Team Lead, Subcontractor Field Representative (SFR) Program

Requisition Id 14179 

 

Overview:

The Safety and Operations Services Division (SOSD) within the Environment, Safety, Health and Quality (ESHQ) Directorate at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks to hire an exceptional and proven candidate as the Subcontractor Field Representative (SFR) Program Team Leader in the Electrical and Chemical Operations Group. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, planning, organizing, coordinating and monitoring implementation of the newly developed SFR program for non-construction subcontracted work. The Team Leader will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the organization (budget, planning, staffing, recruiting, business plan execution, etc.) while developing the technical and organizational strengths of the SFR team.

 

As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nation’s biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 7,000 people! Our vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) is to cultivate an environment and practices that foster diversity in ideas and in the people across the organization, as well as to ensure ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice. These elements are critical for enabling the execution of ORNL’s broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy, environment, and security solutions for the nation.

 

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Oversee the development, maintenance, and implementation of the SFR Program; may serve as author and subject matter expert.

• Recruit, develop, and retain qualified staff to perform the SFR role.

• Research, interpret, and develop standards and procedures for compliance with accepted standards and guidelines.

• Participate in inspections, assessments and audits, and advises management on regulatory requirements.

• Develop and administer policies and procedures pertaining to subcontractor oversight consistent with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, Department of Energy (DOE) requirements, and UT-Battelle policy within the Standards Based Management System.

• Serve as primary technical resource for issues related to oversight of non-construction subcontracted work and other related safety programs.

• Monitor and provide oversight of maintenance/service subcontract projects, including providing guidance on subcontract work orders, reviewing maintenance/service subcontracts and work documents to ensure compliance with the work control requirements and procedures.

• Utilizes independent judgment and discretion in development of techniques, systems, and operational plans, protocols, and analyses.

• Ability to attain Human and Organization Performance (HOP) Practitioner role by completing HOP Practitioner Certificate Course.

• Participate in development and execution of SOSD business plans, budgets, staffing, recruiting, subcontracting and professional development initiatives. 

• Participate in event critiques, causal analyses, and corrective action plan development.

• Lead and/or participate in assessments to verify compliance and program effectiveness.

• Abide by and promote the Battelle Safe Conduct of Research principles including being personally responsible for ensuring safe operations, raising safety concerns, using a questioning attitude, considering hazards for every task and where learning never stops.

• Continually seek ways to increase operational efficiencies and improve safety culture in support of the ORNL mission and champion initiatives to do so.

• 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 fost