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UDR Consulting

Program Manager

UDR Consulting, Aiken, South Carolina, United States, 29805


UDR

is seeking qualified candidates for a

Program Manager

opportunity for our customer in

Aiken, SC

to support the

Savannah River Site .

Program ManagerClose Date: 11/13/2024Job #-

1252

DUTIES

Responsible for leading the development of the Life Cycle Cost and Schedule Estimates for theSurplus Plutonium Disposition Program for the replanned Program. Successful candidate will bepart of the program management leadership team developing the Program estimate.

Work with the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) to concisely define the scope of theprogram. Provide input to NNSA to support development of Program Requirements documentationwhich defines the program scope, inputs, assumptions and constraints to facilitate consistency inestimate development.

Document critical assumptions related to program execution and estimate development to ensurethe estimate prepared is comprehensive, and that assumptions are consistently applied across theDOE complex.

Develop input documents that describe the program project and execution scope so thatcomprehensive, conservative estimates can be developed in conformance with a defined workbreakdown structure.

Assist partner sites across the DOE complex with their task analysis and basis of estimatedevelopment to ensure data is prepared in a consistent manner to ensure efficient data collectionand analysis.

Troubleshoot LCCE development process, identify problems, develop and implement solutions forLCCE leadership team to effectively (and where possible, efficiently) manage the LCCEdevelopment process to meet milestone dates and commitments to tNNSA.

Establish program costs, schedule, and technical baselines. Manage the estimate developmentprocesses to ensure compliance with GAO best practices for cost and schedule development.Initiate and frequently deliver concise and accurate oral and written presentations to internal andexternal customers regarding program implementation plans, status, changes and new approaches,including complex technical, organizational and financial issues.

Conduct significantly complex analysis of problems involving numerous disciplines.

Develop new and innovative alternative action strategies enabling the early achievement ofmilestones.

Perform risk analyses and provide decision authority for defining and approving corrective actions andestablishing priorities. Develop risk mitigation strategies as appropriate for identified risksincluding scope, cost, schedule and determination of residual risks.

Monitor program efforts to ensure LCCE development progress is within schedule, cost, andtechnical baselines. This is to be accomplished by planning and supporting weekly LCCE schedulereviews with a complex-wide group of responsible parties where schedule activities are tracked andstatused. Establish action items and track progress to closure to ensure cost, schedule and scopeobjectives are met or exceeded.

Lead and/or participate in estimate reviews with SRNS LCCE Program Management Team, partner sites,Division and NNSA management including detailed cost, scope and schedule analysis, sensitivityanalysis, integration of scope and schedules for work across multiple sites and uncertainty analysis.Review and approve cost, scope and schedule inputs developed at multiple DOE complex facilities.

Develop spreadsheets to document and analyze data. Examples of spreadsheets includedemonstrating conformance with all elements of GAO guidelines including cost estimatingprocesses and schedule development processes; summarizing complex data sets to facilitateanalysis, team reviews, communication with auditors/independent reviewers/senior managementteams, etc.; communication of LCCE data/results in concise, comprehensive reports; etc.

Lead and manage development of LCCE documents. Responsibilities will include reading andcritically reviewing inputs, writing individual elements/sections of documents, coordinatingreviews and comment incorporation from complex-wide contributors/section authors of technicaldocuments, interfacing with program leadership teams and NNSA leadership (customer) fordocument development, reviews, comment incorporation and approvals.

Education/Experience/Skills Requirements :Minimum Requirements* Bachelor of Science Degree in technical field (engineering, science, or business management) withminimum 16 years technical experience in program management/nuclear industries or other relevantfields OR,* Master of Science Degree in technical field (engineering, science, or business management) withminimum 12 years of broad experience in engineering, operations, strategic and business planning orMBA with a technical undergraduate degree with 12 years of experience as described above* 10 years of the experience must be in nuclear industries OR in program management in relevanttechnical industry.* Demonstrated experience working in complex environment managing multiple integrated work scopes.* Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.* Demonstrated analytical ability for technical and programmatic information/documents including ability toorganize analytical results and present to senior management recommendations based on that analysis.

Preferred Experience* Nuclear industry experience is preferred to non-nuclear experience.* DOE nuclear experience is preferred to commercial nuclear experience.* SRS, Pantex, LANL, or WIPP experience is preferred to other DOE complex experience (scopes of work atthese facilities are part of the estimate).* Plutonium processing experience is preferred to other nuclear experience.* GAO compliant Life Cycle Cost Estimate development experience is preferred to other cost or scheduleestimating experience.* Management/leadership experience is preferred to individual contributor experience. Higher level/seniormanagement experience is preferred to lower level.* Experience with program baseline development, baseline control, variance reporting and change controlprocesses is preferred. Earned value management system familiarity/proficiency meets this criteria.

Work Hours:

A 40-hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules; including5/8s (8 hours/day; five days per week), 4/10s (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80s (9hours/day, five days on week A and 4 days on week B). Work week excludes SRNS holidays.

SRNS Management will determine best schedule depending on work needs. Each workday has a30- minute lunch unpaid.

Area Security Access: Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" security clearance.Supplier shall possess a positive FOCI determination from DOE which includes "Q" security clearance level.Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance ("L" or "Q") within the past two years arerequired.

UDR Consulting, INC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned, Small Disadvantaged Business. An Equal Opportunity Employer that considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected Veterans, or individuals with disabilities. UDR also supports a drug-free work environment.

UDR offers highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

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