 Position Available
Department of Energy Office of Science - Mission Integration and Projects Division Director, Fermi Site Office
Position available: Interdisciplinary Supervisory General Engineer/Physical Scientist
Pay Plan/Series/Grade: GS-801/1301-15, General Engineer/Physical Scientist
Location: Warrenville, IL
Opening Date: 3/21/2023
Closing Date: 4/4/2023
Who can apply: Open to the public
To be eligible for consideration, applicants must meet Office of Personnel Management qualification standards for 801/1301 General Engineer/Physical Scientist Series. These must include positive education requirements and at least a year of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level or equivalent. You should be performing the work described in the duties statement below for the grade in which you are applying.
This announcement is posted on USAJOBS at: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/714024200
This announcement will be used to collect resumes from interested employees. It is the only way in which you will be considered for this position. Only those who submit a resume, and any other required documents identified in the announcement, through the USAJOBS website will be considered.
The selectee will be placed on a new appointment. A DOE career status employee selected for this position may be required to serve a new one (1) year probationary period, pursuant to 5 CFR 315.802. Management will be requesting a list of interested employees from the Human Resources Shared Service Center on April 5, 2023.
In this position you will:
- Serve as a Division Director in the Site Office and report to the Deputy Site Office Manager and regularly engage with the Site Office Manager directly.
- Administer and manage the Laboratory Management and Operating (M&O) contract.
- Direct teams involved in contract oversight by developing expectations for the contractor, enabling work to be performed, and evaluating contractor's final performance and performance trends.
- Set policies, priorities, and deadlines with Site Manager/Deputy Site Manager and sponsoring program leadership within DOE and other agencies; determines goals and objectives needing extra emphasis; estimate current and out-year budgets and technical plans to enhance quality and effectiveness of support services; plan for short and long-range staffing needs, including matters like whether to contract out work; exercise delegated managerial authority to establish and implement strategic plans and long-range work plans and schedules; review completed work assignments for compatibility with policy objectives; and represent Site Manager/Deputy Site Manager in forums addressing Site Office goals, operational issues, and other topics with authority to make management commitments within existing policy guidelines.
- Build and promote a work-culture that is diverse, inclusive, collaborative, and maximizes the talent of Site Office members; assign tasks to staff members according to priorities, complexity of assignments and skill-sets and grade-levels of employees; devise ways to improve production or increase the quality of the work directed; assign and evaluate work performance for reporting subordinates; provide performance input on the work of others; work with Human Resources in initiating changes in position classification; ensure recruitment and staffing actions are for fair and open competition by providing input for vacancy announcements and job analysis, ensure qualified senior staff participate on hiring/interview panels, approving final authority for subordinate positions; devise ways to improve production or increase quality of the work directed; ensure within-grade increases are justified based on at least full satisfactory performance; adhere to federal and agency guidelines for promotions, reassignments, details, and realignment processes and procedures; oversee performance management as a rating official for evaluating subordinate employees, individual development plans, and provide input into and approval for employee recognition.
If there are questions regarding this position, please contact Whitney Begner, whitney.begner@science.doe.gov.
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