General Engineer/Physical Scientist

This position is part of the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, Department of Energy. A successful candidate in this position will serve as General Engineer/Physical Scientist, providing professional Program Management and Technical duties that accomplish the NNSA mission for the Nuclear Security Enterprise.Note: Salary Range by Location: Albuquerque, NM NN-04- $127,141-$194,417 Germantown, MD & Washington DC NN-04- $143,913-$197,200 As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist you will: Accomplish program and project management, establishing program objectives and performance measures. Develop detailed plans, tasks, milestone dates and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of programs; review program, operation, plan, schedule, direction accomplishment and execution. Draft program management and reporting guidance and directions, plan and initiate comprehensive evaluation systems for review and analysis of proposed costs, program development, and performance. Participate in meetings with internal staff and representatives from staff agencies and industry to determine program status, major milestones, and coordination of each to detect in advance potential slippage or increased costs; and determine appropriate actions required to maintain or improve program schedules. Monitor day to day performance to ensure contract requirement compliance; and cost and schedule performance against plans based on contractor-provided data. Review contractor-provided management indicators and metrics as well as those a government's project office generates. Maintain technical capabilities and knowledge of site and activities to make informed decisions about security, safety, hazards, risks, and resource allocation. Evaluate programs, management, site assurance systems, compliance withrequirements using written plans, schedules and planned assessment. Serve as managers of broad programs to modernize the full range of nuclear weapons. Plan and coordinate the orderly delivery of weapons, components, and documentation with labs, plants, sites and the Department of Defense. Direct the work of a staff of project managers at various levels. Develop recommendations and makes decisions impacting NNSA's programs and the policies and operations of other government and private organizations.