Deputy Division Director, APS Engineering Support (AES)

The Deputy Division Director (Deputy DD) for the APS Engineering Support (AES) Division reports to the AES Division Director. It plays a critical role in ensuring the division’s success across a broad range of strategic and tactical performance requirements.

The incumbent provides leadership and has line management responsibilities for technical programs, administrative activities, and division personnel.  Acts as a division liaison/representative to nearly all division operational functions and to division partners and stakeholders.  Interacts with Laboratory management, notably including Laboratory support organizations for conventional facilities and business information systems.

• Seamlessly collaborates with the APS staff, as well as Division Directors, to ensure that PSC has access to appropriate capabilities for sustained, high-reliability operations.
• Serves as a key member of the Directorate senior leadership team working directly with PSC Directorate senior leaders to provide a combination of strategic, operational, and technical/functional leadership in the integration of varied resources needed to meet technical, fiscal, and scientific requirements of the Advanced Photon Source.
• Support division strategy aligned with APS operational excellence, upgrade initiatives, and long-term facility sustainment.
• Provide integrated oversight across engineering support, IT infrastructure, and information systems.
• Ensure effective coordination with APS divisions and Laboratory support organizations.
• Oversee execution of technical programs, administrative activities, and division personnel management.
• Monitor operational performance, financial stewardship, risk posture, and resource planning.
• Support DOE-compliant project management practices and lifecycle engineering processes.
• Provide leadership for IT and IS teams supporting accelerator operations, scientific computing, engineering workflows, and enterprise systems.
• Advance integration of digital engineering platforms, asset management systems, configuration databases, and operational data environments.
• Strengthen cybersecurity, data governance, and reliability engineering capabilities.
• Ensure all division activities comply with Argonne ES&H policies, Safeguards and Security requirements, and laboratory operational standards.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as liaison to Laboratory management and institutional support organizations (facilities, business systems, cybersecurity).
• Collaborate with APS scientific leadership and external stakeholders to ensure mission alignment.
• Represent AES in directorate-wide initiatives and strategic programs.
• Leaders at Argonne are expected to demonstrate a high level of competency, including strategic agility, team building, clear communication, trust-building, and accountability.

Position Requirements

• Significant experience leading multidisciplinary technical organizations within DOE national laboratories, large scientific facilities, or comparable complex environments.
• Demonstrated experience integrating engineering, IT, and information systems functions in support of mission-critical operations.
• Proven leadership in operational management, program oversight, and organizational development.
• Knowledge of DOE operational standards, ES&H requirements, and project management practices.
• Strong financial stewardship, risk management, and performance management experience.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage senior leadership and diverse technical teams.
• Demonstrated commitment to Argonne’s core values: impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
• Experience supporting accelerator facilities, synchrotron light sources, or large-scale research infrastructure.
• Leadership experience in IT/IS modernization, digital engineering platforms, AI-enabled operations, or enterprise data integration.
• Experience leading organizational transformation or technical capability development initiatives.
• Ability to model Argonne’s core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
• Effective interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and ability to interact with people at all levels both within and outside the laboratory.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Job Family

Research Development (RD)

Job Profile

R&D Multi-Functional Leader 3

Worker Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

The expected hiring range for this position is $202,125.00 - $315,315.00.

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