Job opening: Federal Project Director Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility
Salary: $185 335 - 212 100 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Sep 01 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
As the Federal Project Director, Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF) you will have the following duties:
Oversees the overall planning, direction, and timely execution of the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility in order to meet the mission need for the U.S. plutonium disposition program. Approves multi-year and long-range work plans and subsequently manages the overall work to achieve the project's goals and objectives.
Manages adjustments to the structure and content of the SRPPF project as a result of changes in levels of appropriations or other legislation.
Oversees the effort to prepare for and obtain approval for Critical Decisions for the SRPPF project through the Department of Energy's project management process, including preparing and validating the detailed project baseline (integrated schedule and cost estimate) and obtaining approval to eventually begin facility operations. Evaluates risk and other factors that may influence performance against the validated baseline.
Monitors budget execution against the project baseline, develops schedules and resource information, and reviews, approves, disapproves, or modifies requests for changes to project milestones as authorized.
Represents the project to other Federal agencies, national laboratories, and other stakeholders and provides information on the SRPPF project status and path forward. Plans, evaluates, and assesses technical reports and plans, and presents issues, problems, impacts, and solutions to senior management.
Evaluates field, site and contractor performance. Conducts annual reviews of budget documents, operating plans, management guidance, and approved baseline.
Qualifications
YOU MUST UPLOAD YOUR RESPONSES TO THE EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs) AND MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs).
To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, candidates must possess specialized experience at a senior level which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties described above; including progressively responsible supervisory or managerial experience demonstrating the ability to manage people and resources.
Candidates must fully address all Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) in order to receive consideration. Your responses must demonstrate possession of these qualifications; typically acquired through education, experience, or training, and reflect progressive development and achievement in managing a comprehensive program and/or organization. Please provide examples that are clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibility, the scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives undertaken, and level of contacts. Do not enter "Refer to Resume" to explain your answer. Applications directing the reviewer to search within the application or to see resume are considered incomplete and will not receive further consideration. All qualified candidates will be evaluated on the relevance of their experience, education, training, self-development, honors, awards, and outside activities.
Applicants currently serving under a career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointment; eligible for reinstatement into the SES; or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program (CDP) approved by OPM are not required to address the ECQs; but MUST address all MTQs. Failure by a non-Senior Executive Service member to upload a narrative statement addressing each of the ECQs and MTQs will result in loss of consideration.
Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): A supplemental narrative must be uploaded and attached to your application addressing each ECQ listed below. The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and potential, not technical expertise. They measure whether an individual has the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions. All applicants must submit a written narrative to address the ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately and should contain one or two examples per ECQ describing your experiences and accomplishments/results. The narrative should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives undertaken and the results of your actions. Applicants should not enter "Refer to Resume" to describe your experiences. Applications directing the reviewer to search within the application or to see the resume are considered incomplete and may not receive further consideration. The narrative must not exceed 10 pages.
There are five ECQs:
ECQ 1: LEADING CHANGE: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals and establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
ECQ 2: LEADING PEOPLE: Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals and provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
ECQ 3: RESULTS DRIVEN: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations, and make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
ECQ 4: BUSINESS ACUMEN: Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
ECQ 5: BUILDING COALITIONS: Ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is required by law to review the executive core qualifications of each new career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) prior to appointment.
Failure to submit a narrative statement addressing each of the ECQs will cause your application to be deemed incomplete and not be considered.
Additional information on the ECQs is available at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp. Example ECQ statements are available at http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf.
Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs): A supplemental narrative must be uploaded and attached to your application addressing each MTQ listed below. No more than one (1) page per MTQ is allowed; additional informational information will not be considered. MTQs must provide specific examples that address relevant experience and accomplishments. Applicants must reflect superior technical qualifications demonstrated through leadership and management in the following MTQs:
MTQ 1: Describe your experience in managing large-scale, high-risk, complex construction projects, especially nuclear facility projects.
MTQ 2: Describe your experience in evaluating and advising on facility design, construction and start-up issues, especially experience with nuclear projects.
MTQ 3: Describe your experience in interfacing with high-level officials in various entities, including other Federal agencies, Congressional staff, national laboratories and foreign officials.
Failure to submit a narrative statement addressing each of the MTQs will cause your application to be deemed incomplete and not be considered.
Education
You must meet the Basic Education Requirement listed below in order to qualify for this series.
Degree: professional engineering. The curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
OR
Combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. There are alternate methods to meeting the engineering educational requirement (e.g., holding current professional engineering registration, having passed the EIT examination, or having completed specified academic courses or a related degree). For more information on the alternate methods, please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards at
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Contacts
- Address Office of Infrastructure
24600 20th St SE
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5507
US
- Name: Morgan Williams
- Phone: 202-586-0038
- Email: [email protected]
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