Research Manufacturing Group Leader

Requisition Id 15055 

­­Overview:  

The Enrichment Systems Fabrication and Demonstration section within the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division (ESED) is seeking a Group Leader for the Research Manufacturing Group. This group is focused on manufacturing of fabricated and assembled components to support the research, development, demonstration, and production of new gas centrifuge technology.  Highly reliable R&D manufacturing is critical to program success.

 

The Enrichment Science and Engineering Division serves the nation in two critical areas: advancing enrichment technologies, and exploring enriched stable isotope production and applications. The division leverages an elite staff of scientists, engineers, technical professionals, and technicians with the world-leading capabilities of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to deliver groundbreaking advancements with a variety of applications, from national security to life-saving medical treatments. This position reports to the Enrichment Systems Fabrication and Demonstration Section Head.

 

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

The Research Manufacturing Group Leader will oversee the manufacturing of components in a safe, highly reliable, high quality, consistent, and efficient manner as required to support research, development, demonstration and production activities of the gas centrifuge technology projects as well as maintaining the manufacturing lab spaces. The group leader will lead a team of lab coordinators and supervisors of technicians and machinists to fabricate and assemble components in multiple lab spaces. The group leader will drive operational excellence of their activities including development of operational controls and continuous improvement of the manufacturing processes.

 

The Research Manufacturing Group Leader works closely with the Manufacturing Process Engineering Group and Supply Chain Management Group, WBS Managers and Control Account Managers (CAMs), Section Heads and other Group Leaders to implement the scope of work defined in the project management plans (PMP). Additional interfaces will be with principal investigators, management, engineers, technicians, and other individual stakeholder personnel.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Capability Development: Provide input to future capability development.

• Identify strategic staffing needs within the group.
• Provide leadership and implementation strategy for group programs and projects.
• Assist with acquisition of needed resources and capabilities.

Staff Development: Attract, develop, empower, and retain staff.

• Work with Talent Acquisition to recruit, select, and retain highly qualified staff for specific group needs and using established systems.
• Establish and ensure an open and supportive working environment where staff report issues and concerns without fear of retribution, so trust permeates the organization.
• Establish an environment where learning never stops, honest mistakes are treated as opportunities to learn, and challenges are welcomed to improve performance.
• Encourage open and ongoing dialogue about safety to promote a questioning demeanor, a healthy respect for what can go wrong, and continuous learning from operational experiences.
• Advise management on human resources (performance, salary, development, discipline, onboarding, offboarding).
• Ensure individual performance goals are set, progress evaluated, feedback provided, and performance issues addressed professionally and in a timely manner.
• Ensure qualification requirements are current and staff are properly trained to meet present and future needs by building new competencies.
• Lead long-term staff development; using incentive, recognition, and talent development programs; for group members.
• Support leadership to develop and implement succession planning for all critical positions in the section to ensure future success
• Promote networking and interactions with other laboratory managers and staff.
• Model professional service and volunteerism and encourage staff to do the same. This includes internal and external community involvement, engagement in professional societies, workshop and conference organization and participation, peer review, advisory board membership, and