Description

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join our team to support the operation, maintenance, and sustainment of mechanical systems. The ideal candidate will contribute to lifecycle asset management planning, reliability-centered maintenance, and design review activities. This role requires strong analytical skills, a solid understanding of mechanical systems, and the ability to apply engineering principles to support system reliability and operational excellence.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Develop and provide technical system requirements for both design and operation of mechanical systems.
• Develop and apply outage, inspection, acceptance, and commissioning procedures for systems and components.
• Support Lifecycle Asset Management through gathering operational and maintenance asset data to assess overall component and system level performance.
• Provide design scoping and oversight for building, facility, and process mechanical equipment, water treatment systems, water conservation systems, controls, components. Integrate these mechanical systems for safe, reliable, and efficient operations that comply with code, contractual requirements, performance-based design, and mission requirements.
• Provide computerized modeling of systems and designs testing regimes, analyzes data and balance loads, and ensure reliability throughout the lifecycle including obsolescence- and reliability-centered planning.
• Research, test, and implement new and innovative techniques and equipment to save energy, conserve water usage, and reduce costs in utility and building mechanical systems.
• Assess capabilities, capacities, and condition of existing mechanical components, equipment, systems, and associated controls and make recommendations for improvements.
• Perform systems analyses of mechanical systems and subsystems.
• Perform investigative analyses to determine causes and origins of mechanical system failures.
• Perform analysis and testing using the principles of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics to enable design and construction of efficient and effective mechanical systems for facilities and infrastructure support, including HVAC, natural gas, and process fluid distribution systems.
• Conduct/lead/support reliability-centered maintenance activities on mechanical systems and components.
• Provide predictive maintenance analysis support for vibration and acoustic analysis and control.
• Enable design, construction, and full commissioning of automated controls for mechanical systems.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range

$87,400 - $168,800

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or in relevant field; Or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. A higher-level degree (MS, PhD) in relevant discipline may also be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
• Experience with data analytics techniques and/or RCM maintenance strategies.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire

• Knowledge of and experience with mechanical systems, fluid mechanics, water chemist, and materials properties.
• Ability to perform system modeling, including fluid flow, acoustic analysis, psychometric analysis, energy and heat transfer, energy conservation analysis, and other duties required to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient mechanical systems.
• Understanding of various mechanical, electrical, and systems controls documents, including specifications, drawings, schematics, maintenance and operation procedures, and design standards.
• Ability to maintain and assess the condition of mechanical infrastructure assets, including boilers, cooling towers, chillers, air handlers, compressors and provide operational solutions.
• Ability to prepare and propose specification changes, procedures, and update tactical and strategic plans.
• Knowledge and understanding of applicable standards and codes.
• Ability to size and configure equipment for major maintenance and replacement efforts associated with building, infrastructure, and facility mechanical systems.
• Experience and demonstrated skill in conducting research, investigating alternative solutions, and recommending solutions on efficiency and reliability problems that affect building systems and infrastructure.
• Able to obtain a Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certificate and Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Ability to model behaviors that reflect Sandia's core values.

About Our Team

The Mechanical Engineering Department is responsible for daily mechanical system operations, lifecycle asset management (LCAM) planning (tactical and strategic) for mechanical systems, and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) for mechanical systems and components. The department addresses daily mechanical system issues, performs minor mechanical system designs. conducts design reviews, asset health monitoring, operational and asset failure data analytics, failure mode effects analysis, and asset criticality assessments to support LCAM planning and sustainment. The department develops lifecycle asset management plans (LCAMPs), asset specific RCM maintenance strategies & plans, and manages the design manual and specifications.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.