Director of Engineering - Security Clearance Required

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.

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).
• U.S citizen.
• DOE Q clearance (or ability to obtain).

Job ID

2024-3766

Work Type

On-Site

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Akima Support Operations (ASO), an Akima company, is not just another federal facilities contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At ASO, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders , ASO provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers , ASO delivers comprehensive services for facilities, maintenance, and repair and critical services required to operate and sustain facilities and equipment of all sizes.

As an ASO employee , you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values.

You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.