Posting Title
Group Manager – Separations Sciences
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Location
CO – Golden
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Position Type
Regular
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Hours Per Week
40
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Job Description
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, is the nation’s primary laboratory for research, development, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. This Group Manager (GM) position will lead the Separation Sciences Group within NREL’s Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center (RRES) of the BioEnergy Science and Technology (BEST) directorate. This group focuses on developing and demonstrating separation technologies as part of a sustainable energy future. Product separation is often the most expensive and energy intensive step in energy related processes and this group works collaboratively with other researchers to help develop pathways for producing renewable fuels and chemicals, for decarbonizing industry, for extracting critical materials from waste streams, for recycling plastics, and many other applications. As the urgency for the implementation sustainable and efficient energy technologies increases, the need for low cost-effective separation techniques grows and a goal of Separation Sciences Group is to keep on the leading edge for new separation technologies to meet this national need. The GM will help lead efforts to develop a strategic vision for separation science research at NREL and for the nation to help address this. This will involve collaboration with other groups at NREL involved in membrane and material science, computational sciences, conversion sciences and process scaling.
The GM will lead a group of 15- 25 scientific and engineering research professionals, postdoctoral researchers, and student interns. Candidates must have demonstrated independent research in separation science during their career. The candidates experience should be backed by high-quality peer-reviewed publications, successful research proposals, and time spent training and mentoring personnel. The GM will be expected to apply these skills to technical and project management, strategic planning, and the advancement of a safe and secure work environment. In their role, the GM will recruit and retain outstanding talent, provide mentorship, guidance, and career development to group members, support a diverse workforce, provide strategic direction for business and capability development, and contribute to proposal development for a large range of sponsors, particularly the Department of Energy/EERE, industry and other government agencies.
The GM will lead and maintain a culture of safety as a core value in their group. This will require the quick establishment of a deep knowledge of all relevant NREL safety procedures and processes as well as an awareness of all hazards to which their direct reports are exposed. The successful candidate will work closely with the RRES Center leadership and the leadership in the BEST Directorate to identify and develop new capabilities and to steward existing capabilities.
This position also carries Principal Investigator responsibilities (65% of time). The applicant will be required to lead and participate in research projects, including projects that are funded through successful competitive proposals led by the candidate. Often these projects will involve multidisciplinary teams involving linked processes and the applicant will be required to lead the separation component. Proposal preparation will involve working in teams to respond to funding opportunities primarily from the Department of Energy such as Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO), Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office (IEDO), Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Basic Energy Sciences (BES), and directly from industry. There will be many funding opportunities in renewable fuels, chemicals and materials development, carbon dioxide conversion, industrial efficiency and metal extraction. The laboratory and directorate have many other complementary groups that collaborate heavily with Separations Sciences such as the Chemical Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Engineering, and Polymer Science and Engineering. NREL also features a pilot plant facility in which separations unit operations are a key research focus.
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Basic Qualifications
Previous management and budget adherence experience may be required. Degree in appropriate field is required. Demonstrated knowledge of legal and ethical management issues and practices. In-depth knowledge of the issues and best practices in the applicable field of expertise. Generally viewed as subject matter expert for group or work units. Excellent organization, project management, budgeting, interpersonal and communication skills. Proven problem-solving and negotiation skills. Demonstrated ability to make appropriate decisions regarding work activities and projects. Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and direct personnel with diverse skills, work styles and values.
- Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
Additional Required Qualifications
- Previous experience in project and personnel management including budget development and demonstrated leadership in an individual contributor role.
- Experience writing successful research proposals and leading research projects as principal investigator.
- Demonstrated ability to write compelling scientific research proposals.
- Demonstrated ability to write high impact peer reviewed scientific manuscripts.
- Ability and desire to manage legal and ethical issues within a team of professionals.
- Ability to mentor and coach regular staff, postdoctoral scientists, and interns.
- Current and in-depth knowledge of the newest technologies for separation processes.
- Excellent organization, project management, budgeting, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proven problem-solving and negotiation skills.
- Ability to collaborate with individuals at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and direct personnel with diverse skills, work styles and values, both directly and through subordinate management.
- Demonstrated skill in interpreting and assessing the experimental results of their own work and that of others.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven track record of peer reviewed publications in separations science.
- History of funding awards in separations science.
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Job Application Submission Window
The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.
Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)
Job Profile: Group Research Manager II / Annual Salary Range: $114,500 – $206,100
NREL takes into consideration a candidates education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employees salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
Benefits Summary
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short*- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; paid holidays; and tuition reimbursement*. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.
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