Job Description

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are looking for a Intern - Clerical Undergrad Year-Round for the Biological, Radiation, and Signature Science, Technology, & Engineering Center

We are seeking a Year Round Undergraduate Intern to support managers, staff, and administrative professionals in Center 8600, Biology, Radiology & Signature Science Technology and Engineering.

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

• Can work on site in Livermore CA
• Support office functions including administrative processes.
• Work closely with administrative professionals to ensure that tasks are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Work closely with experienced administrative professionals, learn best practices, and develop a comprehensive understanding of administrative functions.
• Engage with staff to provide support, address questions, and assist with organizational duties.
• Assist in preparation of documents, including forms, reports, slides, charts, etc. in accordance with SNL policies and procedures.
• Assist in editing and formatting documents for both internal and external recipients.
• Assist in handling telephone communications and receiving visitors which includes ascertaining nature of calls or visits; taking messages or scheduling appointments; responding to routine questions or referring individuals to appropriate sources of information; and serving as an information resource to the manager and staff.
• Assist in placing purchase orders and supply orders.
• Assist with meeting preparation, including copying and collating.
• Assist with the upkeep of building records, such as rosters, space documents, phone, and data port logs, etc.
• Assist with special event planning. Assist with mail distribution and mailbox upkeep.
• Utilize Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook in performing daily operations.

Qualifications We Require:

You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:

• Currently attending and enrolled full time in an accredited undergraduate program
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5/4.0
• Ability to work up to 25 hours per week during the academic year, and up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• U.S. citizenship

Qualifications We Desire:

• Strong, professional written and verbal communication skills
• General office skills including use of the MS Office Suite of tools (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Highly organized and strong attention to detail
• Ability to follow complex work processes with accuracy and speed
• Good multitasking capabilities and strong customer service focus
• Ability to problem solve

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

About Our Team:

The Biological, Radiation, and Signature Science, Technology, & Engineering Center (8600) performs exploratory science and develops technology to address pressing national needs in energy security, homeland security, and national defense. Through extensive partnerships inside and outside Sandia, the Center focuses on understanding and countering natural and engineered biological threats, as well as developing radiation detection systems and remote sensing techniques for nuclear nonproliferation applications, portable systems to demilitarize chemical weapons, and alternative lignocellulosic and algal-derived transportation biofuels.

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 vacations, 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.

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 Q-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 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.

Job ID: 693176

Job Family: 91

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: P