• Job Description

  Req#: 11420

  Requisition Id 11420

  Overview:

  The Project Management Office (PMO) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a skilled Project Manager to support the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) Upgrades Project Office in the delivery of the HFIR Beryllium Reflector Replacement (HBRR) project.

  HFIR provides one of the highest steady-state neutron fluxes of any research reactor in the world. The thermal and cold neutrons produced by HFIR are used for research into the fundamental properties of materials, including biological and engineered materials, enabling researchers to make scientific discoveries and address some of the biggest challenges facing society today, such as the clean energy transition. ORNL is preparing to replace HFIR’s permanent beryllium reflector, along with other key reactor core components, to sustain and enhance HFIR’s operational performance. In conjunction with redesigning the cold guide network, plans are under way to extend HFIR’s cold guide hall by more than 5,500 square feet. The cold guide hall features instruments that use cold neutrons with lower energies to unlock information about complex soft matter, such as proteins and polymers, and analyze materials with magnetic properties. Extending this guide hall will allow for reconfiguring and optimizing the facility’s cold neutron instruments to significantly improve their performance, develop new capabilities, and provide space to build new instruments.

  The scope includes reactor major and minor equipment renewal or replacement activities required for achieving world leading neutron source reliability, and scientific infrastructure and capacity enhancements enabling world leading science capabilities. This exciting project will enable the HFIR to provide the Office of Science neutron scattering, isotopes production, materials irradiation, and other scientific missions essential to our national interests well into the future.

  ORNL is the largest US DOE science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems. Our diverse capabilities span a broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines, enabling ORNL to explore fundamental science challenges and to perform the research needed to accelerate the delivery of solutions to the marketplace. ORNL employees show their commitment to safe operations by asking questions, evaluating hazards in advance, voicing safety concerns, and continuously learning.

  Job Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Responsible to the HFIR Upgrades Project Office (HUPO) Project Director and the HUPO Program Management Lead to oversee and facilitate all project actions, to include conceptual design, acquisition strategy, contractor selection, engineering, construction, and commissioning of the work effort.

  • Forms, motivates, and manages a diverse, integrated project team to deliver assigned projects on budget, on schedule, and within scope.
  • Works closely with Research Reactors Division (RRD), Neutron Scattering Division (NSD), and the Neutron Technologies Division (NTD) to ensure the successful execution of the HFIR Beryllium Outage (~9-11 months) tentatively planned during the 2028-2029 timeframe.
  • Identifies and defines the project scope and is responsible for managing the project Work Breakdown Structure, schedule, cost estimates, actual costs, risk register & risk analyses, earned value reporting and baseline change control.
  • Establishes project-specific management policies, procedures, standards, and training that conform to DOE, ORNL, and UT-Battelle best practices which direct and guide the successful planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closeout of the project.
  • Leads interface with major construction project stakeholders including DOE, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction firms, support contractors, and research and development groups.
  • Leads communicating and reporting project status and performance information to project stakeholders, ORNL staff members and collaborators.

  Qualifications Required:

  • BS/BA in Engineering, Project Management, or related field. At least 8 years of experience in successfully performing project management duties with technical engineering or scientific projects with a demonstrated track record of successful projects
  • Operating nuclear reactor management experience in Engineering or Operations.
  • Must have demonstrated experience managing diverse, high performing teams.
  • Must have strong communications skills, with the ability to successfully interact with DOE, project reviewers, senior laboratory management, and senior project staff members.
  • Must be well versed in construction, operations, R&D, and business systems to assure project scope is accomplished, schedules are met, and work is completed within budget.
  • Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

  Qualifications Desired:

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, or equivalent.
  • MS in Project Management or similar field; or relevant, extensive experience in lieu of degree.
  • Experience with DOE nuclear facilities projects to include initial construction and/or upgrades to the facility.
  • Experience with neutron instruments.
  • Project experience working with DOE projects within the Office of Science portfolio.
  • Experience managing/working with projects using the following software/system: Oracle Primavera
  • Experience with projects using a ‘DOE compliant’ EVMS environment; to include establishing baselines, incorporating baseline changes, producing monthly reports and variance analysis.

  This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.

  We accept Word (.doc, .docx), Adobe (unsecured .pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and HTML (.htm, .html) up to 5MB in size. Resumes from third party vendors will not be accepted; these resumes will be deleted and the candidates submitted will not be considered for employment.

  
  If you have trouble applying for a position, please email ORNLRecruiting@ornl.gov.

  
  ORNL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply. UT-Battelle is an E-Verify employer.

• About the company

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory is an American multiprogram science and technology national laboratory sponsored by the US Department of Energy and administered, managed, and operated by UT–Battelle as a federally funded research and development center u...

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