PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Requires sitting for extended periods of time in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues (40%). Also, requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (40%). Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings at NASA and Amentum facilities (10%).

OTHER ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and to make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgment is essential (100%). Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.

Position responsibilities include:

• Provide technical area supervision and oversight of individual and team technical performance. This may include managing subtask leads in support of the team’s effort and product deliveries, providing technical expertise in a discipline, and/or directly supporting tasks as an individual team member.
• Collaborate with the Department Manager/Deputy Department Manager to assign and develop personnel for subtask efforts and to broaden and develop personnel skills.
• Collaborate with MSFC’s EM32 Branch Chief and Team Leads in executing task lead responsibilities and in assigning and balancing team skills to various tasks to meet customer and ASED management expectations.
• Conduct Customer Expectation Surveys, Customer Communication Meetings, and End-of-Evaluation Period Task Order Performance Presentation/Self-Assessments.
• Implement the ESSCA safety program for the team, and lead by example in promoting our safety culture. Engage in and conduct the shared MSFC and ASED safety duties of performing Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) assessments and conducting Safety Meetings and Safety Visits.
• Perform hiring functions to meet team support requirements: define position requirements; conduct candidate recruiting; lead interviewing and selection; and perform on-boarding activities.
• Review and approve employee travel and training needs and requests and associated expense reports.
• Perform development of employee goals and objectives and conduct performance evaluations. Support disciplinary processes with team personnel if needed.
• Use the ASED and customer awards and recognition programs to acknowledge team performance and drive team morale.
• Establish and oversee specialty subcontracting requirements, as necessary, in collaboration with the ASED Business and Finance Office to include coordination of task assignments and performance. Develop subcontractor Statements of Work and manage subcontractors.
• Ensure that tasks and subtasks are written and estimated correctly and that task and subtask technical, schedule and financial performance meet expectations.
• Perform and support task/subtask resource allocation, tracking, and control.
• Identify and manage task and subtask cost/technical/schedule risks.
• Ensure the technical quality of the work products generated by team personnel and establish and implement processes in the ASED Quality System. Ensure products are delivered on time in accordance with subtask schedules and customer expectations.Support the Department Manager/Deputy Department Manager in preparing Operations Review material. Provide status updates of team significant accomplishments, kudos, process improvements, and cost savings