department of Energy (DOE) Directives, Orders, and Prime Contract requirements flow down.
- Experience leading and implementing ES&H programs in a research laboratory and/or high hazard facility environment.
- Experience collaborating across the DOE complex.
Additional Information
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Position Information
This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.
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- 401(k)
- Relocation Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
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For more than 60 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has applied science and technology to make the world a safer place.
Livermore’s defining responsibility is ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear deterrent. Yet LLNL’s mission is broader than stockpile stewardship, as dangers ranging from nuclear proliferation and terrorism to energy shortages and climate change threaten national security and global stability. The Laboratory’s science and engineering are being applied to achieve breakthroughs for counterterrorism and nonproliferation, defense and intelligence, energy and environmental security.
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