MOLLER Project Manager

Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter

Posting Date: 12/22/2025
Salary Range: $165,400 - $261,400
Work Location Type: Dedicated On-site (100% on-site work)

Develop, improve, and adapt the organization's systems and standards to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close projects while ensuring compliance with Department of Energy requirements. Manage the design, construction and checkout of the experimental equipment of the MOLLER project. Responsible for delivering the technical performance of the MOLLER project within cost and schedule requirements, and for providing the required project plans and status reports.

Work in close collaboration with the Hall A/C Leader and collaboration to optimize scientific output within the cost and schedule goals for the MOLLER project, and with the Associate Director for the Physics Division to ensure that the project priorities are well-communicated and carefully balanced with the needs of the ongoing research program. Responsible for the day to day management of the MOLLER project and supervises, through a matrixed approach, the various Control Account Managers.

• Manage project goals and priorities and deliver the technical performance within cost and schedule requirements
• Lead responsibility within the Laboratory for developing the MOLLER Experimental Equipment scope, cost estimate, and schedule
• Organize and lead a professional staff of project analysts and support personnel
• Manage staffing needs based on project workload changes, recruit new staff, provide initial and recurrent training, coaching, and performance management
• Ensure effective project management systems and tools are used to develop, document, and monitor cost controls and milestone schedules to assess project performance and achieve project deliverables.
• Ensure that DOE requirements are adhered to including project documentation and reporting, risk assessments, and EH&S.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

• 15 or more years Nuclear or Accelerator Physics
• Experience in project management of a facility, a major scientific experiment, or an experimental equipment construction effort

Relevant experience may not be substituted for education

• Extensive knowledge of nuclear experimental equipment technology
• Knowledge of other scientific and technical programs and DOE project management policies and requirements
• Ability to lead and manage complex technical projects, working with scientists, engineers, and information technology professionals in a high technology organization
• Ability to establish priorities, assess competing resource demands and make decisions that optimize project performance
• Excellence planning and assessment skills
• Interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills
• Ability to work in a federal prime contract environment governed by the Federal Acquisition Regulations and agency-specific project management requirements
• Ability to organize a blended workforce composed of employees, contractor staff, and consultants

Ph.D. in Physics, Engineering or related discipline

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of "big science" and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC;
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:

* Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans

* Flexible Spending Accounts

* Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave)

* 401(k) Plan - 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested

* Flexible Work Arrangements (Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available)

* Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs

* Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab).

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