As a Project & Lab Manager within the Spaceport Technologies Office, this position provides leadership for research & technology projects, from conception through implementation and close-out. Ensuring safety and efficiency, the role oversees schedules, budgets, and risk, acting as a liaison between researchers and stakeholders. By maintaining lab safety and managing project performance, this role is vital in advancing technological innovation in space exploration.

Duties

Serves as Project and Laboratory Manager within the Spaceport Technologies Office, responsible for providing technical management and leadership for research and technology projects. Develops comprehensive project schedules, budgets, and resource requirements for proposed technology projects in collaboration with the Principal Investigator. Oversees and is accountable for project adherence to schedule, budget, and risks during project implementation. Acts as primary liaison between researchers and stakeholders. Monitors overall project performance and evaluates contractor performance in the execution of Spaceport Technologies Office projects. Reports on project activities to management, including status on technical, budget, schedule, and risk. Maintains comprehensive knowledge of all work being conducted in the laboratory and applicable safety requirements. Ensures the implementation of appropriate safety measures in coordination with safety personnel. Ensures all lab work follows approved, documented procedures or falls under an approved capability. Identifies and documents lab hazards and leads the implementation of mitigation strategies. Manages lab safety documentation, ensuring it's up-to-date and in compliance with safety and project needs. Identifies and documents necessary safety training requirements for lab personnel.

Requirements

• Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below and have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA's unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Managing complex projects associated with formulating, planning, implementing, managing, tracking, and evaluating work and its associated requirements and risks; Communicating effectively with leadership by simplifying complex data to help make informed decisions; Working in laboratory environments, including experience implementing safety protocols, maintaining safety documentation, and ensuring compliance with approved procedures. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree with a major in one of the following:
a) Engineering from a college or university that has ABET accredited engineering programs
b) Physical Science, Mathematics, Life Science or other field of Science
c) Computer Science that included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course work in any combination of mathematics, statistics and computer science with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus.

If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.

Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.

Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program. To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.

Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords. These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs. MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions. For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.

Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.

Contacts

• Address Kennedy Space Center Space Commerce Way Titusville, FL 32899 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]