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Description

SAIC has an immediate need for a Systems Safety Engineering Manager to support the SMAEC III contract at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. SMAEC III provides comprehensive safety and mission assurance (SMA) services to all active and in-development Human Space Flight (HSF) programs led or supported at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide regular communication with the PM of technical items and issues including projects, programs, milestones, flight readiness, mission anomalies, etc. that the contract is supporting as part of the contract and task order Statements of Work

• Contribute to generation of task specific Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and monthly forecasts

• Communicate with the PM and Deputy Program Manager (PMO) performance issues including personnel, processes, tools, or interfaces that could or are affecting TO or contract performance or deliverables

• Provide monthly product reporting (metrics, trend analysis, etc.)

• Maintain data as required in designated repositories to allow efficient retrieval and comply with Quality Management System and Configuration Management requirements

• Establish and maintain forums, training, and certifications/qualifications for disciplines to grow and enhance contract overall capability to achieve and exceed customer technical needs

• Seek out technical innovations

• Monitor and manage staff performance including regular performance discussions, identifying succession planning for important roles, identifying personnel skill growth goals and opportunities, identifying and quickly elevating employee performance issues to the PMO and Human Resources as required for resolution; identify and recognize excellent employee work and nominate employees for special recognition including merits, spot bonuses, and other awards

• Manage resource assignments and workloads, including staffing (developing position requisitions, interviewing, hiring)

• Ensure assigned staff receive required training (including SAIC, NASA, and Contract specific)

• Provide required and requested inputs to Business Management Office (e.g. metrics, trends, feedback)

• Coordinate technical approaches across workgroup to efficiently address issues and assignment of resources

• Ensure staff compliance to NASA, SMAEC III contract, and SAIC corporate requirements and policies

• Work with other managers in response to customer direction, technical issues, performance shortfalls, etc.

• Utilize project management practices to assure schedules, milestones, and deliverables are met

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related technical discipline and ten (10) years or more experience; Master's and eight (8) years or more experience

• At least 5 years' experience supporting human spaceflight

• Demonstrated capabilities in the following:

• Senior technical engineering experience

• Excellent Technical Team Leadership

• Customer Communications (Verbal & Written)

• Technical mentoring

• Project risk assessment and mitigation

Required Skills:

• Must be highly detail oriented and have demonstrated capability for project planning, organizing, for providing task direction, and tracking of tasks.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Familiar with Risk Management methodologies

• Familiar with Resource planning

• Proficiencies with multiple MS-Office products to include Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project

Desired Skills / Experiences:

• Project management experience and familiarity with methodologies and tools, PMP considered a plus

• Supervisory experience

Clearance:

• National Agency Background Check (NAC)

Certifications / Training:

• None

Desired Education:

• NASA SMA Technical Excellence Program (STEP) courses

Desired Certifications / Training:

• PMP

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2413591

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