As the "Director, Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO)" you will lead a dynamic team charged with developing strategies to research, develop, and deploy energy saving technologies. The ideal candidate for this position has experience managing or supporting large research or deployment programs, with expertise in strategic planning and communications, project planning, development of policies/procedures and personnel management. In this position you will:

• Manage and direct the development, implementation, and evaluation of a national Advanced Manufacturing Office (AM0) responsible for investigation, development, validation, and deployment of technology that advance energy efficiency in manufacturing.
• Identify and integrate the scientific, engineering, and technical resources necessary to conduct a feasible and effective industrial technology research and development program.
• Manage the transfer of new technology to U.S. industries via public-private partnerships to which multiple parties contribute to the cycle of strategic input, technical concepts, funding and implementation of research and development projects, review, oversight, and feedback.
• Provide industrial technologies, scientific, engineering, technical, and programmatic considerations for analysis and support of planning and policy development and provide policy and analytical support to senior management.
• Develop or direct development of research and investment strategies for AMO, including but not program plans, roadmaps, vision documents, budget requests and other strategies that determine the current and future research areas of interest for the Office.
• Manage research performed by national research laboratories, universities, and industry including critical peer review and feedback regarding technical and managerial objectives.
• Direct analyses and reviews to ensure conformance of program execution within established policies.
• Identify and interpret legislative and regulatory requirements of AMO and manage the implementing activities that satisfy these needs.
• Oversee the development and implementation of multi-year program plans and annual operating plans and manage the application of assigned resources to effectively achieve planned objectives.
• Develop annual program budget requirements, approve, and manage the use and distribution of funds, and provide interpretive guidance to research performing organizations.
• Direct the development of responses to queries from DOE senior management, the White House, OMB, GAO, and Congressional committees and subcommittees to assigned technologies.
• Serve as a focus for U.S. participation in matters related to the international industrial technology’s community and maintain close contact and sensitivity to the technology base and decision-makers of U.S. industry
• Manage and supervise AMO and its staff.

Conditions of employment

• This employer participates in the eVerify program.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Subject to satisfactory security and suitability determinations.
• New appointees must successfully complete a 1-year probationary period.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test; random testing after appointment.

• CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: This is a career position in the SES. Unless the selectee is already a member of the SES with career status or has successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program certified by OPM, executive qualifications must be approved by OPM before the appointment can be effected. If you are selected, you will be responsible for working with a DOE Executive Consultant or QRB Writer to develop an ECQ narrative for submission to OPM.
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12). A selectee's appointment is contingent upon compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) governing personal identity.
• PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT (OGE 278): If you are selected for this position, will be required to file this report prior to entry on duty in accordance with the Ethics of Government Act of 1978.
• SECURITY CLEARANCE: While a DOE-Q clearance is not required for the initial appointment, future projects will require a DOE-Q clearance and you must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE-Q level security clearance.
• DRUG TESTING POSITION: As a condition of appointment to this position, you will be subject to pre-employment/pre-appointment testing for illegal drug use under the U.S. Department of Energy Employee Drug Plan. If you are selected you will be provided information regarding drug testing. Failure to undergo testing or positive findings resulting from the test will eliminate you from further consideration for this position. If selected for and appointed to this position you will be subject to random drug testing while employed.
• PROBATIONARY PERIOD: An individual's initial SES career appointment becomes final only after the individual successfully completes a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

Resume-Based Resume: Applicants must show possession of the ECQs and any technical qualifications via resume. Your resume presented will reflect that you possess the ECQs and give a synopsis of your accomplishments. The application process used to recruit for this position is the RESUME BASED method. Although applicants cannot address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) separately, evidence of each must be clearly demonstrated in the five (5) page resume and throughout the rest of the application package (MTQ narrative ). The application process used to recruit for this position is RESUME BASED method. Although applicants cannot address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) separately, evidence of each must be clearly demonstrated in the five (5) page resume and throughout the rest of the application package.

A sample 5-page executive level resume and ECQ narratives can be viewed at this link http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): the ECQs describe the leadership skills needed to succeed as an SES; they also reinforce the concept of an "SES corporate culture." Your resume and application must demonstrate and address the ECQs and include examples that are clear, concise, and emphasize their level of responsibilities; address the scope and complexity of the programs, activities or services managed; program accomplishments; describe policy initiatives undertaken; define level of contacts; convey the sensitivity and criticality of the issues addressed; the results of actions taken. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is required by law to review the executive qualifications of each new career appointee to the SES prior to appointment.
The five ECQs are as follows:

• ECQ 1: Leading Change - Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals and establish an organizational vision an dto implement it in a continuously changing environment.
• ECQ 2: Leading People - Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
• ECQ 3: Results Driven - Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations, and make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
• ECQ 4: Business Acumen - Ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically.
• ECQ 5: Building Coalitions - Ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is required by law to review the executive core qualifications of each new career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) prior to appointment.

For additional information on ECQs, please review the detailed information provided by OPM at the following link: Executive Core Qualifications.

Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs): A supplemental narrative must be submitted separately addressing each MTQ listed below. No more than one (1) page per MTQ is allowed; additional informational information will not be considered. MTQs must provide specific examples that address relevant experience and accomplishments. Applicants must reflect superior technical qualifications demonstrated through leadership and management in the following MTQs:

• MTQ 1 - Mastery of the application of a wide range of program management techniques, concepts, principles, and analytical methods for the assessment and improvement of program effectiveness and the improvement of complex management processes and systems related to energy efficiency technologies and advanced manufacturing processes.
• MTQ 2 -Expert knowledge and experience in developing strategies for decarbonization of the industrial sector, including but not limited to: sustainable manufacturing, energy storage, and agile manufacturing.
• MTQ 3 - Expert experience planning, organizing and directing complex teams. Documented experience effectively negotiating with management to accept and implement recommendations, where the proposals involve substantial agency resources, require extensive changes in established procedures, and/or may be in conflict with the desires of vision of the leadership team.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience, and education (if applicable). Your application will be rated and ranked by an Executive Resources Board (ERB) Panel, comprised of at least three SES members, using only the information submitted within the application package. Applicants who do not demonstrate in their application sufficient possession of the ECQs and MTQs will be determined ineligible for further consideration.

As part of the "Resume Based" recruitment method, the ERB panel conducts a structured interview for all applicants, both competitive and non-competitive, who are determined to be in the top category from the ERB Rating Panel. Based on the Panel's evaluation, applicants who were determined Best Qualified will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration.

Once a candidate has been identified for selection, reference checks may be completed. The Department's appointing official(s) will make a final approval of the selection, an in competitive cases, OPM's Qualifications Review Board (QRB) must certify the ECQs before final appointment can occur. If OPM approval is required for the ECQs, the candidate is required to assist in the development of the QRB template for submission to the QRB. Verification of performance, suitability and security information from reference checks will be taken into consideration when making offers of employment.