Research Operations Support Professional

Overview

We are seeking an operations support professional to meet expanding needs for operational excellence to accomplish the ORNL cutting-edge scientific research mission. This position will work as part of an integrated team that has responsibility for operations and facility management tasks associated with work control and facility operations in support of science and engineering activities. Additionally, these positions will provide operational and project management support to research staff to maintain compliance with all applicable Federal and State laws, DOE Orders, and ORNL policies and procedures regarding work control, space utilization, and facility operations management.

This position resides in the Integrated Research Operations Support group in the Work Management Division (WMD) and will be matrixed to support the Chemicals Sciences Division (CSD) of the Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Requisition

We are seeking an operations support professional to meet expanding needs for operational excellence to accomplish the ORNL cutting-edge scientific research mission. This position will work as part of an integrated team that has responsibility for operations and facility management tasks associated with work control and facility operations in support of science and engineering activities. Additionally, these positions will provide operational and project management support to research staff to maintain compliance with all applicable Federal and State laws, DOE Orders, and ORNL policies and procedures regarding work control, space utilization, and facility operations management.

This position resides in the Integrated Research Operations Support group in the Work Management Division (WMD) and will be matrixed to support the Chemicals Sciences Division (CSD) of the Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

• Serve as a Division work control point-of-contact (POC)/Work Planner for work control documents for hazard identification and control (i.e. Research Safety Summaries (RSSs), Activity Plans, activity based hazard analysis (ABHA), etc.). In so doing, coordinates work control reviews to ensure sufficient peer and subject matter expert (SME) review and to ensure all documents are approved and authorized within the proper timeframe.
• Facilitate completion of the operational activities deemed necessary through the work control process or as requested by researchers to enable research objectives in a manner that ensures the safe and compliant execution of the research mission.
• Serve as a Facilities Operations Manager (FOM) for select facilities to ensure the facility is maintained within facility use agreement boundaries, facility work orders/statements of work are submitted to support research objectives, operated in accordance with approved lease agreements for leased facilities, space is efficiently and effectively used, access control is maintained, and emergency preparedness requirements are met.
• Serve as a Hazardous Materials Management representative to assist research staff with maintaining, organizing, and reconciling chemical inventories.
• 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 research mission and champion initiatives to do so.
• Coordinate facility operations and prioritize infrastructure improvements.
• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

• A BS/BA degree in a science, engineering, health and safety, operational discipline or relevant technical field (e.g. chemical/physical sciences, health and safety,…