This position is located in the Assistant Manager for Programs and Project and is responsible for leading engaging and collaborating with the Plutonium Production Matrixed Execution Team members, Program/Site Action Officers, M&O Partners, and field office personnel to ensure a consistent and integrated planning approach across the U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise as well as facilitating communication among the technical communities and ensuring long-term viability of NNSA's Mission.

Duties

As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist (Plutonium Execution Manager) you will: Provide vision, leadership, and direction for the Plutonium program as the on-site federal presence providing communication on goals, priorities, and actions in a clear, concise, informative and timely manner. Control, coordinate and provide leadership, guidance and direction for the technical and administrative aspects of assigned missions and programs and review and evaluate their progress to assure that work is performed in compliance with existing DOE/NNSA orders and regulations and in accordance with the appropriate program guidelines and assumptions, interagency agreements, and within financial and schedule constraints. Represent management at agency level interagency meetings relating to Pit Production and associated activities. Effectively develop organizational capabilities and integration of objectives to successfully maintain operational awareness, monitoring, integration, and periodic evaluation. Collaborate with Management and Operating (M&O) senior management for the technical, program representative, and contract management advisory boards, councils and committees, and requires the incumbent to represent NNSA at various levels before these groups in support of the Plutonium Product mission and associated activities; (e.g., work implementation/authorization plan approvals for NA-19 and other NNSA program and Functional Offices). Analyze and evaluate technical and administrative progress and status of the Plutonium Production mission and related programs making necessary recommendations to the Field Office Manager and assuring program objective achievement. Provide senior leader expertise, advice, and guidance to the Field Office Manager and HQ's Program Managers on a broad range of complex and sensitive matters.

Requirements

Qualifications

A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band level or GS grade level in the Federal Service (i.e., GS-13/EN-03/NN-03). Specialized experience for this position is defined as 1. Demonstrated ability to effectively work with multiple high-level stakeholders (e.g., within the DOE/NNSA, Contractors, local, state and federal agencies, Congress, etc.) on programmatic matters. 2. Demonstrated ability to manage available resources to achieve authorized work scope while ensuring programs and projects remain on schedule and within budget. 3. Demonstrated knowledge of program and project management principles. 4. Effective oral and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to communicate with multiple high-level stakeholders (e.g., within the DOE/NNSA, Contractors, local, state and federal agencies, Congress, etc.) to achieve mission objectives. 5. Demonstrated ability to coordinate resources, align schedules, manage risk, identify and establish interfaces, and control change associated with a program or project to achieve mission objectives. 6. Demonstrated knowledge and experience of the hazards, controls, and radioactive properties of nuclear materials, specifically uranium, plutonium, and fission product Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application! CommunicationGeneral EngineeringPartneringPlanning and EvaluatingProject Management "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.10/05/2023

Education

This position has a positive education requirement.

All applicants must meet the basic requirements of the General Engineer/Physical Science occupational series. Transcripts or other proof of required education MUST be included in application package.

General Engineering- 801 - 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 as 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). Please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards at Professional Engineering Positions.

Physical Scientist -1301- Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics OR Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards at Physical Science Positions.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

EDUCATION: Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

**If you are selected, official transcripts will be required.

**FOREIGN EDUCATION: Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. Please Note: If your foreign education has already been accepted by an accredited U.S. educational institution as part of a degree program with that institution, you do not need to provide an evaluation of foreign education but must submit a copy of the transcripts listing the degree from the U.S. accredited institution that accepted your foreign education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address NNSA - Savannah River Field Office 24600 20th St SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5507 US
• Name: Sreya Ghosh
• Email: [email protected]