Operations Specialist (Science)

Location: Upton, New York, United States

Salary: $82,950–$115,000 per year, depending on experience, education, and qualifications.

Company

hirify.global is a U.S. Department of Energy multidisciplinary research laboratory operated by Brookhaven Science Associates.

What you will do

• Coordinate operational, compliance, and risk-related processes across scientific, engineering, user-facing, project, and institutional teams.
• Facilitate risk assessments, due diligence, mitigation or acceptance activities, documentation, and action tracking.
• Maintain operational records, tracking systems, procedures, work instructions, forms, templates, and guidance.
• Develop digital workflows and automated business processes using Microsoft Forms, SharePoint, Power Automate, and Microsoft 365.
• Coordinate reports and dashboards for performance monitoring, trend analysis, and decision-making.
• Support operational reviews, corrective actions, institutional requirements, continuous improvement initiatives, and special projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM, business, communication, technical writing, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• At least four years of relevant experience supporting scientific, engineering, technical, research, or facility operations.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, technical writing, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across scientific, engineering, operational, and administrative stakeholders.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, and discretion when handling sensitive information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook.

Nice to have

• Experience with due diligence, risk assessment, requirements implementation, risk mitigation, or risk acceptance.
• Experience with operational reviews, requirements management, process improvement, business process automation, metrics, reporting, or dashboards.
• Experience in a DOE national laboratory, user facility, federally funded research organization, or university research environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary national laboratory supporting an international scientific user community.
• Contribute to research and development activities conducted under rigorous operational, compliance, and safety requirements.
• Employee benefits are provided through a comprehensive compensation and benefits program.
• A REAL-ID or REAL-ID-compliant document is required for laboratory site access, including interviews.
• Employees must obtain and maintain a DOE Uncleared Personal Identity Verification credential.