Title:  Procurement Liaison Engineer

• Coordinate with scientists, engineers, and procurement staff to identify, plan, and monitor procurement activities. Serve as the liaison on project procurements between the technical team, the Procurement Department, vendors, and project.
• Give weekly procurement briefings to JLab EIC project leadership on issues, risks, concerns, and items needing awareness
• Work closely with procurement officers in order to understand procurement status and best practices.
• Participate in vendor visits with technical teams after award to monitor procurement progress and negotiate contractual items
• Develop a tracking system for monitoring procurement status and issues, and maintain metrics showing overall performance.
• Represent JLab in collaborative procurement discussions with partner labs. Contribute to developing joint procurement processes, documents, and reporting. Provide regular updates to the project procurement tracker.
• Monitor overall procurement status and proactively address issues. Promptly report issues to appropriate parties (technical team, project managers, and procurement manager) as they arise. Recommend solutions.
• Provide written and oral presentations on project procurement status, issues, and mitigations to a variety of stakeholders, including project and lab leadership and Department of Energy, in forums including major reviews.
• Interface with and provide input to project support areas including QA, project controls (cost and schedule), and risk.
• Guide technical team in development of procurement documents, and participate in reviews of technical procurement packages.

• If time permits, the PLE may also assist with these activities on other Jefferson Lab projects.
• If time permits, the PLE may also assist with other project engineering activities such as systems engineering.

• Required: 10 or more years Relevant experience
• Required: 3 or more years Engineering design and/or production experience
• Required: 3 or more years Experience with procurements, including acquisition planning through contract closure, such as writing, editing, and/or reviewing and approving procurement specifications and statements of work.
• Preferred: 3 or more years Exposure to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) or other government agency-approved purchasing system and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
• Preferred: 3 or more years Participation in projects, preferably U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Order 413.3C projects

• Required: Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Systems Engineering, Basic Science, or closely related field
• Preferred: Master's Degree Engineering, Systems Engineering, Basic Science, Business or closely related field

• Able to give effective presentations to critical/high level customers and effectively represent work group on review panels and cross-organizational teams.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products.
• Ability to work well with others as part of a high-functioning team
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; ability to gather, organize, analyze and present data to appropriate sources
• Exposure to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved purchasing system and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively, across organizational boundaries, with a diverse group of engineering, scientific, and support staff.
• Knowledge of software and ability to build systems for tracking and presenting status

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 SURATech, 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 

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.   
 
SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people 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 SURATech 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.