Research Line Manager

At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments that we refer to as directorates within the Lab, focused on a specific area of scientific research or other function, with its own leadership team and dedicated budget.

Our Science & Technology directorates include National Security, Earth and Biological Sciences, Physical and Computational Sciences, and Energy and Environment. In addition, we have an Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus.

The Energy and Environment Directorate delivers science and technology solutions for the nation’s biggest energy and environmental challenges. Our more than 1,700 staff support the Department of Energy (DOE), delivering on key DOE mission areas including: modernizing our nation’s power grid to maintain a reliable, affordable, secure, and resilient electricity delivery infrastructure; research, development, validation, and effective utilization of renewable energy and efficiency technologies that improve the affordability, reliability, resiliency, and security of the American energy system;

and resolving complex issues in nuclear science, energy, and environmental management.

the Coastal Sciences Division, part of the Energy and Environment Directorate, is headquartered at PNNL-Sequim, on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Our unique facility is the Department of Energy’s only marine research laboratory, and the capabilities of its researchers deliver science and technology critical to the nation’s energy, environmental, and security future.

We focus on research related to marine and coastal resources, environmental chemistry, water resources modeling, marine engineering, environmental modeling and monitoring, and national security—the division is an emerging leader in three areas:

• Enabling sustainable development of ocean energy
• Understanding and mitigating long-term impacts of human activities, including climate change, on marine resources
• Protecting coastal environments from security threats.

The Coastal Sciences Division, part of the Energy and Environment Directorate, includes technical experts in quantifying and improving environmental performance of renewable ocean energy systems through environmental monitoring and technology development, carbon/nutrient dynamics and processes at the terrestrial/aquatic interface, research on algal productivity for use in biochemical and biofuels, targeted element extraction from marine waters, and sequestering carbon, understanding biogeochemical processes in sediments and surface waters, coastal ecosystem functions and restoration ecology, biofouling and biocorrosion science, ultra trace analytical chemistry, signature discovery, marine hydrodynamic modelling, and extreme events research.

Work is conducted in multiple analytical laboratories, flow-through seawater laboratories, engineering & electronics labs, chemistry labs, model simulations, Sequim Bay testbed and on vessels and vehicles in the field.

Positions comprised predominantly of research management responsibilities, with significant span of control and/or delegated authority and responsibility. These positions generally manage multi-disciplinary organizations through staff leaders or subordinate managers. Management decisions impact objectives, goals and long-term success of the organization and Laboratory.

The Coastal Sciences Division is seeking a Group Leader (GL) for the Integrated Coastal Research and Technology Group which is comprised of about 40 researchers focused on maintaining and growing technical capabilities aligned with research areas and business needs. The GL directs all aspects of Group operations for…