Project Manager 3

About the role

The Energy Processes and Materials Division, part of the Energy and Environment Directorate, at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is seeking a Project Manager to lead and execute complex hydrothermal processing and hydrothermal liquefaction projects. The ideal candidate will have a BS/BA or MS/MA in chemical engineering or a related technical field with 9+ or 7+ years of relevant project management experience, respectively, and direct experience with hydrothermal liquefaction.

Responsibilities

• Overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with organizational strategy, commitments, and goals.
• Acquire resources and coordinate efforts of team members and third-party resources to deliver projects according to plan.
• Define project objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.
• Manage execution of complex hydrothermal processing and hydrothermal liquefaction projects with an applied research, scale-up, and deployment focus.
• Work with principal investigators and technical leads to translate technical objectives into executable project plans, milestones, schedules, resource needs, decision points, and deliverables.
• Manage and coordinate scope, schedule, budget, risk, resources, and dependencies across assigned projects and related workstreams.
• Maintain project performance, identify emerging technical and execution risks, and coordinate corrective actions and recovery planning when work deviates from expectations.
• Collaborate with other project managers and technical staff to promote consistent and effective project-management practices.
• Support program planning, proposal development, and development of future applied research and industrial partnership opportunities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in project and program execution.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in chemical engineering or a related Technical Field and 9+ years of relevant project management experience OR MS/MA degree in chemical engineering or a related Technical Field and 7+ years of relevant project management experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, technically challenging research, engineering, demonstration, or technology-development projects.
• Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, resources, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple workstreams or concurrent projects.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with principal investigators and technical experts while providing project-management leadership and structure.
• Experience managing projects involving industrial partners, subcontractors, technology developers, or other external collaborators.
• Demonstrated ability to identify execution risks, resolve issues, manage changing priorities, and develop practical recovery strategies.
• Strong communication and relationship-management skills, including experience interacting with sponsors, technical leaders, organizational stakeholders, and external partners.
• PMP certification or demonstrated equivalent knowledge of disciplined project-management principles and practices.
• Experience contributing to improvements in project-management practices within a technical or research organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with hydrothermal liquefaction and a strong understanding of the technical and operational challenges associated with HTL systems.

Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment

Not Applicable

About PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a world-class research institution powered by a highly educated, diverse workforce committed to the values of Integrity, Creativity, Collaboration, Impact, and Courage. Every year, scores of dynamic, driven people come to PNNL to work with renowned researchers on meaningful science, innovations and outcomes for the U.S. Department of Energy and other sponsors; here is your chance to be one of them!

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Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, robust telehealth care options, several mental health benefits, free wellness coaching, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, relocation, backup childcare, legal benefits, supplemental parental bonding leave, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company-funded pension plan* and may enroll in our 401 (k) savings plan with company match*. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year. Research Associates excluded.