Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.
Posting Date: 08/09/2024
Salary Range: $79,100 - $125,100 (AP-I)
Work Location Type: Dedicated On-Site
What your job will be like:
The RF Technician Supervisor is responsible for coordinating work within the assigned area, including scheduling, planning, and reviewing Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) protocols, as well as completing the installation and maintenance of all RF equipment, staging, preparation, and storage areas. Additionally, this role involves leadership and management responsibilities, including supervision, maintaining technical goals, and working effectively with others to complete tasks successfully.
In this role you will:
- Be responsible for the coordination of installation and upgrade projects or multiple, complex tasks, including HPRF and LLRF in CEBAF.
- Implement work planning tools and documentation (ePAS, ATlist, MSD) for all tasks, especially as they apply to Hazardous Energy control.
- Be responsible for managing and supervising of RF technician support for CEBAF, LERF, UITF, CMTF, and special projects.
- Update documentation to ensure schematics, wiring diagrams, procedures, and associated documents are current and accurate.
- Troubleshoot RF and electronic systems, identify technical problems when systems fail and propose remediation options and schedules, coordinating work with Operations and the RF Group members.
- Be responsible for implementing JLAB Hazardous Energy Control and safety policies (Lock Out Tag Out) and ensuring the RF technician staff is trained and up to date as qualified electrical workers.
Qualifications We Require:
Education:
- High School Diploma
Experience:
- 12 years of relevant electronic experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Must have strong technical knowledge of electronics and RF systems and processes.
- Broad understanding/technical awareness of electrical engineering principles and technologies. Familiarity with RF systems and accelerator operational requirements at Jefferson Lab is desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot RF and/or electronic systems, identify technical problems when systems fail and propose remediation options and schedules, coordinating work with Operations and the RF Group members.
- Must have experience managing and supervising electronic technicians.
- Ability to negotiate with other groups, service providers, collaborators and vendors for time, access, and labor.
- Strong technical and administrative knowledge of systems and processes, enabling complex troubleshooting and problem-solving solutions.
Qualifications We Prefer:
Education:
- Associates Degree in Electronics
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering
Experience:
- Other equivalent military electronic experience and training.
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 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 employment @ jlab.org or call (757) 269-7598 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.
