Job opening: Supervisory AST, Experimental Facilities Techniques
Salary: $165 761 - 191 900 per year
Published at: Feb 21 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
As a Supervisory AST, Office Chief of the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) Office within the Mission Systems Division, you'll be responsible for leading a team of highly skilled employees responsible for facilities and equipment, including the design and development of procedures and methods of equipment operations, facility modifications to meet changing requirements, and establishment of safe test conditions at the SVMF at the Johnson Space Center for all human spaceflight programs.
Duties
Actively participates in Division Staff, obtains resources, identifies strategic objectives for the branch, defines technical work requirements and milestones, resolves performance and management issues or problems and recognizes high performance.
Evaluates the organization and employee accomplishments by accepting or rejecting work products; presents and defends organization and employees' work to senior management and other offices.
Provides employees resources and information that ensures a safe and healthy work environment in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF).
Advises, administers, supervises, or performs technical work concerned with engineering or architectural projects, facilities, structures, systems, processes, equipment, devices, material or methods in the SVMF.
Performs multiple functions such as planning, design, test and evaluation, cost analyses, program and project management, quality management for projects. Monitors contracted work either externally or on-site in the facility of the contractor.
Oversees the design and development of procedures, techniques, and equipment operations, design of facility modifications for changing requirements, establishment of safe test conditions and validation of test data.
Conducts special studies for NASA Programs/Projects and its partners to meet their mockup facility and training needs.
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
- 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.
- A one year supervisory probationary period may be required.
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-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level:
Performing technical work related to Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations (e.g. design or development of procedures, techniques, or equipment operations; design of facility modifications; establishment of safe test conditions; or validation of test data) to support human spaceflight training programs or missions;
Managing team progress and evaluating its compliance against expectations and technical requirements to ensure success of a project;
Planning and coordinating with various stakeholders to identify requirements and solutions that fit within the budget, priorities, and/or risk posture of an organization for engineering or facilities projects.
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 Johnson Space Center
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston, TX 77058
US
- Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
- Phone: 1-877-677-2123
- Email: [email protected]
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