Deputy Laboratory Director for Operations (DDO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO

We Are:

Fermilab is America's premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. We support discovery science experiments in Illinois and at locations around the world, including deep underground mines in South Dakota and Canada, mountaintops in Arizona and Chile, CERN in Europe and the South Pole.

We are strategic risk takers, innovators, and collaborators. We are engineers, scientists, technicians, administrative professionals. We are over 2,000 employees advancing knowledge for the benefit of humankind. Fermilab has been at the forefront of particle physics for more than 40 years. We build world-leading accelerators and detectors to conduct some of the most advanced particle physics experiments possible. We collect and analyze the data from those experiments with some of the most powerful computers in the world. We conduct this research on a 6,800-acre prairie, 35 miles outside Chicago, a treasure that has been designated a National Environmental Research Park.

You Will:
The Fermilab Deputy Laboratory Director for Operations (DDO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a senior leadership position responsible for the operational and administrative functions of the laboratory to support its scientific mission. The DDO/COO reports directly to the Laboratory Director, and works closely with Deputy Directors for Science & Technology, Deputy Director for Projects, Associate Laboratory Directors, Director of Contractor Assurance, and the DOE Site Office and headquarters. The DDO/COO is accountable for driving operational performance improvement and the lab's safety culture by establishing expectations, monitoring performance, integrating activities, and reporting to stakeholders. The DDO/COO works closely with the DOE's site office management to ensure the laboratory implements the contractual requirements associated with the operations of the laboratory. The DDO/COO is identified as "Key Personnel" in the Laboratory Prime Contract.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership in planning, directing, and overseeing the activities of Safety, Infrastructure Services and Campus Strategy, Human Resources, Finance and Procurement, Information Systems, and Security and Emergency Management, and Communications.
• Assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of the laboratory's business systems and processes, identifying and implementing best practices, and ensuring compliance with DOE policies and regulations.
• Develops and plans the implementation of special and long-range strategic plans and programs to improve operating processes throughout the Lab; evaluate and advise on the impact of long-range plans and introduce new programs/strategies and other regulatory actions including enterprise risk management and resource allocations.
• Working with the Director of Contractor Assurance and Quality, develops and implements strategies to identify and mitigate operational risks associated with protection of personnel, the environment, federal assets, and business operations.
• Fosters a culture of excellence, innovation, collaboration, and oversees the Lab's equity, diversity, and inclusion priorities and policies.
• Working with mission support directors, develops, approves, and implements strategies associated with all the business and operations systems of the laboratory.
• Organizes, implements, and reports on the associated activities established to support the Lab's business and operational plans.
• Builds and maintains productive relationships with the Deputy Directors for S&T and Projects, the Associate Laboratory Directors, the Director of Contractor Assurance, the DOE site office and headquarters, and the Board of Directors.
• Review, approve, and oversee the Operations budgets and objectives in accordance with the Fermilab annual plan and annual DOE reports.
• Work with Lab scientific leadership to support users and affiliates on items related to Lab operations and facilities relevant to scientists and engineers visiting Fermilab to carry out research.
• Engages with internal and external stakeholders, including DOE, other national laboratories, FRA Board of Directors, and local communities, to promote the laboratory's capabilities and achievements, and to identify and pursue new opportunities for collaboration.
• Responsible for the final stage hearing and disposing of all non-scientific employee grievances.
• Collaborate closely with LBNF/DUNE, PIP-II and other key project and initiative stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

We Are Looking For:
Minimum required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 15 years of related and progressive leadership experience commensurate with the scope of this position.
• Must be a US Citizen, clearable for a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Master's degree or higher.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the government, or government contractor environments similar to the DOE national laboratory system.

Applicable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required:

• Knowledge and skill in large facility planning and operation.
• Proven ability to lead, manage, and motivate a diverse and multidisciplinary workforce, and to foster a culture of excellence, innovation, collaboration, and diversity.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and the ability to balance competing priorities and demands in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills, and the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• A high level of integrity, professionalism, and ethical standards, and a commitment to the laboratory's core values and vision.

Fermilab is an Equal Opportunity Employer and believes a diverse and inclusive environment based on mutual respect is essential to our mission. Fermilab is committed to recruiting and developing the most hardworking people and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, country of birth, geography/postal code, disability, marital status, parental or gestational status, or other non-merit factor.

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