Program Manager A

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Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for supporting the development of the Life Cycle Cost and Schedule Estimates (LCCE) for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program for the replanned Program. Successful candidates will be part of the program management team developing the Program estimate.

Candidate will not have managerial responsibilities for personnel and will not be involved in giving assignments or tasks. Candidate will provide documents, presentations, and general support and coordination needed to complete the LCCE deliverable.

Work with the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) to concisely define the scope of the

program. Provide input to NNSA to support development of Program Requirements documentation which defines the program scope, inputs, assumptions, and constraints to facilitate consistency in estimate development.

Document critical assumptions related to program execution and estimate development to ensure

the estimate prepared is comprehensive, and that assumptions are consistently applied across the

DOE complex.

Develop input documents that describe the program project and execution scope so that

Comprehensive, conservative estimates can be developed in conformance with a defined work

breakdown structure.

Assist partner sites across the DOE complex with their task analysis and basis of estimate

development to ensure data is prepared in a consistent manner to ensure efficient data collection

and analysis. Troubleshoot LCCE development process, identify problems, develop, and implement solutions for LCCE leadership team to effectively (and where possible, efficiently) manage the LCCE development process to meet milestone dates and commitments to NNSA.

Establish program costs, schedule, and technical baselines. Manage the estimate development

processes to ensure compliance with GAO best practices for cost and schedule development.

Initiate and frequently deliver concise and accurate oral and written presentations to internal and

external customers regarding program implementation plans, status, changes and new approaches, including complex technical, organizational and financial issues.

Conduct significantly complex analysis of problems involving numerous disciplines.

Develop new and innovative alternative action strategies enabling the early achievement of

milestones.

Perform risk analyses and provide decision authority for defining and approving corrective actions and establishing priorities. Develop risk mitigation strategies as appropriate for identified risks including scope, cost, schedule, and determination of residual risks.

Education:

Bachelor of Science Degree in technical field (engineering, science, or business management) with minimum 16 years technical experience in program management/nuclear industries or other relevant fields OR, • Master of Science Degree in technical field (engineering, science, or business management) with minimum 12 years of broad experience in engineering, operations, strategic and business planning or MBA with a technical undergraduate degree with 12 years of experience as described above • 10 years of the experience must be in nuclear industries OR in program management in relevant technical industry.

Experience/Skills:

Demonstrated experience working in complex environment managing multiple integrated work scopes.

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated analytical ability for technical and programmatic information/documents including ability to organize analytical results and present to senior management recommendations based on that analysis.

Preferred Experience:

Nuclear industry experience is preferred to non-nuclear experience.

• DOE nuclear experience is preferred to commercial nuclear experience.

• SRS, Pantex, LANL, or WIPP experience is preferred to other DOE complex experience (scopes of work at these facilities are part of the estimate).

• Plutonium processing experience is preferred to other nuclear experience.

• GAO compliant Life Cycle Cost Estimate development experience is preferred to other cost or schedule estimating experience.

• Management/leadership experience is preferred to individual contributor experience. Higher level/senior management experience is preferred to lower level.

• Experience with program baseline development, baseline control, variance reporting and change control processes is preferred. Earned value management system familiarity/proficiency meets these criteria.

Work Environment / Physical Demands:

Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Light to moderate lifting may be required for packages and other items, ability to walk short distances, may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.

Due to government and/or federal regulations for this position, proof of U.S. citizenship is required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

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