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Job Summary

Akima Support Operations is looking for a Director of Engineering. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated ability to successfully oversee an annual budget of $300M.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a 150+ diverse engineering workforce.
• Manage engineering function with engineers matrixed into operations across multiple sites.
• Serves as Design Authority.
• Develop designs that are recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices in compliance with regulatory and permitting requirements, maintaining configuration control of all design documentation, including as‑built drawings.
• Provide engineering services to maintain and optimize operations, including mechanical engineering, developing, and implementing system health monitoring and improvement plans, performing value engineering reviews and overseeing production of design products.
• Provide design and engineering services supporting site upgrades, modifications, and installations.
• Perform value engineering to reduce DOE's real property asset ownership costs and perform cost benefit studies to evaluate alternate packaging and loading to reduce cost of waste disposition.
• Process engineering change proposals.
• Perform hazardous analysis and engineering services for balance of plant activities, including facilities maintenance and capital and general‑purpose projects.
• Lead fire protection and security engineering.

Minimum Qualifications

• ≥20 years in engineering in DOE or similar oil and gas facility.
• ≥10 years design and maintenance engineering for hazardous chemical operations.
• Prior management of 150 people and budgets $75M million/year.
• Previous leadership of a project/program engineering organization with matrixed staff across multiple facilities and locations.
• Demonstrated ability to improve site productivity through engineering innovations.
• Notable examples of successful delivery of site upgrades, modifications and installations resulting in improved production.
• Track record for improving project performance through value engineering.
• MS, Engineering (chemical, mechanical, electrical) preferred.
• BS, Engineering (chemical, mechanical, electrical) required.
• Training, Licenses, and Recognized Certifications.
• Preferred = Registered Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), Root Cause Analysis (or other methodology).
• Citizen.
• DOE Q clearance (or ability to obtain).

Job Details

Job: Engineering/Design

Travel: Yes, 25% of the time

Organization: ASO – Akima Support Operations

Clearance: Able to Obtain Secret

Work Type: On‑Site

Remote: No

ReqID: 2024-3766