The Senior Director of Infrastructure Services (IS) reports to the Chief Operations Officer and serves as a member of the Laboratory Senior Leadership Team. The Senior Director is the COO's principal infrastructure advisor and is responsible for the execution of the Laboratory's infrastructure strategy, ensuring operational readiness, asset risk management, and aligning investment priorities in addition to contributing to an enterprise operational perspective to the Laboratory strategy, risk management and resource allocation. The Senior Director leads an organization of more than 400 employees responsible for stewardship and day-to-day management of Argonne's 1,500-acre site and approximately 5.1 million square feet of facilities. The role provides executive direction and accountability for facilities, utilities, nuclear and non-nuclear waste, site services, and project and portfolio management. The Senior Director establishes the governance, priorities, and decision authorities needed to deliver safe, reliable, compliant, resilient, and cost-effective operations with minimal interruption to the science mission. Key Responsibilities + Lead strategic and operational planning across the infrastructure lifecycle, including campus and asset planning, design and construction, operations and maintenance, renovation, modernization, repair, and deactivation in accordance with the laboratory science strategy. + Demonstrate and nurture a strong disciplined approach to operations with an eye to timely, deliberate decisions that balance mission requirements, safety, security, quality, risk, compliance, cost, schedule, workforce capacity, and long-term stewardship. + Serve as a clear and independent advisor, constructively challenge assumptions, resolve competing priorities, and establish decision rights and accountability for execution. + Oversee operating, maintenance, and capital budgets and support the facilitation of the Laboratory Operations strategic project investment portfolio. Establish measurable goals and measures for financial stewardship, asset condition and reliability, maintenance execution, project delivery, staffing, customer service, and long-range campus planning. + Manage and execute waste operations across the site in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements. Establish measurable performance standards, measures, and processes to allow for the anticipation and early identification of negative operating trends supporting proactive actions with applicable partners. + Partner with scientific and mission leadership to translate current and future program requirements into executable infrastructure strategies, services, priorities, and projects. + Use asset-management systems, operational data, analytics, visualization tools, and emerging technologies to improve decision quality, reliability, productivity, transparency, and cost-effectiveness. + Ensure IS work complies with applicable laws, Department of Energy (DOE) requirements, contractual obligations, codes, standards, permits, and management expectations. Embed safety, security, quality, and environmental stewardship into work planning and execution. + Establish effective quality assurance, assessment, corrective-action, and lessons-learned processes to identify risks, close performance gaps, and sustain continuous improvement for IS. + Develop productive relationships with DOE, regulators, the University of Chicago, external institutions, and other national laboratories to advance mission outcomes, benchmarking, and effective business and technical practices. + Build an accountable, inclusive, and high-performing leadership team; delegate authority effectively; develop succession and organizational capability; and lead significant operational events, conflict, and organizational change with urgency, sound judgment, and calm confidence. **Position Requirements** Knowledge + Comprehensive knowledge of infrastructure lifecycle management, including campus and asset planning, engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, modernization, and deactivation. + Strong technical knowledge of facilities, utilities, maintenance, asset management, project and portfolio management, and site or campus planning practices. + Knowledge of enterprise risk management, performance management, disciplined operations, and continuous-improvement principles applicable to complex operations. + Knowledge of the DOE national laboratory environment and applicable federal, state, and local requirements, DOE directives, contractual obligations, environmental permits, codes, standards, and safety and health requirements. Skills + Ability to establish clear operational goals, delegate responsibility and authority, define measurable commitments, and hold leaders and organizations accountable for results. + Ability to lead a large, multidisciplinary, technically complex, and highly regulated organization through subordinate leaders and managers