Los Alamos National Laboratory Work Values

Daily Duties at Los Alamos National Laboratory:

• Program Manager responsible for complex, inter-divisional Manufacturing and Business Systems projects with multiple customers (DOD, Department of Energy, New Mexico State, others). • Held a Q clearance. • Program Manager for a critical $80 million annual program that produced key weapons manufactured product to internal customers. • This program ran three years with on time deliver and under budget. • Each year managed the program the customer saw a 10% increase in quality and a 5% reduction in operating costs. Los Alamos National Laboratory (Continued) • Direct interface for Laboratory with customers. • Developed earn value management system to level 3 used EVMS at level 1. • Program Manager of a $2 million yearly operations project on chemical evaporator. • Established quality operational processes that drove down cost while increasing performance by 75%. • Developed proposal and obtained funding. • Used Six Sigma tools to make improvements. • Manager for site operations. • Supervised 70 employees, including operations staff, facility coordinators, contract union employees and office workers. • Managed operations, facilities, safety and security of 22 square mile site: high hazard facilities, ten high explosive firing sites, open areas that are contaminated. • Reduced staffing needs by 18%, increased performance by 22% and decreased operating costs by 7% in a one year time frame. • Project Manager of database development to manage hazardous waste tracking. • Streamlined operations of waste movement from 3 weeks to 4 hours. • Project won a Benchmarking Award from International Benchmarking Council 1996. • Worked with customers and staffs to forge committed team approach to meeting current and future needs of the overall process, not just software. • Managed coordination of 26 Divisions and over 1,100 internal and external customers (users). • Project Manager for team of 15 technical staff on project to revamp manufacturing product stream. • The project reduced manufacturing cycle time by 45% and established metrics for continuous improvement. • Project came in 6 months ahead of schedule and under budget by 2%. • Manager of computer systems team of 15 programmers to maintain and update Laboratory Information Technology systems. • This team developed and maintained over 5 major business systems and 2 engineering systems and placed programs into operation with zero defects and reduced operational down time by 80%.

What they like about Los Alamos National Laboratory:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

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engineering, management of technology, program manager, six sigma, project manager, software management, masters of science degree, computer information systems, Program Management certified, technical leadship, continuous Improvement, Site Technical Manager, quality manager, lean six sigma, pmp, Project management, Senior Technical Program Management, scheduling and planning, agile technique

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Presentation, Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts., Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Black Belt Six Sigma, government contracting, Presentation Sand Mentoring , Design of technical programs

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