Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.
Posting Date: 05/30/25
Salary Range: $72,800 - $117,100 (SA-II)
Work Location Type: Dedicated On-Site (working 100% on-site)
What your job will be like:
As a Work Planning and Control Assistant Administrator for the Electronic Permit Administration System (ePAS), you will oversee the ePAS application and maintenance of Jefferson Lab specific data sets required for continuous functionality. These include data sets for hazards and controls, roles and responsibilities, plant items and isolation points, and the information related to staff qualifications and to lab organization. You will interface with other Work Planning and Control Administrators, Subject Matter Experts, Division Safety Officers, and others who provide data for ePAS and ensure data integrity and overall ePAS configuration control. Assist in developing and maturing work planning and control practices at the laboratory.
In this role, you will:
- Serve as point of contact for ePAS at Jefferson Lab.
- Track ePAS project implementation and provide information for routine status reports.
- Maintain the ePAS webpage and develop timely content.
- Provide an electronic “helpline” to provide timely answers to questions about ePAS application and function.
- Update and maintain the ePAS system functionality as global system administrator and assist with troubleshooting ePAS application problems.
- Consult with SMEs to ensure that HIRA remains current and reflects ES&H Manual Chapter 2410T1 requirements.
- Consult with Division Safety Officers and ensure that system roles and responsibilities are properly reflected.
- Work with the laboratory lessons learned coordinator to ensure that external lessons learned information is incorporated into ePAS and lessons learned information developed in ePAS is available to the coordinator.
- Maintain the ePAS Plant Item Tool dataset used for routine plant item integration with ePAS.
- Assess, develop, implement, and mature Work Planning & Control practices at the laboratory.
- Coordinate with FM&L IT resources to ensure that the ePAS Plant Item Tool is current with respect to MAXIMO data resources.
- Assist Performance Assurance Office with availability and access to audit features of ePAS.
- Work with lab training resources to formulate, develop and deliver training courses for focused ePAS training needs.
- Liaise with other laboratories on work planning and control practices.
Qualifications We Require:
Education:
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Science or a closely related technical area.
- Relevant experience may be substituted for education.
Experience:
- 5 or more years relevant experience is required of which 3 or more years must be in work planning and control practices.
- Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Able to communicate clearly in writing and explain work to others.
- Ability to use Enterprise WP&C software is preferred.
- Ability to use ePAS software is preferred.
- BCSP - Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) certification upon hire is preferred.
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 (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
- 401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested
- Flexible Work Arrangements (Remote & 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 and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, or veteran status or on any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. As part of the JSA’s equal employment opportunity policy, we also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.
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 contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.
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.
