Division Director, Technical Division, Electron-Ion Collider

Brookhaven National Laboratory•Ridge, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) Technical Division serves as the Fundamental Interactions and Particles (FIP) Directorate's primary engineering, technical, infrastructure, and project delivery organization. The Division is responsible for the engineering, design, procurement, fabrication, installation, testing, commissioning support, modernization, and lifecycle management of EIC accelerator systems supporting EIC Project execution, commissioning, and long-term operations. The Division also provides matrixed engineering, infrastructure, and technical support across the Directorate and supports the maintenance, repair, and service life extension of Hadron accelerator systems operated by the Accelerator Division. The Technical Division Director provides strategic leadership and management for the Division's engineering, design, and technical organizations through the Division Section Heads and Engineering Group Leaders. Reporting to the Associate Laboratory Director for FIP, the Division Director works in close partnership with the EIC Project Director and Project Management Team to ensure successful execution of Division responsibilities and long-term operational readiness. The Technical Division includes the Beam Instrumentation & Controls, Magnet Systems (Normal and Superconducting), Mechanical Systems, Power Supply Systems, Radio Frequency (RF), Vacuum Systems, and Infrastructure Systems groups. The Infrastructure Systems group provides engineering support for Civil/Structural, Electrical Power, Water, and HVAC systems supporting the EIC complex. The Division comprises more than 300 research, engineering, design, and technical staff members.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
Twelve (12) or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience in a scientific, DOE laboratory, national laboratory, aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other large technical enterprise, including at least eight (8) years in senior or executive leadership roles.
Demonstrated success leading large multidisciplinary engineering, technical, scientific, and project organizations and achieving organizational objectives through strategic leadership, collaboration, sound decision-making, and resolution of complex technical and operational challenges.
Experience developing and implementing organizational strategies, workforce plans, management systems, and organizational structures that support long-term mission success.
Experience managing large operating and project budgets, allocating resources across multiple programs and priorities, and balancing organizational, technical, and project commitments.
Experience providing management oversight and coordination to the design, procurement, fabrication, installation, testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle management of complex technical systems.
Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing organizations through talent development, succession planning, performance management, and organizational accountability.
Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with senior Laboratory leadership, DOE sponsors, advisory and review committees, partner institutions, vendors, and external stakeholders.
Demonstrated commitment to fostering an open, collaborative, safe, and high-performing workplace culture.
Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical and organizational issues to diverse audiences and prepare executive-level presentations, reports, and strategic recommendations.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
Experience leading the engineering, design, procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle management of particle accelerator systems or other large, complex DOE scientific facilities.
Familiarity with DOE Order 413.3, Critical Decision (CD) processes, project governance, earned value management systems, configuration management, risk management, quality assurance, and project performance reporting.
Experience leading multidisciplinary organizations responsible for accelerator systems, superconducting magnets, RF systems, cryogenic systems, accelerator controls, power supplies, vacuum systems, beam instrumentation, or major technical infrastructure.
Experience working collaboratively with scientists, engineers, technical staff, and project management organizations to successfully deliver complex technical systems.
Project management experience, PMP certification, and/or formal training

Responsibilities

Establish the strategic vision, organizational structure, workforce plans, engineering capabilities, and management systems required to successfully design, construct, commission, operate, maintain and modernize the EIC accelerator complex.
Serve as a member of the FIP Directorate leadership team and contribute to Directorate priorities, resource allocation, organizational initiatives, and long-term planning.
Develop and implement long-range engineering, infrastructure, technology, and workforce development strategies aligned with Directorate, Laboratory, and DOE objectives.
Establish performance expectations, monitor organizational effectiveness, and hold Division leadership accountable for achieving technical, operational, financial, and safety objectives.
Foster a culture of openness, collaboration, respect, innovation, and engineering excellence.
Develop, manage, forecast, and execute annual operating and project budgets exceeding $200M.
Align resources, staffing, and investments with organizational and project objectives.
Provide engineering stewardship and lifecycle management of accelerator systems from conceptual design through construction, commissioning, operation, modernization, and replacement.
Promote innovation, technology development, and engineering excellence to improve performance, reliability, maintainability, and upgrade capabilities.
Ensure accelerator systems are delivered, documented, tested, and supported in a manner that enables efficient commissioning, operational readiness, and transition to long-term operations.
Provide executive leadership for Division resource planning, staffing priorities, organizational commitments, and execution of engineering deliverables in coordination with the EIC Project Management Team and Directorate leadership.
Ensure effective collaboration among the Division, EIC Project, FIP programs, and operational organizations to successfully deliver Division scope, technical objectives, and project commitments.
Maintain a safe work environment and ensure comprehensive safety reviews, procedures, and documentation.
Serve as the Division’s engineering authority by ensuring consistent application of engineering standards, configuration management and quality requirements.
Ensure accelerator systems are designed and operate in accordance with Laboratory, DOE, and regulatory requirements.
Represent the Division with Laboratory leadership, DOE sponsors, advisory and review committees, partner institutions, vendors, collaborating laboratories, and other external stakeholders.
Serve as the Division's principal interface with project leadership, technical organizations, and external stakeholders, communicating complex technical, programmatic, and organizational issues through executive-level presentations, reports, reviews, and strategic recommendations.