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Title: Sr. Project Controls Specialist - 2 Positions Available
Location: Houston, Texas
Job Number: 3575
Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Security Clearance Required: Yes
Relocation Allowance: No
Education: Bachelors degree in Business.
Computer: MS Office, proficiency with MS Project or other equivalent scheduling tool.
Experience/Skills: 6-20 years. “Can-do-attitude”, skilled & confident interfacing with technical personnel and all levels of management with minimal supervision. Strong team player, who can assess cost and schedule integrity and suggest solutions to cost/schedule control issues. Strong leadership skills and analytical skills, excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills required. Must possess individual initiative and attention to details. Able to summarize issues and communicate them clearly and effectively to management. Knowledge of EVMS, NASA's Constellation Program and Orion Project a plus.
Description: Assists NASA in performing independent cost and schedule assessments of Orion systems and subsystem developments. Works with project managers to understand detailed cost and schedule products and assists the project managers in determining risks and probability of meeting delivery dates and budgeted costs. Integrates with and across technical disciplines to ensure resultant plans and schedules accurately and comprehensively define the actual engineering work content, relationships and durations. Has extensive knowledge of program life cycles, and works with technical community, operational community and program management to evaluate if the budget and schedule is achievable including integrated cost and technical performance within the task durations provided. Performs analysis of performance to cost/schedule; tracking and analysis of cost/schedule variances; development and reporting of cost/schedule metrics; and preparation of status reports. What-if/recovery planning strategies will be dynamically developed to anticipate and manage cost/schedule risks. Assessments of a Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) in an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) will be performed.
Essential Requirements: Applicant selected will be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Work may involve sitting for extended periods. May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lb. Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary. Generally an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on task. Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.) Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical. Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required. Must be able to work in a team atmosphere. Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation. Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.

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Title: Board Specialist
Location: Houston, Texas
Job Number: 3574
Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Security Clearance Required: Yes
Relocation Allowance: No
Education: Associates degree or equivalent work experience.
Computer: Experience with a PC Laptop computer, MS Office applications: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook e-mail. NASA applications: EDMS, ATA, Bulletin Board, Secure Meeting a plus.
Experience/Skills: 1-2 years of meeting coordination experience. Experience in configuration management or a related field desired. A minimum of 3 years aerospace experience desired. Strong written and verbal communication skills a must. Must be an organized self-starter with the ability to interface with all levels of Board, Program Management and International Partners. Must be detail oriented with strong problem solving capabilities. Must be able to work in a strong team environment. Must possess organizational and time management skills to meet critical timelines.
Description: Provide meeting coordination support including but not limited to: Coordinate meeting agendas with Board Chairs and post to the web. Collect presentation packages and post board related information to the Web and to EDMS for archival. Write technically accurate and timely meeting minutes and reports; and summarize and document board/panel meeting activities. Arrange teleconferences/audiovisual conferences for off site participants including International Partners. Track and manage action items originating from boards/panels by entering them into ATA and generate reports as necessary. Ability to work outside normal office hours and periodic weekend work required to support mission related meetings and prepare for upcoming meetings.
Essential Requirements: Applicant selected will be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Work may involve sitting for extended periods. May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lb. Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary. Generally an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on task. Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.) Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical. Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required. Must be able to work in a team atmosphere. Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation. Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.

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Title: Meeting Support Supervisor
Location: Houston, Texas
Job Number: 3572
Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Security Clearance Required: Yes
Relocation Allowance: No
Education: BS/BA degree.
Computer: Multiple Technology Communication tools, such as PC; Microsoft Office Products Wiki and Windchill.
Experience/Skills: 5 + years in related experience / 5 + Years of Leadership experience. Must possess excellent analytical skills and be capable of defining and implementing procedures for documenting and communicating project level decisions. Must be proficient in written communication to transfer technical knowledge at all levels and in small or large numbers. Must be capable of understanding and recording necessary items during meetings containing extremely diverse technical topics. The capability of identifying and responding to the Customers needs is critical. Ability to function well in strongly team-oriented environment a necessity. Strong customer service skills a must.
Description: Lead the Orion Project Integrated Contract (OPIC) Meeting Support Board and Panel Secretariats by ensuring support is provided for the various Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) technical teams. The teams's support includes preparing agendas, attending meetings, setting up telecons and webexs, generating minutes, maintaining Objects within windchill, and coordinating Action Item tracking activities to closure. The Manager is responsible for preparing Service Requests for employees, developing and maintaining training plans for employees, ensuring that employees are trained, ensuring that employees update work instructions, coordinating OT requests, approving timesheets, ensuring that requirements are developed and approved by customer for each meeting supported, ensuring that job assignments are equitable across the team, coordinating leave schedules, notifying customer of altered schedules, supporting meetings when team members are not available to support, ensurnig that backups are assigned and trained, maintaining and presenting monthly metrics, maintaining employee competency matrices, and attending meeting to coordinate new meetings and/or level of support for existing meetings. The manager position will also provide direct meeting support to some meetings. The Meeting Support manager will also be responsible for employee Performance Appraisals, budget exercises, and process development and improvement.
Essential Requirements: Applicant selected will be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Work may involve sitting for extended periods. May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lb. Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary. Generally an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on task. Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.) Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical. Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required. Must be able to work in a team atmosphere. Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation. Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.

