As the Supervisory AST, Experimental Facilities Development Branch Chief, you will be responsible for the facilities program, which operates, maintains, modifies, repairs, cleans, and documents the infrastructure of the Armstrong Flight Research Center. You will execute facility projects and lead a team providing buildings and building systems in support of flight research and airborne science. You will be the senior safety leader and approving authority for all facility projects.

Duties

Oversee the facilities program which includes master planning, execution of facility/infrastructure projects, professional design, construction, operations, maintenance, and emergency response. Supervise contract management duties to include source evaluations, selections, and evaluations of contractor performance, Architect-Engineering firms, construction firms, and facility maintenance providers. Formulate long range plans, advocate for funding for the facilities program (i.e. maintenance and operations, energy conservation, construction, etc.), manage locally funded projects per program/end user requirements and coordinate all facility work. Advise senior management on all facilities management matters and serve as the recognized authority for technical issues involving facility planning, design, or construction. Provide technical authority and safety leadership for the facilities program; make professional engineering decisions to ensure facility systems are code compliant and safe to support the NASA mission. Manage the people and work of the organization. Provide administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the Branch. Serve as a supervisor in defining jobs, selecting employees, and assigning work. Responsible for program/project budgeting, management, planning, scheduling and coordinating facilities and equipment support services. Perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees. Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation.
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• A one-year supervisory probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

Selective Placement Factor: You must possess a current Professional Engineering or Registered Architecture Certification/License to be considered for this position. This certificate/license must be uploaded at the time your application package is submitted. Failure to do so may result in an inelgibility rating. In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. 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-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Providing oversight and integration for the implementation of multi-discipline facility projects in a matrixed environment; Developing, implementing, and monitoring the resolution of complex engineering issues associated with the implementation of facility projects managed by the organization; Leading diverse teams reaching a common goal for the implementation of facility projects of various sizes and complexity. 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; and that provided an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical applications of computer science, including digital computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations.

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://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

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

Contacts

• Address Armstrong Flight Research Center 4800 Lilly Ave Edwards, CA 93523 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]