Duties and Responsibilities
Support multiple integrated projects and programs, interfacing directly with project and functional team members at SRS and across the DOE/NNSA complex to integrate activities which support programmatic requirements in support of the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program. Analyze technical and programmatic information and documents implementing or affecting programmatic requirements.
The primary purpose of this position is to support the update of the Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE) for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program and programmatic re-baselining activities.

DUTIES
• Lead the scheduling effort to include directing activities of local schedulers, facilitating schedule input from SRNS and partner sites and integrating the schedules of all the sites together into a new baseline for the program.
• Provide development and training for existing schedulers (at SRS) to improve their scheduling capabilities as well as mentoring schedulers at other sites to facilitate milestone development, change management against the schedules and baseline development and tracking for the new Replan scope and schedule.
• Lead or participate on program/project teams affecting execution of strategic program priorities.
• Lead or support initiatives focused on strategic programmatic or tactical execution issue resolution.
• Perform technical organizational analysis, planning, and project coordination.
• Maintain awareness of and contribute to schedules, performance monitoring status, and management reports.
• Provide timely feedback and recommended solutions to management to improve or mitigate problems affecting execution and coordination between multiple sites.
• Provide written and verbal analysis and recommendations to management.
• Identify effective solutions, including implementing requirements.

Education
PhD or master’s degree with specialized training or bachelor’s degree with extensive specialized training applicable to special needs of the task. Professional certification such as PMP preferred.

Experience/Skills
• Senior level management experience in Project Management, Program Management, Operations, and/or Engineering,
• Minimum 15 years experience in supporting a commercial or federal science, nuclear engineering, or other task relevant programs or projects.
• Expert level experience with Primavera scheduling software.
• Experience in Life Cycle Cost Estimate development and Plutonium processing preferred.
• Familiarity with administrative and technical procedures, practices, and processes affecting programmatic and facility activities.
• Ability to analyze technical and programmatic issues
• Internal or external review team participation preferred
• Baseline development, control, reporting, and change control processes
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Effective use of computer software including work processing, email, spreadsheets, power point, and databases.