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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">SLAC Job Postings</h2><div> 
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</div>Position Overview:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory&iquest;s (SLAC) Supply Chain Management (SCM) Department seeks a Senior Procurement Specialist Team Lead to support our construction procurement group and serve as the technical lead for the procurement of construction projects for SLAC. Members of this team conduct procurement activities for a wide variety of complex subcontracts, including light industrial and capital infrastructure construction projects in support of the laboratory&iquest;s mission.
As the Construction Team Lead you will be responsible for overseeing and leading a range of procurement activities for the acquisition of construction services over the entire lifecycle of the contract process. This includes, defining the requirements, researching opportunities, negotiating with sources, writing subcontracts, awarding subcontracts and closeout. You will also perform daily oversight of procurement services and administration activities in the team and manage approximately eight (8) procurement staff members. This position reports to the Procurement Operations Manager.
Note: SLAC is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratory operated by Stanford University and based in Menlo Park; CA.
Your specific responsibilities include:<ul><li>
Serve as the technical lead for the procurement construction services of a school or unit; direct and oversee the daily operational activities of the function; supervise, train and delegate staff while ensuring operational and financial goals are achieved.</li><li>
Lead customer acquisition planning for complex contract requirements; drive balance between customer service requirements, the Department of Energy(DOE), and SLAC and stakeholder control and compliance requirements; advise management on procurement issues.</li><li>
Develop and implement internal controls to drive compliance with DOE and procurement policies and procedures; perform quality control reviews on group actions over buyer limits.</li><li>
Meet with internal business unit staff to determine future requirements; plan procurement strategies for complex requirements; educate internal customers on procurement policies and processes; ensure contracts and procurement processed meet government requirements and expectations; may brief government contracting staff on status of key contracts and topics of interest.</li><li>
Assess supplier base; conduct analysis on customer requirements to develop optimal sourcing strategies and initiatives.</li><li>
Implement contract management policies and procedures to ensure compliance with contract cost, schedule and business requirements; establish practices to identify any contract performance issues and drive timely resolution.</li><li>
Monitor and improve performance of the procurement group; collect, analyze, and report operating benchmarks and other performance measures, driving for continuous improvement in all aspects of the process.</li><li>
Drive continuous improvement throughout the procurement group by implementing industry best practices and automating manual processes to continually reduce operating costs.</li><li>
Other duties may also be assigned</li></ul>
To be successful in this position you will bring:<ul><li>
Bachelor's degree with six years contracts/procurement experience, five years of supervisory experience, or a combination of education and relevant experience.</li><li>
Demonstrated leadership skills.</li><li>
Strong customer relationship management skills.</li><li>
Knowledge of a variety of theory, practices, methods, programs and plans including regulatory requirements relating to purchasing and business law.</li><li>
Experience negotiating and administering contracts with unusual and/or complex terms and conditions.</li><li>
Demonstrated experience in working with various methods of contract types such as Firm Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, Personal Services Agreements and Basic Ordering Agreements. Note that all SLAC Construction Subcontracts are awarded as a Firm Fixed Price.</li><li>
Knowledge of market conditions, trade practices, sources and lead time.</li><li>
Knowledge and experience with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations (DEAR)), Capital 413.3b Projects, and other government agency regulations is a definite plus.</li><li>
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office Suite and PeopleSoft/Oracle/SAP.</li><li>
Demonstrated ability to communicate well both orally and in writing.</li></ul>
Certifications and Licenses:<ul><li>
CPCM desired.</li></ul>
SLAC Employee Competencies:<ul><li>
Accountable: To accept responsibility for actions taken, and to disclose the results in a transparent manner.</li><li>
Dependable: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes.</li><li>
Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve common goals.</li><li>
Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner.</li><li>
Teamwork: As a team member, the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team.</li><li>
Results Oriented: The ability to focus on the desired result of one&iquest;s own or one&iquest;s unit&iquest;s work, setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them.</li><li>
Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing.</li><li>
Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward.</li><li>
Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes.</li><li>
Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, presented messages.</li></ul>
Job-Specific Competencies:<ul><li>
Results through Others: Achieves expected results by effectively delegating and managing the work of others.</li><li>
Navigates Complexity: Demonstrates effective problem solving and decision making in complex situations; takes appropriate action, even with conflicting data or in difficult situations.</li><li>
Team Effectiveness: Effectively motivates team members and fosters diverse and collaborative environment, leverages individual members' strengths for overall team effectiveness.</li><li>
Emotional Resilience. The ability to adapt to stressful situations and evaluate situations with a level head.</li></ul>
Physical requirements and Working conditions:<ul><li>
Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.</li><li>
Job will include walking in active construction zones for pre-proposal RFP job walks and construction project surveillance.</li></ul>
Work standards:<ul><li>
Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.</li>
Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1&iquest;General Policy and Responsibilities:<li>
</li><li>Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide,</li></ul>
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Working Title: Senior Procurement Specialist Team Lead (Construction)</li><li>
Classification Title: Subcontract Administrator 3
</li><li>Grade: L Job code: 2316</li><li>
Employment duration: Regular Continuing</li></ul>
The expected pay range for this position is $156,722 - $180,213 per annum. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.</div></div></div>

