Total 3 job vacancies by Department of Energy - Agency Wide

As an INTERDISCIPLINARY General Engineer/Physical Scientist, you will:

• Provide coordination for engagements with governments, organizations, academia, and industry.
• Manage bilateral and multilateral technical collaboration with other countries as needed.
• Engage with government officials and technical experts from research institutes, academia, and industry to facilitate collaboration in the field of carbon management in Asia, Europe, and other countries as needed.
• Assist in developing plans and executing carbon management projects with Asia and U.S. technical experts, and assist in leading technical delegations to Asia, Europe, and other countries as needed.
• Track and analyze energy and carbon management topics; and assist in preparing background papers, briefings, talking points, and presentations.

The Department of Energy is seeking motivated and highly-qualified candidates for exciting positions available in multiple locations throughout the United States.

The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.

This series covers interdisciplinary 0801/1301 General Engineer/Physical Scientist positions which are managing, supervising, leading, and/or performing professional engineering work or work in the physical sciences and may include work in a combination of physical science fields.

As an interdisciplinary General Engineer/Physical Scientist, at minimum you will perform one or more of the following:

• Use sound technical judgment and initiative to resolve the challenges of changing conditions and other problems relative to the assigned projects and programs.
• Use physics or mechanical, nuclear, electrical, chemical, civil, or industrial engineering theories, principles, and practices.
• Analyze situations, identify problems, probe causes, and recommends courses of action or solutions.
• Work closely with a team, perform assessments, clearly and concisely document assessment results, and present findings orally and in writing to the approval authority.
• Coordinate with related engineering and physical science fields adequate to effectively discuss technical points and to recommend acceptable engineering solutions to problems.
• Perform and interpret calculations, analyses, and computations for unknown factors or relationships primarily in the matters of factual nature of involving well understood mechanisms.
• Provide scientific advice and guidance to officials, managers, scientists, and engineer.
• Serve as an expert for a significant segment of a specific area in one or more of the following: advanced scientific computing research; basic energy sciences; biological and environmental research; fusion energy sciences; high energy physics; nuclear physics; and workforce development.
• Provide technical guidance on proposed research projects and programs of interest.
• Coordinate, implement, and evaluate segments of research programs in the assigned area of responsibility.
• Assemble essential information on topics of assigned segments of research through various source materials.

As an Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Physical Scientist, you may:

• Act as a general engineer or physical scientist, overseeing a number of technically complex tribal clean energy projects or administer technical assistance relative to energy development, efficiency, and use on tribal lands.
• Lead efforts and conduct studies and analyses that will advance energy initiatives for American Indian or Alaskan Native tribal governments and tribal organizations.
• Act as a technical resource to Indian Tribes and tribal organizations, providing advice on project planning, project execution, and potential resources for clean energy development.
• Mentor other staff members, including, but not limited to, providing training, reviewing work products, providing feedback, and acting as an informational resource.