Director, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program - Gaithersburg, United States - Department Of Commerce

Description

Summary

The Director, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program is primarily responsible for the planning and operation of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (MEP) at NIST, which focuses on modernizing America's manufacturing base through the transfer of modern manufacturing technology and techniques to small and medium-sized companies.

Duties

The Director, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program directs and controls the activities of the MEP.

In addition, this position is responsible for the following:

• Provides leadership to the NIST MEP national office and the system of MEP centers, such as through the development and leadership of the system's strategic approach to sustaining and growing the economic competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers, particularly small and medium-sized manufacturers.
• Represents the MEP in national manufacturing policy and strategy, including representing NIST to and/or with the Department of Commerce to national stakeholders including the Office of Management and Budget, the National Economic Council, the U.S. Congress, and others on budget, and other matters concerning the Program.
• Serves as an expert in developing, maintaining and growing federal-state partnerships and public-private partnerships that bring together federal, state, and private sector policies and resources towards an "eco-system" that helps grow the economic competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers.
• Participates in exchanges of technical information and plans, organizes, and operates appropriate mechanisms for coordinating technical activities and programs.
• Participates in important liaison and representative functions with senior manufacturing and technology-based economic development programs of foreign governments, industrial laboratories, universities, and Federal and state laboratories for the prime purpose of facilitating programs under the direction of the MEP.
• Initiates and coordinates long-range and strategic planning activities of MEP assuring that it takes into account assessments of future manufacturing needs, current priorities, and technical opportunities as articulated by the Administration, Congress, state and local governments, industry, and the general public.