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MELE Associates maintains a contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Infrastructure (NA-90), which maintains, operates, and modernizes NNSA infrastructure to enable mission results. MELE is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Planner with significant construction and infrastructure planning experience to support the Office of Infrastructure Lifecycle Management (NA-91), Infrastructure Planning and Integration Division (NA-911).
The Senior Infrastructure Planner will:
Provide infrastructure planning expertise and develop strategies and recommendations for sustaining, recapitalizing, and modernizing infrastructure across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE).
Review and assess NNSA Site infrastructure plans, master plans, investment strategies, and related planning products.
Integrate mission requirements, infrastructure condition and capacity, risk, schedule, and resources to support near-, mid-, and long-term infrastructure planning.
Support enterprise infrastructure initiatives, including office space, utilities, and other crosscutting infrastructure needs.
Apply construction, facilities, and infrastructure planning experience to evaluate and prioritize infrastructure investments, including sequencing, dependencies, implementation approaches, and mission impacts.
Assess changing mission requirements, funding assumptions, schedules, and Site conditions and develop recommendations concerning cost, schedule, risk, and mission impacts.
Provide technical, analytical, and programmatic advice to NA-911 leadership and program managers and independently research and analyze complex infrastructure issues.
Coordinate across NA-90 organizations, NNSA programs, and Sites to integrate infrastructure planning with mission priorities and enterprise objectives.
Support program and portfolio management activities, including planning, prioritization, schedule integration, performance, and resource and financial analysis.
Develop senior-level briefings, decision materials, analyses, and recommendations and integrate input from multiple organizations and technical disciplines into clear products supporting leadership decisions.
Independently lead planning and analytical initiatives and share infrastructure planning knowledge and best practices with less-experienced team members.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, facilities management, planning, business, public administration, or a related field. Significant directly relevant professional experience may substitute for a degree in a directly related discipline.
Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience in infrastructure, facilities, construction, capital planning, or related program management.
Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, or implementing infrastructure or capital investment plans.
Strong knowledge of infrastructure planning, including the relationships among mission requirements, facility condition and capacity, utilities, construction, recapitalization, risk, schedule, and investment priorities.
Demonstrated ability to analyze complex infrastructure issues and translate technical and programmatic information into practical recommendations for senior decision-makers.
Strong program management and coordination skills, including experience with planning, prioritization, schedules, budgets, risk, and performance.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise sound professional judgment, and produce high-quality work with limited supervision.
Strong written and oral communication skills, including preparation of executive-level briefings, analyses, and recommendations.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Q clearance.
Desired Qualifications
Master's degree in a related field.
Prior NNSA or DOE experience involving infrastructure, capital planning, construction, facilities, or Site planning.
Other federal or public-sector infrastructure and capital planning experience.
Experience with large, complex infrastructure portfolios, master planning, utilities planning, asset management, or capital investment prioritization.
Familiarity with the Nuclear Security Enterprise and the relationship between NNSA mission programs and enabling infrastructure.
Active DOE Q or equivalent security clearance.
LOCATION: This is a full-time remote position primarily supporting clients in Washington, DC and Albuquerque, NM and includes travel for in-person support.
SALARY: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position. The salary range for this position is $110K to $150K.
Benefits MELE Offers
Employer-paid employee Medical, Dental and Vision Care.
Low-Cost Family Health Care offered.
Federal Holidays and three (3) weeks’ vacation
401(k) with Employer Match
Cross-training opportunities
About MELE
With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include national security, intelligence, IT/cybersecurity, facility management and engineering, CBRNE defense and nuclear security, emergency response training/management, and mission and program support.
MELE Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer.