Hanford Laboratory Manager

Planned Systems International • Richland, WA

18d • Onsite

About The Position

Advanced Technologies and Laboratories (ATL), a Planned Systems International (PSI) company, is hiring a Hanford Laboratory Manager to serve as the senior executive responsible for the overall management, safe operation, technical performance, and contractual execution of the Hanford 222-S Laboratory. The position provides leadership and accountability for analytical services, facility operations, engineering, nuclear safety, environmental compliance, quality assurance, workforce management, and business operations. The manager is the contractor’s principal management interface with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Hanford Site contractors, and other stakeholders, ensuring laboratory operations support Hanford’s environmental cleanup mission through accurate, timely, safe, and cost-effective analytical services.

The successful candidate will provide executive leadership in a complex, highly regulated operating environment and balance safety, mission execution, financial stewardship, and workforce performance while leading multidisciplinary technical organizations. Responsibilities span contract performance, nuclear safety and regulatory compliance, laboratory mission delivery, workforce and organizational leadership, and financial and business management.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, nuclear science, physical sciences, or a related technical discipline. An advanced degree in a technical discipline, engineering management, or business administration is preferred. The posting recommends 15 or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience in nuclear facilities, national laboratories, radioactive materials operations, environmental remediation, or similarly complex regulated industrial operations, including 7 or more years in senior management roles. Candidates must be available for 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. Selected candidates must be willing to execute a key personnel letter of commitment covering a minimum three-year commitment beginning at contract transition Notice to Proceed. Positions are contingent upon contract award and applicable employment and site-access requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, nuclear science, physical sciences, or a related technical discipline.
• Recommended 15 or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience in nuclear facilities, national laboratories, radioactive materials operations, environmental remediation, or similarly complex regulated industrial operations.
• Recommended 7 or more years in senior management roles with responsibility for multidisciplinary operations, personnel, budgets, and technical performance.
• Demonstrated experience leading a facility, laboratory, program, or substantial operating organization with significant safety, environmental, and regulatory obligations.
• Experience managing relationships with federal clients, regulators, contractors, and other institutional stakeholders.
• Documented success improving safety, operational effectiveness, organizational performance, and cost efficiency.
• Candidates must be available for 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.
• Selected candidates must be willing to execute the required key personnel letter of commitment, including a minimum three-year commitment beginning at the contract transition Notice to Proceed.
• Candidates must provide information needed to develop a compliant RFP resume, including relevant experience, leadership accomplishments, education, qualifications, and professional references.
• Candidates must be prepared to participate in DOE oral evaluation activities associated with the proposal.
• Employment is contingent upon contract award and applicable employment and site-access requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in a technical discipline, engineering management, or business administration.
• 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.
• Executive judgment and decision-making under operational uncertainty.
• Demonstrated commitment to nuclear and worker safety.
• Clear, credible communication with DOE and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing mission, safety, budget, and schedule priorities.
• Organizational accountability, employee engagement, and succession planning.
• Ability to lead through significant operational challenges and regulatory scrutiny.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall executive leadership, direction, and management oversight of the 222-S Laboratory contract.
• Serve as the contractor’s principal management representative to DOE and maintain relationships with the Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer’s Representative, and other federal stakeholders.
• Set priorities and performance expectations for analytical operations, facility operations, engineering, safety, quality, and business services.
• Direct contract requirements, performance measures, deliverables, and corrective actions; maintain accountability for contract cost, schedule, technical performance, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead strategic planning, organizational development, resource allocation, and continuous performance improvement.
• Establish and sustain a strong nuclear safety culture, including worker engagement, conservative decision-making, and management accountability.
• Ensure operations comply with the approved documented safety analysis, technical safety requirements, and applicable regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Oversee integrated safety management, conduct of operations, radiation protection, environmental compliance, emergency management, and quality assurance programs.
• Ensure deficiencies, abnormal conditions, and significant events receive timely management attention, evaluation, corrective action, and follow-through.
• Maintain readiness for DOE assessments, regulatory inspections, operational reviews, and oversight activities.
• Ensure analytical services support Hanford tank waste characterization, retrieval, treatment, and environmental cleanup objectives.
• Integrate analytical production requirements with facility capacity, maintenance schedules, workforce availability, and radiological controls.
• Establish systems to prioritize customer requests, monitor analytical turnaround, and resolve delivery constraints.
• Promote improvements in laboratory equipment, technology, analytical methods, and operational efficiency.
• Lead scientific, technical, engineering, operations, safety, quality, and administrative personnel; develop and retain qualified managers and technical leaders.
• Maintain effective communication and working relationships with represented and nonrepresented employees.
• Establish succession planning, workforce qualification, employee development, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Promote accountability, transparency, continuous learning, and employee involvement.
• Direct financial planning, budgeting, cost control, procurement oversight, and contract performance reporting.
• Identify sustainable cost efficiencies while maintaining required safety, quality, and mission performance.
• Oversee subcontractor performance and organizational interfaces.
• Make risk-informed management decisions regarding investments, staffing, modernization, and resource utilization.

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.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account options for pre-tax savings on qualified medical, dental, and vision expenses.
• Company-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan with an employer contribution match that is immediately vested.
• Professional courses and certifications.
• Tuition reimbursement programs.

What This Job Offers

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