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At Jefferson Lab,you'llchampioncutting-edgescience and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark - where excellence meets purpose, andgreat mindstruly matter.

The good-faith pay range for this role is $150,800 - $219,550 per year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location.

This position may be designated as virtual or remote, with the requirement that candidates reside within 50 miles of the assigned duty location.

The Manager, Project Controls supports the PMO Director by leading the daily operations of the Project Controls Group and ensuring consistent, DOEcompliant project controls across all laboratory projects. The role oversees cost and schedule development and performance reporting, EVMS implementation, and project budget monitoring while supervising and developing project controls analysts. Acting as the PMO's project controls subject matter expert, the manager collaborates with various levels of the organization to include leadership as well as DOE stakeholders to ensure accurate performance data, compliant documentation, and effective risk and variance analysis. The position maintains project controls tools, templates, and metrics, provides recommendations to the PMO Director on project performance trends, and supports PMO strategic planning through resource forecasting and operational improvements.

• Support the PMO Director to maintain a DOE compliant project controls framework including EIA-748 EVMS, cost/schedule reporting, and DOE Order 413.3B expectations, providing oversight, and expertise to ensure PMO policy execution.
• Lead and develop the PCA team in budgeting, scheduling, EVMS compliance, risk, and reporting, supporting the PMO Director's strategic workforce planning and talent development goals.
• Oversee project controls self-assessments, ensuring performance standards, address gaps, and report significant findings to the PMO Director.
• Execute PMO strategies and initiatives by providing leadership and oversight for large, complex, federally funded projects, ensuring project controls standards and workflows are consistently applied across all analysts and projects.
• Ensure all PMO project controls policies, procedures, templates, and workflows maintained under the PMO Director's authority are implemented correctly and improved through feedback, analysis, and operational excellence practices.
• Serve as the PMO's project controls SME and primary liaison across the lab, collaborating with crossfunctional teams and external DOE stakeholders to ensure project performance data meets internal standards and DOE requirements.
• Interact with Laboratory leaders and DOE reviewers to resolve complex project controls issues, escalating significant risks, recommendations, and compliance concerns to the PMO Director as needed.
• Create, maintain, and monitor PMO project controls metrics, dashboards, and performance indicators, identifying opportunities for improvement and advising the PMO Director on trends, risks, and operational efficiencies.
• Assist in oversight of project budgets by validating funding profiles, cost estimates, and performance data provided by PCA's and advise on impacts, risks, and corrective actions, supporting PMO Director visibility into portfolio resources.
• Work with IT to select, deploy, and improve enterprise software tools for project estimating, budgeting, scheduling, and risk analysis; oversee cost engines.

• Manage daily operations of the Project Controls Group, leading analysts who support multi-million and line-item laboratory projects.
• Develop, manage, and optimize Project Controls resources including staffing forecasts, recruitment support, and workload balancing to ensure analysts can effectively achieve project objectives and PMO goals defined by the Director.
• Provide training and development to ensure analysts can meet PMO standards in EVMS analysis, integrated cost/schedule reporting, risk modeling, and federal reporting, supporting the PMO Director's broader capability building strategy.
• Coach and manage performance so analysts meet goals, develop competencies, and align with lab priorities, safety policies, and standards.

• Required: 15 or more years Progressive leadership experience managing integrated project controls, EVMS implementation, and federal reporting within a DOE, DOD, or prime contractor federal environment.
• Required: 3 or more years Lead or supervisory experience in project controls.

• Required: Bachelor's Degree BS/BA in project or construction management, business, engineering or equivalent combination of education, experience, and specialized training will be considered.
• Preferred: Master's Degree MS in project or construction management, engineering, business, or equivalent.

• Preferred: Program & Project Management\\Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Preferred: Program & Project Management\\Earned Value Professional Certification from AACE International
• Preferred: Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) Certification from AACE International

• Team Leadership: Expertly organize, recruit, train, schedule, and manage a project controls team with multiple direct reports.
• Talent Development: Effectively onboard, coach, and develop junior analysts to build a skilled project controls pipeline.
• Policy & System Architecture: Design, document, and adapt project management policies, workflows, and templates for complex projects.
• Training & Communications: Create and deliver project controls training, guides, and communications to promote best practices and risk minimization.
• Enterprise Tool Integration: Work with IT to select, deploy, and improve enterprise applications for scheduling, cost processing, and risk analysis.
• Resource Allocation: Analyze resource forecasts, funding profiles, and resolve staffing or budget constraints with leadership.
• Compliance & Independent Review: Review schedules, estimates, and reports for DOE compliance; assess plan realism and direct corrective actions.
• Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS): Design, implement, and monitor EIA-748 EVMS standards, baseline change control, and variance thresholds.
• Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling: Expertly use Oracle Primavera P6 and advanced CPM scheduling techniques for project management.
• Cost Processing Engines: Use enterprise cost engines like Deltek Cobra or wBSolve for complex data integration and cost accumulation.
• Risk & Quality Management: Apply quantitative risk analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, and ISO 31000/9001 frameworks for risk and quality.
• Project Performance Reporting: Proven experience administering and maintaining the PARS database, including coordinating and submitting DOE performance data.

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campusis located insoutheasternVirginiaamidst 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.

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
• 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

(Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available)

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.