Critical Materials Supply Chain Analyst

Advanced Energy Technologies (AET) Directorate and the Nuclear Technologies and National Security Directorate (NTNS) is seeking a highly motivated candidate to conduct data curation, analysis and modeling that provide strategic insights on domestic and global critical materials, supply chains, technologies, and manufacturing needed to meet U.S economic and decarbonization goals

In this role the candidate will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team at Argonne to review of literature, collect and analyze data to understand and map the current RD&D landscape for critical materials supply chains; conduct research and analysis and develop models to aid decision-making around topics related to improving the domestic and global resilience of supply chains for technologies vital to clean energy and decarbonization of the U.S. economy; and employ analytics to quantify and categorize the resources available from global and domestic sources, including consideration for supply chain risks and uncertainties, as well as economic, environmental and social impacts. The candidate will interact with various stakeholders from government and private institutions and be responsible for providing or contributing to reports and other communication with the stakeholders and the general public as needed.

Position Requirements

• Master’s degree in economics, Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Material Science, Systems Engineering, Logistics/Supply Chain or equivalent.
• Experience or familiarity with critical mineral supply chains and supply chain analysis.
• Ability to integrate diverse knowledge, methods, and perspectives to drive analysis and innovation.
• Ability to lead research projects, establish collaborations, and work with multidisciplinary research teams.
• Skilled oral and written communication skills at all levels of the organization.
• Familiarity with resource extraction and processing practices and regulations in the United States including mining regulations.
• Familiarity with economics as it applies to mining and energy industries.
• Ability to develop and synthesize visualizations to effectively communicate analysis results.
• Ability to model Argonne’s core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
• Ability to make our laboratory a safe, welcoming, inclusive, and accessible environment where all can thrive.

Job Family

Research Development (RD)

Job Profile

Infrastructure Assurance Analysis 1

Worker Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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