Planning and Control Program Integrator

Location:

CO - Golden

Position Type:
Regular

Hours Per Week: 40

NLR is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for energy systems research and development. Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future.

Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions. Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic growth. At NLR, you'll find a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories.

We offer robust professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and well-being.

The Work Planning and Control (WPC) Program is looking for a team member to work collaboratively with staff across NLR to ensure that they can start new work safely and efficiently while also meeting safety and other laboratory requirements. NLR is concluding a multi-year deployment of a new WPC system that will improve visibility into the pipeline of laboratory work, help plan laboratory capabilities, and ensure that integrated safety management is applied to all activities.

This position will join the WPC team tasked with collaborating across the organization to sustain the program and drive continuous improvement. This position will serve as an embedded expert, assigned to a research operations team to work closely and on a day-to-day basis with staff executing work in the facility. This person will help researchers, maintenance workers, and project managers plan for and perform WPC processes using WPC software tools.

They will also train, mentor, and support staff performing WPC Coordination Roles (e.g. Work Order Lead, Design Coordinator, and WPC Coordinator) and support research operations teams to manage the organization's WPC program implementation. The successful candidate will excel in building relationships with diverse team members, be comfortable working in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary environment and bring a collaborative problem-solving mindset for developing ways of working within a new team.

• Guide the effective implementation of Work Planning and Control by serving as a local expert for NLR WPC process requirements, training, and software systems
• Build partnerships with key stakeholders within the research teams and facilities to support them in understanding WPC requirements and how to incorporate the necessary time and expertise into project proposals using a risk-based approach.
• Partner with Principal Investigators, research staff, and WPC Coordination Roles (e.g., Design Coordinators) to ensure that project information is maintained within the WPC software system
• Assist WPC Coordination roles in assigning process grades for hazard and scale, and providing clear recommendations for level of rigor and steps recommended for WPC processes
• Create, monitor, and update project and workflow information, team assignments, and project-level laboratory schedules, as required. Provide system reporting for WPC and Research Operations teams to support ongoing operations and ad-hoc data requests, building reports and reporting templates as necessary.

• Partner with Principal Investigators to understand the pipeline of potential new research and characterize the risk profile and the space and laboratory equipment needed to deliver.
• Maintain information in the WPC system and coordinate the necessary input to validate that a proposed project is feasible to execute.
• Support the Research organization's space allocation process by coordinating data calls, compiling information, and working with stakeholders to deconflict competing priorities as directed.
• Partner with other WPC Integrators to build an effective laboratory network to support projects and resolve issues spanning facility boundaries.