Directorate Training Coordinator

Requisition Id 14028 

­­Overview:   

The Physical Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a Directorate Training Coordinator who will support the directorate operational training initiatives.

As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nation’s biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 7,000 people! Our vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) is to cultivate an environment and practices that foster diversity in ideas and in the people across the organization, as well as to ensure ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice. These elements are critical for enabling the execution of ORNL’s broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy, environment, and security solutions for the nation.

The Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) delivers scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs that will help realize solutions in clean energy and national security and provide economic benefit to the nation. Our portfolio includes materials science, chemistry, geoscience, nanoscience, and nuclear and particle physics applied to a broad range of scientific and technical challenges. PSD-led research plays a key role across Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s major cross-laboratory initiatives, with activities that encourage translational research relying on interdisciplinary teams.

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Assists the Division Training Officers (DTOs) to help ensure training is assigned, completed, and updated.
• Contributes to the directorate and divisional onboarding activities (e.g. baseline and role-specific training, onboarding handbook distribution) to help ensure an efficient and effective onboarding experience.
• Supports offboarding activities that helps ensure all offboarding processes (e.g., chemical management, equipment stewardship, lab notebooks, procurement management) are completed.
• Reviews incoming vendor access requests (i.e. PAS), supports scheduling of pre-job walkdowns, and ensures the receipt of job hazard analyses for vendors and subcontractors performing PSD work.
• Maintains the PSD training plan, ensures reporting requirements are achieved, monitors training metrics, and coordinates corrective actions where appropriate.
• Ensures all PSD training records and documents are reviewed, updated and archived per ORNL documents and records management requirements.
• Reviews and improves the PSD onboarding and offboarding experiences through process reviews and continuous improvement activities.
• Provides backup to the DTOs as needed.
• Serves as Point of Contact (POC) for all directorate training requests from internal and external assessors.
• Other duties as assigned or requested by manager.
• Delivers ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

Basic Qualifications:

• A high school diploma with a minimum of 5 years of experience or an associate’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently and to participate creatively in collaborative teams across the directorate and the Laboratory.
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced research environment, set priorities to accomplish multiple tasks within deadlines, and adapt to ever changing needs.

Special Requirements:

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Benefits at ORNL: 

ORNL offers competitive pay and benefits programs to attract and retain talented people. The laboratory offers many employee benefits, including medical and retirement plans and flexible work hours, to help you and your family live happy and healthy. Employee amenities such as on-site fitness, banking, and cafeteria facilities are also provided for convenience.

Other benefits include the following: Prescription Drug Plan, Dental Plan, Vision Plan, 401(k) Retirement Plan, Contributory Pension Plan, Life Insurance, Disability Benefits, Generous Vacation and Holidays, Parental Leave, Legal Insurance with Identity Theft Protection, Employee Assistance Plan, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Wellness Programs, Educational Assistance, Relocation Assistance, and Employee Discounts.

If you have difficulty using the online application system or need an accommodation to apply due to a disability, please email: ORNLRecruiting@ornl.gov.

This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.

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ORNL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply.  UT-Battelle is an E-Verify employer.