Bakeout Lab Supervisor / Senior Supervisor - Active Clearance Required

Company Description

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Job Description

We have an opening for a Supervisor or Senior Supervisor for the Bakeout Lab (BAKE). This position requires a current DOE Q clearance at the time of hire. You will perform direct administrative supervision, including personnel management of exempt and non-exempt technical employees, as well as personnel actions such as selection, promotions, training, performance evaluations, salary recommendations, and corrective actions. Working closely with the Section Leader and Division Superintendent, the selected candidate will be responsible for the organization and cost-effective utilization of the workforce, equipment, and materials, and for supporting the service center’s financial model. This will include, but is not limited to, long-term planning, budgeting, and financial projections. Other responsibilities include ES&H compliance, code or standards compliance, and working on complex to highly complex technical projects. You will be responsible for solving technical and logistical issues related to vacuum technology, space flight hardware testing, space flight hardware integration, material assessments, and bakeout thermal vacuum processes and development. This position is in the Materials and Non-Destructive Evaluation Section (MNDE) of the Materials Engineering Division (MED), within the Engineering Directorate

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will

• Provide daily technical leadership and supervision of the work center and teams, including work planning, setting priorities, assigning daily work assignments, and ensuring safety and security oversight for work activities.
• Provide technical guidance and training to staff in bakeout procedures and processes, as well as equipment operations for low and high vacuum chambers, temperature-controlled Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Residual Gas Analyzers, and associated system operations.
• Provide safety and security oversight for work center activities.
• Assist in the development of yearly cost and collection estimates for the work center and provide budgetary oversight of work center activities.
• Interact with program leads, facility managers, technical contacts, engineers, and scientists to support work center activities.
• Analyze and interpret complex administrative and technical information and project objectives, and translate them into job requirements and concepts, implementing solutions and alternative approaches to solve complex problems.
• Make decisions using a high degree of independent discretion and judgment, and resolve multi-project and program requirements.
• Provide support to develop and update bakeout profiles to ensure products meet customer requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the 390.2 level

• Provide highly advanced technical expertise, advice, and direction to technicians, making frequent decisions using a high degree of independent discretion and judgment related to bakeout and thermal vacuum systems processes and associated support hardware.
• Participate in and/or lead formal design review processes.
• Provide highly advanced technical support to develop and update bakeout profiles based on material assessments of space flight hardware to ensure products meet customer standards and requirements.

Additional Information

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

Wireless and Medical Devices

Per the Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory must meet certain restrictions with the use and/or possession of mobile devices in Limited Areas. Depending on your job duties, you may be required to work in a Limited Area where you are not permitted to have a personal and/or laboratory mobile device in your possession. This includes, but not limited to cell phones, tablets, fitness devices, wireless headphones, and other Bluetooth/wireless enabled devices.

If you use a medical device, which pairs with a mobile device, you must still follow the rules concerning the mobile device in individual sections within Limited Areas. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities require separate approval. Hearing aids without wireless capabilities or wireless that has been disabled are allowed in Limited Areas, Secure Space and Transit/Buffer Space within buildings.