Hanford Analytical Operations Manager

Planned Systems International • Richland, WA

19d • Onsite

About The Position

Advanced Technologies and Laboratories (ATL), a Planned Systems International (PSI) company, is seeking a Hanford Analytical Operations Manager to provide technical and operational management of analytical laboratory activities supporting the Hanford Site’s environmental management and waste cleanup mission. The role directs operations across inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, radiochemistry, materials science, sample preparation, and related laboratory services, ensuring results are technically defensible, accurate, timely, and compliant with applicable quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.

The manager leads analytical personnel and technical supervisors and manages laboratory production capacity, scheduling, method performance, equipment utilization, and coordination with facility operations. The position oversees the complete sample workflow, quality and technical integrity, radiological and chemical safety, laboratory performance improvement, and customer integration. It also develops staff capabilities, communicates risks and performance to senior management, and supports reliable, cost-effective laboratory operations.

The role requires a full-time assignment to the Hanford 222-S Laboratory contract, with a permanent duty station at the Hanford Site or in the local surrounding area. Candidates must be willing to sign a key personnel letter of commitment for at least three years beginning at contract transition Notice to Proceed, provide information for a compliant proposal resume, and participate in DOE oral evaluation activities. The position is contingent upon contract award and applicable employment and site-access requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, radiochemistry, chemical engineering, nuclear chemistry, materials science, or a related scientific discipline.
• Recommended 12 or more years of experience in analytical laboratory operations, including regulated analytical services.
• Recommended 5 or more years of managerial responsibility for laboratory operations, analytical production, or multidisciplinary scientific teams.
• Demonstrated experience supervising complex analytical workflows, laboratory quality programs, and scientific or technical personnel.
• Experience managing laboratory throughput, technical quality, instrumentation, and customer delivery requirements.
• Ability to commit to a full-time assignment at the Hanford 222-S Laboratory contract, with a permanent duty station at the Hanford Site or in the local surrounding area.
• Willingness to execute a key personnel letter of commitment for a minimum three-year commitment beginning at contract transition Notice to Proceed.
• Ability to provide information for a compliant proposal resume and participate in DOE oral evaluation activities.
• Working knowledge of analytical methods, data validation, quality control, and laboratory information systems.
• Executive judgment and decision-making under operational uncertainty; commitment to nuclear and worker safety; clear communication with DOE and technical stakeholders; ability to balance mission, safety, budget, and schedule priorities; and accountability, employee engagement, and succession-planning skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or doctorate in a related technical discipline.
• Senior management experience within the DOE complex, including DOE Environmental Management or National Nuclear Security Administration facilities.
• Direct experience with nuclear analytical laboratories, hot-cell operations, radioactive waste characterization, or high-hazard industrial facilities.
• Familiarity with 10 CFR 830, DOE O 422.1, DOE O 414.1, DOE nuclear safety requirements, and integrated safety management.
• Experience with DOE performance-based contracts and government oversight.
• Experience transitioning or stabilizing complex government-operated or contractor-operated facilities.
• Proven ability to lead organizational improvements in represented workforce environments.

Responsibilities

• Direct daily and long-range analytical operations supporting radioactive tank waste characterization, environmental sampling, and related laboratory missions.
• Oversee inorganic, organic, radiochemical, and materials science analytical activities.
• Manage sample receipt, preparation, analysis, technical review, and reporting processes.
• Set analytical production priorities and ensure timely completion of customer deliverables.
• Coordinate sample throughput, technical resources, equipment availability, analytical schedules, laboratory capacity, workload balancing, and personnel assignments.
• Ensure analytical methods and results meet laboratory quality assurance and customer requirements.
• Oversee method qualification, validation, calibration, quality control, and technical data review.
• Maintain controls for analytical precision, accuracy, traceability, and defensibility; maintain effective data management and sample traceability processes.
• Support laboratory assessments, technical audits, performance evaluations, and corrective actions; identify analytical trends and opportunities to improve method reliability.
• Ensure compliance with chemical hygiene, radiological protection, contamination control, and hazardous materials requirements.
• Coordinate safe work involving radioactive and hazardous materials, including work in hot cells, gloveboxes, and laboratory hoods.
• Promote conservative decision-making, procedural compliance, and reporting of abnormal conditions; ensure employees have appropriate qualifications, training, and authorization.
• Coordinate with nuclear safety, industrial hygiene, radiation protection, and facility operations personnel.
• Develop and monitor performance indicators for throughput, turnaround time, sample backlog, quality, equipment availability, and resource utilization.
• Implement production improvements that increase throughput without compromising accuracy or safety.
• Lead process improvement, automation, instrumentation upgrades, and analytical method development initiatives.
• Evaluate staffing requirements, instrument performance, and laboratory production bottlenecks.
• Support cost-effective procurement and lifecycle planning for analytical instrumentation, consumables, and technical services.
• Supervise analytical section managers, technical personnel, chemists, scientists, and laboratory support functions.
• Coordinate schedules and requirements with the Laboratory Manager, Facility Operations Manager, and customer representatives; resolve conflicts involving sample priorities, technical requirements, and capacity.
• Develop staff capabilities, succession plans, and specialized laboratory competencies.
• Communicate laboratory production performance, operational risks, and corrective actions to senior management.

Benefits

• Paid leave.
• Options for employer-sponsored group medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance and AD&D coverage.
• Legal services, identity theft, and accident insurance options.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account options for pre-tax qualified expenses.
• Company-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan with an immediately vested employer contribution match.
• Professional courses and certifications.
• Tuition reimbursement programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior