Position: Physicist GS-1310-15
Salary: $148,484 — $176,300 per year
Organization: Department of Energy, Office of Science, Headquarters
Duty Station: Germantown, MD, with the option for telework as determined by agency policy.

Where to Apply: USAJOBS – Job Announcement

Closing Date: 03/17/2022

Overview
This position is part of the Office of Science – Headquarters, Department of Energy. A successful candidate will serve as a Physicist in the Office of High Energy Physics (HEP), within the Office of Science and will manage, coordinate and communicate activities relating to scientific facilities, particularly the Rubin Observatory, for the HEP program.

Duties:

The Office of High Energy Physics (HEP) of the Department of Energy has an opening for a program manager to handle HEP’s portfolio of scientific facilities for astrophysics. The major component of this portfolio is the DOE responsibility for the Rubin Observatory currently being completed in Chile. The duties include:

• Serve as a Program Manager determining the efficiency and effectiveness of scientific facility operations, such as telescopes; organize independent peer reviews, recommending funding allocations; serve as a liaison on committees; and monitor progress of the program.
• Critically evaluate the operations and performance of telescope facilities via own scientific and technical judgment, periodic operations reviews, merit reviews, and panel reviews. Evaluate comprehensiveness, balance, appropriateness, and applicability of the reviews received.
• Prepare, justify, and support the portions of the budget relating to the area of responsibility; propose and implement adjustments to program during the budget approval process and unanticipated developments.
• Secure essential information through study of scientific and technical literature, and participation in discussions with scientists, program managers and policy makers within the Department, DOE laboratories, universities, other and Federal agencies.
• Evaluate contractor, DOE laboratory, and grantee research proposals and performance via own scientific and technical judgment, merit review, site visits/reviews, and panel reviews.

All persons with experience in the operation of scientific facilities are welcome to apply. Experience with telescope and astrophysics operations programs is a plus. Questions can be addressed to Michael.procario@science.doe.gov.

The job announcement is currently viewable at https://www.usajobs.gov/job/638535700 and will be accepting applications from March 4, 2022 until March 17, 2022. The two-week open period may seem short for people in scientific research, but it is the standard maximum for DOE, which is why this advance notification is being provided.

How to Apply:

This announcement is posted on USAJOBS at:

22-SC-00689-11395396-DH, Physicist: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/638535700

Only qualified individuals who submit a resume by March 17, 2022, and any other required documents identified in the announcement, through the USAJOBS website will be considered.

For more information about this position please contact Mike Procario, Director, Facilities Division, Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science, at Michael.Procario@science.doe.gov.