Senior Project Manager (Physical Security Systems)

Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, with periodic travel 65 miles northwest to the Nevada National Security Site near Mercury. Candidates must be willing to relocate if not local; a relocation package is available. The schedule is 4/10s, Monday through Thursday, with occasional overtime and off-shift work.

Annual salary: $100,755.20–$151,132.80.

Company

Work with the Physical Security Systems Department supporting projects for hirify.global and the Department of Energy.

What you will do

• Manage small physical security systems projects under $5M total project cost through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closeout.
• Coordinate PSS engineering, technicians, vendors, authorities having jurisdiction, end users, program managers, and project teams.
• Lead design reviews, field walkdowns, stakeholder approvals, requirements definition, and project execution planning.
• Track cost, schedule, risk, quality, technical performance, changes, and project status, providing regular reports to leadership.
• Manage project communications, expectations, issue escalation, risk mitigation, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.
• Support field activities, including periodic off-shifts and austere conditions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent training and experience, plus at least 5 years of related professional experience.
• Experience managing small projects under $5M total project cost and project teams of fewer than 15 people through representative project lifecycle phases.
• Experience delivering scope within schedule, cost, risk, and quality constraints while maintaining stakeholder satisfaction.
• Experience managing communications, project requirements, products, deliverables, and project team performance.
• Ability to learn project concepts, workflows, and applicable security standards quickly.
• Experience assisting projects and teams; collaboration, conflict resolution, relationship-building, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to maintain and effectively lead an Integrated Project Team and escalate issues appropriately.
• Ability to obtain the internal Project Manager Certification at Base Level or higher within one year unless extenuating circumstances apply.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role, support the required schedule and field activities, and hold a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, requiring U.S. citizenship and eligibility for federal background investigation, drug testing, and classified access.
• Successful completion of required pre-placement physical examination, drug screening, background review, and any required counterintelligence evaluation.

Nice to have

• Previous experience implementing physical security systems projects.
• Project Management Institute certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Relocation package available for candidates who are not local.
• Work follows a four-day, ten-hour schedule from Monday through Thursday, subject to change.
• Projects involve cross-functional collaboration with internal departments, external auditors, regulatory bodies, vendors, and end users.
• Periodic off-shift work, overtime, emergency response, and austere field conditions may be required.
• Employment is subject to a substance abuse policy, including random drug testing.