By Jeremy Dillon
The Department of Energy officially this morning kicked off a hiring blitz that seeks to add approximately 1,000 new employees to the agency’s ranks.
Dubbed the Clean Energy Corps, the new hiring effort aims to help the department spend some $62 billion from last year’s bipartisan infrastructure law.
DOE officials previewed the hiring blitz after President Biden signed the law in November (E&E News PM, Nov. 10, 2021). Today’s announcement includes a new application portal and list of positions the administration is looking to fill.
“This is an open call for all Americans who are passionate about taking a proactive role in tackling the climate crisis and want to join the team that is best positioned to lead this transformative work,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement.
Agencies around the government are looking to expand (E&E News PM, Nov. 9, 2021). For DOE, the infusion of 1,000 workers would mark the largest staff expansion since the department’s founding in 1977, according to a news release.
DOE currently has 13,000 workers and tens of thousands of contractors at the national labs and radioactive waste legacy cleanup sites. The department now has a mandate for the creation or expansion of 72 programs, according to DOE chief of staff Tarak Shah, who briefed reporters in November.
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