Summary

This position reports to the Fire Protection Team Leader of the Engineering Services Division's Design Engineering (DE) Group. Engineering Services Division is part of LANL's Engineering and Engineering Sciences Director. The DE group provides institutional leadership, processes, and technical resources for safe, high quality, and cost-effective engineering and design in support of LANL operations. This position is for an advanced-level fire suppression designer responsible for field investigations and walk downs, data gathering, verification of existing drawings, updating and revising as-built and priority drawings, AutoCAD drafting support for new projects/facility modifications, database maintenance, small project design, and configuration management. The selected individual will be required to perform these tasks in accordance with the LANL Engineering Standards Manual and other LANL policies and procedures. Assignments are wide in scope, requiring a broad background of fire suppression design experience and capability in all discipline areas, but limited in technical depth. The position requires technical leadership and teamwork with multi-discipline design engineers and designersICADD operators.

Required Skills

Significant experience performing fire suppression design and drafting. Demonstrated proficiency in AutoCAD release 2002 or higher. Demonstrated knowledge and experience producing drawings for fire suppression systems including isometric piping diagrams. Demonstrated ability to perform suppression system layout and preliminary hydraulic calculations. Demonstrated ability to perform basic water supply evaluations to determine potential design impacts. Field experience identifying various systems and components, sizing and routing of piping, and documenting configuration of existing systems. Demonstrated ability to work in an engineering team environment, including the ability to work effectively within security, environmental, safety, and health requirements. Demonstrated experience working efficiently in a multi-task environment with rapidly changing priorities, working independently with minimal supervision. Effective written and oral communication skills. Demonstrated customer focus. Applicant must have the ability to obtain a Q clearance, which usually requires US citizenship.

Desired Skills

Thorough knowledge of LANL drafting practices and CADD file management system. Experience developing multi-discipline design documents. Experience with DOE, LANL, or nuclear industry facility operations and maintenance requirements and best practices.' Experience interfacing with clients, building managers, systems engineers, crafts, A/E firms, and vendors

Education

Associate's Degree in mechanical design computer aided design drafting or equivalent education and experience. NICET III fire suppression certification.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a pre-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.

Government Conflict of Interest

To ensure that you and LANL avoid any potential conflicts of interest, all current/former Government Officials must read and respond, if applicable, to the LANL Applicant Disclosure Form.

Contact

For specific questions about the status of this job, call (505)664-6947