Position: General Engineer GS-801-15
Full Performance Level: GS-15
Organization: Office of Science, Headquarters
Duty Station: Germantown, MD, with the option for remote work.
Qualifications: To be eligible for consideration, applicants must meet Office of Personnel Management qualification standards for 800 Professional Engineering Series, including positive education requirements and at least a year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level or equivalent performing the work described in the duties statement below.

This announcement is posted on USAJOBS at:

22-DOE-801-11249374-OCDH, General Engineer (22-DOE-801-11249374-OCDH)

This announcement will be used to collect resumes from interested individuals. It is the only way in which you will be considered for this position. Only qualified individuals who submit a resume by January 31, 2022, 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.

For more information about this position please contact Eric Colby, Office Director, at Eric.Colby@science.doe.gov.

Overview
The Office of Accelerator R&D and Production (ARDAP) is an organization within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science (SC) that was established in 2020 with responsibility for supporting SC’s ability to build complex scientific tools and facilities based on accelerator technology.
ARDAP is responsible for maintaining an SC-wide view of current and future accelerator facility construction projects; developing and maintaining a comprehensive supply chain risk reduction strategy; making investments in R&D, technology maturation, technology transfer, and supplier development; collecting and curating accelerator facility construction know-how, best practices, and lessons learned; and serving as a source of accelerator engineering and technological expertise for both SC and the broader U.S. Government.

Duties:

GS-15

As the Chief Systems Engineer for accelerator facilities for the Office of Science, you will develop and disseminate systems engineering guidance and provide subject matter expertise to the DOE National Laboratories in the best practices, technologies, and lessons learned from prior accelerator facility construction projects.

Responsible for managing a consultative process to develop high-level systems engineering guidance that is tailored to the successful construction of accelerator-based scientific research facilities. The guidance document will serve to improve the systems engineering approach to all DOE-SC accelerator facilities and that integrates smoothly with the DOE O 413.3B capital asset acquisition requirements and process. The consultative process will involve a broad range of stakeholders and experts including the SC Programs, OPA, Procurement experts at DOE and other federal agencies, DOE Laboratory Site Offices, Federal Project Directors, Project Managers, other federal agencies, leadership of key suppliers and contractors, and other sources.

Provide subject matter expertise and support for accelerator facility construction projects by:

• Analyzing current and planned accelerator facility construction plans and developing a risk-based supply chain model of accelerator technologies needed for the construction and operation;
• Liaising with leading industrial suppliers of accelerator technology for DOE facilities to ascertain market trends, market gaps, and to anticipate market and supply chain failures;
• Gathering information on best practices and lessons learned in the construction of DOE scientific facilities, archiving in an accessible database, and disseminating to current and future projects;
• Gathering information on critical DOE-developed and commercial accelerator technologies and disseminate to current and future projects.

Disseminate systems engineering guidance, best practices, lessons learned, and technical knowledge to the community. Assess the needs and available resources for gathering and archiving information needed for SC facility construction projects.

The successful applicant will be a nationally recognized expert in the engineering and construction of large technical facilities with strong personal knowledge of the community of practice and will have managed technical construction projects with a combined value exceeding $50M. While strong knowledge of accelerator technologies and accelerator facility construction is highly desirable, equivalent experience with engineering and construction of large research facilities for other high technology purposes will be considered.