Senior Procurement Specialist Team Lead (Construction)

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">SLAC Job Postings</h2><div> 
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</div>Position overview:
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a Directorate of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, seeks a Life Science Researcher Professional with a strong background in biochemistry and structural biology.
In this position, you will work within a rich scientific environment at SLAC, focusing on protein expression, purification and high-throughput crystallization to support the efforts of specific projects. You will also help maintain laboratory equipment, order supplies and may take part in diffraction data collection. You will be part of a collaborative team and have the opportunity to work with numerous proteins examining structure function correlations using a range of scientific methods.
Your specific responsibilities include:<ul><li>
Express and purify proteins.</li><li>
Perform experiments to crystallize proteins.</li><li>
Co-crystallize proteins with ligands.</li><li>
Schedule crystallization plates for imaging using our automated imaging system</li><li>
Prepare samples for data collection.</li><li>
Work collaboratively with SSRL scientists performing X-ray crystallography measurements.</li></ul>
Other general research and lab coordination responsibilities include:<ul><li>
Perform more complex functions and activities involved in defined research projects, and independently conduct a portion of the research project(s).</li><li>
Independently conduct a portion of the research project(s). Make recommendations on experimental design and/or research direction to principal investigator.</li><li>
Independently conduct complex (lab and/or field) experiments to gather data for a portion of a major research project.</li><li>
Interpret and analyze results, often where few guidelines exist, and make modifications to existing procedures and protocols.</li><li>
Develop new research protocols where appropriate protocols are not described in the literature or where modification or adaptation of standard procedures and protocols is required.</li><li>
Participate in multidisciplinary teams across different faculties or schools.</li><li>
Perform ongoing literature review to remain current with new procedures and related research; apply to ongoing research and development of new protocols.</li><li>
Contribute substantively to the preparation of papers for publication, especially in the results section, and to publication of findings. Present ongoing work to colleagues and/or academic conferences.</li><li>
Oversee supply and equipment budget under supervision of principal investigator or business manager.</li><li>
Work with health and safety department to ensure lab complies with regulations and all required trainings.</li><li>
Supervise (either formally or informally) staff or students as needed, including oversight and direction on techniques, as well as consultation on project work. Serve as a technical resource for other research staff.</li><li>
Oversee the daily activities of the laboratory including lab maintenance; maintain lab stock, manage chemical inventory and safety records, and provide general lab support as needed. May assist with purchasing laboratory equipment.</li><li>
Other duties may also be assigned.</li></ul>
SLAC is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratory operated by Stanford University and based in Menlo Park, CA. Given the nature of this position, SLAC will require onsite work.
To be successful in this position you will bring:<ul><li>
Bachelor's degree in structural biology, biophysics, physics, biochemistry, chemistry or bioengineering, or related scientific field and at least two years of relevant work experience, or Master&iquest;s degree in related field</li><li>
A strong history in biochemistry techniques and familiarity with various types of laboratory equipment.</li><li>
Knowledge of protein expression and purification protocols and experience purifying recombinant proteins from source cells and running chromatography systems.</li><li>
Experience with protein crystallization, co-crystallization, and crystal soaking with a variety of ligands.</li><li>
Familiarity with crystal handling and preparation for data collection at synchrotron facilities.</li></ul>
Additional preferred skills but not required:<ul><li>
Knowledge of protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) such as phosphorylation, etc.</li><li>
Working knowledge of modern medicinal chemistry and drug discovery techniques.</li><li>
Experience determining protein kinetics (Kon, Koff, KD).</li><li>
Familiar with the process of depositing protein structures in the PDB.</li><li>
An understanding of key methodologies of fragment and structure-based drug design.</li><li>
Experience collecting diffraction data and solving crystal structures.</li></ul>
SLAC employee competencies:<ul><li>
Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner.</li><li>
Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing.</li><li>
Dependability: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes.</li><li>
Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward.</li><li>
Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes.</li><li>
Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, presented messages.</li><li>
Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve common goals.</li></ul>
Physical requirements and Working conditions:<ul><li>
Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.</li></ul>
Work standards:<ul><li>
Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.</li><li>
Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1&iquest;General Policy and Responsibilities:</li><li>
Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide,</li></ul>
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Job Classification: Life Science Research Professional 2</li><li>
Job Code: 4952, Grade: G</li><li>
Duration: Regular continuing</li></ul>
The expected pay range for this position is $85,376 - $99,581 per annum. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.</div></div></div>

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