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Title: Communication & Tracking (C&T)/Avionics/Software/Integration Specialist
Location: Houston, Texas
Job Number: 3547
Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Security Clearance Required: Yes
Relocation Allowance: Yes
Education: BSEE or BSME preferred. Equivalent Experience Acceptable.
Computer: Microsoft Office, Wiki.
Experience/Skills: 5 - 20 years experience. This position directly supports the Orion, NASA's spacecraft of the future on the Constellation Program. Candidates for this position should have some knowledge of spacecraft operations, especially in the communications and tracking area. Candidate must be able to work independently to determine what issues need to be worked, who to coordinate with to achieve desired results, and how to clearly communicate issues, data, and conclusions out to the wider ops team. Knowledge of the Orion design, CxP board structure, Orion con ops, the Ops Watch List (OWL), and the Flight Operation Scenarios (FOS) would be a plus.
Description: The Orion Flight Operations Integration team is seeking an individual to support a variety of communication and tracking, avionics, and software related integration topics for all flight phases. These include but are not limited to: • On-board communications and tracking systems • Ground and satellite network • Avionics systems such as Power Data Units (PDUs) and on-board data networks • On-board computer system • On-board software development • Telemetry requirements • Mission Ops Project’s commanding and data architecture and processes • Fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR). The candidate shall be responsible for facilitating communication of operations concerns between the operations and design communities as well as the management team. The candidate will facilitate multi-disciplinary and multi-project/program discussions affecting Orion in all mission phases. In addition, the candidate will provide the operations community with the “big picture” relevant to outstanding issues and ongoing activity in the specified technical areas, supporting level II actions as required and providing oversight to the operations team. The candidate will also be called upon to cover a variety of operations-related discussions regarding other subsystems as required to support the overall objectives of the office.
Essential Requirements: Applicant selected will be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Work may involve sitting for extended periods. May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lb. Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary. Generally an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on task. Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.) Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical. Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required. Must be able to work in a team atmosphere. Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation. Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.

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Title: Business Manager (Revised)
Location: Houston, Texas
Job Number: 3527
Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Relocation Allowance: No
Education: BS/BA Degree. Degree in Finance or Accounting preferred.
Computer: Microsoft Office products with proficiency in Excel required. 3 years Cobra experience including Cobra project set-up experience preferred. Costpoint experience preferred.
Experience/Skills: Minimum of 7 years Business Analysis / Business Management experience in support of NASA or government contracts required. Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience preferred. COBRA experience preferred. Strong analytical skills, financial or accounting background, excellent organization, written and verbal communication and presentation skills required. Must possess individual initiative and attention to details.
Description: Provide business analysis/Business Management support to Cost Account Managers (CAM). Provide variance analysis to each CAM along with supporting detail, perform Estimates at Complete (EAC) for each cost account and proactively work with respective CAM's to create alternate approaches to reduce unfavorable variances. Work with CAM's to understand budget variances and relate them to program performance. Support CAM's with budget detail and special analyses to balance program performance with appropriate coat management. Position will serve as the official customer point of contact and Business Manager on at least one contract. Duties will also include NASA Form 533 reports, preparation of internal program review charts, preparation of budgets for customer and corporate reporting, and tracking/reporting actual costs against the budgets, and other duties as assigned.
Essential Requirements: Applicant selected will be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Work may involve sitting for extended periods. May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lb. Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary. Generally an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on task. Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.) Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical. Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required. Must be able to work in a team atmosphere. Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation. Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.

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