Administrative Coordinator | Shock Physics, Compression | Argonne National Lab

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on September 8, 2026.

1138- - Coordinator

Administrative Coordinator | Shock Physics, Dynamic Compression Sector | Argonne National Lab (Lemont, IL)

Admin. Professional (+) (Fixed Term)

The Institute for Shock Physics’ Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS) is located at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois. The DCS is a first-of-its-kind, national research facility that provides experimental capabilities in dynamic compression or shock wave science to scientists from across the United States. These scientists (called “users”) come to the DCS from universities, national laboratories, and other research institutions.

As the DCS Administrative Coordinator you will be responsible for administrative operations related to managing user experiments at the DCS. You will serve as the primary administrative contact for user operations from the submission of the research proposal for experimental time through post-experiment activities. Your responsibilities in supporting users include managing the communication plan for users based on the experimental run schedule, verifying data submitted to the APS systems, participating in conference calls with the technical point-of-contacts, and confirming receipt of post-experiment information.

Additionally, you will collect and organize DCS operational metrics used for reporting to external sponsors and for analyzing operational trends and projections.

• 50% - Administer User Activities
• 25% - Data Management and Metrics
• 20% - Administrative Support
• 5% - Other Duties as Assigned

This is a full-time (100% FTE), temporary position that is renewed on an annual basis. Appointment renewal is dependent on continued funding and project needs. This position is overtime eligible.

Monthly Salary: $5,833.34 to $6,500.00 | Commensurate with experience and qualifications. In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver. For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for AP staff and Total Compensation.

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and three (3) years of directly related experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including proven ability to collaborate with diverse professionals from various organizations, levels and perspectives.
• Experience providing customer service to external constituents.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Proactive, solution-oriented approach to team collaboration to result in successful operations.
• Proven ability to conceptualize and communicate program requirements to both technical and non-technical personnel.
• Ability to understand, manipulate and extract a wide range of data/metrics from diverse sources for creation and analysis of custom operational reports.
• Demonstrated capability to exercise good judgment and analytical thought processes.
• Demonstrated skills in using Microsoft Office and other…