Posting Title

Senior Researcher- Energy Security and Resilience

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Regular

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NREL

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our ten employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.

NREL supports inclusive, diverse, and unbiased hiring practices that promote creativity and innovation. By collaborating with organizations that focus on diverse talent pools, reaching out to underrepresented demographics, and providing an inclusive application and interview process, our Talent Acquisition team aims to hear all voices equally. We strive to attract a highly diverse workforce and create a culture where every employee feels welcomed and respected and they can be their authentic selves.

Our planet needs us! Learn about NREL’s critical objectives, and see how NREL is focused on saving the planet.

We invite all interested candidates to apply for this opportunity. While we recognize that job seekers may hesitate if they don’t meet every requirement, we encourage dedicated individuals who meet all the basic and additional required qualifications of the role to submit an application. We value the opportunity to consider those who believe they have the necessary skills and ambition to succeed at NREL.

Job Description

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking a Senior research professional to join the Strategic Energy Group in the Energy and Resilience Center (ESR). Come join a team that conducts research & analysis on the impact of the energy transition on strategic energy security. We support U.S. and international partners in pursuing clean energy and our work informs decisions by developing and analyzing future scenarios that answer challenging and complex questions about how energy production and use may impact decisionmakers’ interests.

The candidate should have national and international collaboration experience on developing studies, analyses, best practices, standards and publications related to hazards and resilience as it relates to energy.

The job responsibilities include:

• Leading and contributing to analytic reports

• Interpreting results, and communicating outcomes for reports and presentations both internally to NREL and externally

• Develops solutions for significant, unique, or complex problems that consistently require a high level of creativity and where analysis of

  situations or data requires an in- depth evaluation of intangibles.

  Uses a mastery of specialized techniques and may develop multi-disciplinary solutions for state-of-the-art problems.

  Serves as an authority in technical decision- making and direction at directorate level.

• Project coordination with internal and external teams

• Researching, acquiring, organizing, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative information.

• Collaborating with analysts & researchers across NREL in modeling and analysis

• Writing and publishing of results of analyses in technical reports and executive summaries written for lay audiences

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Basic Qualifications

Relevant PhD and 4 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Master's Degree and 7 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 9 or more years of experience . Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of laws, regulations, principles, procedures and practices related to specific field. Excelle