Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.
Position Posted: July 11, 2025
Salary Range: $72,800 - $117,100 (SA-II)
Work Location Type: Dedicated 100% onsite
What Your Job Will Be Like:
Become a member of our securities team at Jefferson Lab. Working under minimal supervision, the Site Protection Supervisor performs a variety of activities in support of functional areas of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Safeguards and Security Program (S&S) including the Physical Protection, Protective Force and Design Basis Threat sub-programs. The Supervisor serves as the Subcontracting Officer's Technical Representative (TR) responsible for day-to-day operations of the unarmed security services subcontractor protective force, and other assigned personnel.
The supervisor is responsible for identifying physical security vulnerabilities, assessing risk, implementing corrective actions and ensuring compliance with DOE directives, relevant laws and regulations. This position is responsible for performing a full range of administrative and management functions to include system(s) record audits, quality control, preparing budgeting projections, project scheduling, performance evaluations and statistical reports as required.
Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain a security access authorization as necessary.
In this role you will:
- Supervise Jefferson Lab unarmed security service subcontractor operations to ensure high quality and cost effectiveness.
- Implement effective methods and procedures to achieve and sustain high level of quality and customer satisfaction.
- Oversee personnel involved in the daily maintenance and quality assurance of deployed physical security systems.
- Assist the manager with development and maintenance of assigned Safeguards and Security Program (S&S) plans, procedures and associated training courses.
- Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
- Develop and manage effective special event plans to ensure appropriate security and safety measures are taken to mitigate operational risks.
Qualifications We Require:
Education
- Bachelor's Degree (Relevant experience may be substituted for education)
Experience
- 5 or more years Relevant Experience (Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience)
- 3 or more years Supervising Personnel required
- History of working safely and understanding of ergonomic safety.
- Experience with special event planning and coordination
- Experienced crisis or incident response manager
- Experience performing physical security vulnerability assessments to evaluate risk
- Experience developing policies and procedures in a high compliance environment
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Thorough working knowledge of the principles and practices of service subcontract management.
- Understanding of federal Service Wage Act concepts and relevant Executive Orders governing federal contractor wage and benefits.
- Excellent knowledge of industrial physical security procedures and practices.
- Proficiency in office computer systems and software applications such as Microsoft Office Suite.
About Jefferson Lab
Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.
A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.
Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab
At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (vacation, holidays, sick leave)
- 401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested
- Flexible Work Arrangements (Hybrid & Alternate Work Schedules available)
- Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs
- Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). JSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
JSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting @ jlab.org or call (757) 269-7100 to provide the nature of your request. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Employment with JSA is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.
