Director of Engineering

Job Summary :

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

Job 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.

Qualifications

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 : 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