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| |   **AST- Engineering Project Management, NCC: 770-10**           |  |
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| | **Position Number:** GS05H39                                     |  |
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| | **Introductory Statement:** This Deputy Project                  |  |
| | Manager-Technical is within the Flight Programs and Projects     |  |
| | Directorate (FPPD), Code 400. Multiple Deputy Project            |  |
| | Manager-Technical position exists within the Directorate, each   |  |
| | performing the following duties.\                                |  |
| | \                                                                |  |
| | As the Deputy Project Manager-Technical for an FPPD Project, the |  |
| | incumbent is responsible for assisting the Project Manager with  |  |
| | the planning, organizing, directing of technical and             |  |
| | programmatic aspects of the project, and spanning diverse        |  |
| | disciplines, which are necessary for the successful              |  |
| | implementation in a Flight Program.                              |  |
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| | **Engineering Project Management for NASA 60%**                  |  |
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| | Manages significant elements or phases of complex projects with  |  |
| | three or more subsystems, services, capabilities, or products    |  |
| | that support major NASA functions, programs, or projects.        |  |
| | Originates and develops new tools, methods, techniques, or       |  |
| | systems that contribute to a larger program or project.          |  |
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| | Overcomes difficult and complex technical, project management,   |  |
| | and organizational problems. Plans, guides, coordinates, and     |  |
| | manages the work of subordinate, secondary, and matrixed         |  |
| | resources engaged in accomplishing the missions and functions of |  |
| | the organization. Performs periodic review and analysis to       |  |
| | assess achievement of major goals. Provides engineering analysis |  |
| | for special projects, future projects, and in advance planning   |  |
| | of new systems and capabilities of all applicable NASA programs  |  |
| | and areas of concern and responsibility. Participates in         |  |
| | preliminary and critical design reviews and determines,          |  |
| | develops, and defends requirements.                              |  |
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| | **Technical Resources Management Work 10%**                      |  |
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| | Manages resources and/or resource allocations, requirements      |  |
| | definition, integration, and review for broad projects and       |  |
| | programs with national impact. Advises and consults with all     |  |
| | levels of management, headquarters personnel, and other federal  |  |
| | agencies, on technical and resource requirements in the design   |  |
| | or construction of facilities, systems, or equipment. Resolves   |  |
| | problems, integrating difficult and complex factors to negotiate |  |
| | changes and requirements. Develops policy. Establishes review    |  |
| | processes and control systems.                                   |  |
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| | Conducts technical reviews, performs programmatic analysis and   |  |
| | assessments, and modifies resource allocations as required.      |  |
| | Technical decisions and determinations are accepted as           |  |
| | authoritative.                                                   |  |
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| | Establishes and maintains liaison with program managers and      |  |
| | other project offices to ensure proper distribution of resources |  |
| | and adequate funding. Coordinates budget development and local   |  |
| | authority funding actions for projects or programs. Conducts     |  |
| | budget presentations.                                            |  |
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| | **Advises on, Conducts, and Monitors Technical Managerial        |  |
| | Functions 10%**                                                  |  |
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| | Serves as a senior technical contact for engineering             |  |
| | projects/requirements. Keeps senior management informed on       |  |
| | progress; proposed project, grant or contract modifications;     |  |
| | resource analyses; analysis of proposals; and assessment of      |  |
| | contract modifications. Consults, and advises management on      |  |
| | operational and planning issues. Establishes budget and resource |  |
| | requirements.                                                    |  |
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| | Serves as expert representative on committees, panels, and       |  |
| | working groups. Conducts comprehensive project and/or program    |  |
| | reviews. Serves as technical liaison within the center/program   |  |
| | and with other NASA centers and external agencies. Provides      |  |
| | expert technical advice and direction to project and program     |  |
| | managers, grant personnel, and contractor professionals          |  |
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| | Work complexities require versatility and innovation, the        |  |
| | implementation of short cuts or compromises that are considered  |  |
| | risky, or the development of alternate solutions to reduce time  |  |
| | and costs.                                                       |  |
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| | **Aerospace and Aeronautical Flight Systems Analysis and         |  |
| | Development 10%**                                                |  |
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| | Directs a broad range of inter-disciplinary development and      |  |
| | design activities. Makes recommendations and implements actions  |  |
| | involving highly complex technical problems, including those     |  |
| | that apply to experimental or unconventional integrated systems  |  |
| | such as aerospace and aeronautical flight applications.          |  |
| | Analyzes, tests, evaluates, validates and certifies flight       |  |
| | hardware, software and system capabilities based on design and   |  |
| | operational and safety requirements Defines unknown conditions,  |  |
| | resolves critical design problems, or develops new design        |  |
| | theories. Directs critical design projects and integrates unique |  |
| | systems, customer products, and project and/or program elements  |  |
| | to satisfy vehicle design and operational requirements.          |  |
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| | Performs as a program/project level expert in integrating        |  |
| | requirements necessary for development and operations of flight  |  |
| | vehicle systems and/or payloads. This includes mission           |  |
| | integration, cargo integration, and related flight production    |  |
| | scheduling activities in accordance with flight requirements,    |  |
| | payload commitments, and operational constraints. Represents the |  |
| | Program/Project Office with internal and external NASA           |  |
| | communities. Leads technical analyses of assigned systems and/or |  |
| | payload requirements. Recommends cost and scheduling strategies; |  |
| | policies and procedures; and operational schedules.              |  |
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| | Serves as a recognized expert responsible for providing          |  |
| | technical and management support for flight systems in           |  |
| | accordance with Program or Project-level requirements. Manages   |  |
| | design, development, integration, test, evaluation, operation,   |  |
| | and maintenance of flight vehicle and/or payload hardware,       |  |
| | software, and associated systems.                                |  |
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| | Determines when major development should be stopped or major     |  |
| | alterations made due to changes in programs. Plans and           |  |
| | establishes overall outline for design and development of        |  |
| | proposed technology, equipment, or systems. Publishes technical  |  |
| | data and develops scientifically based standards for engineering |  |
| | application. Serves as liaison between research, design, and     |  |
| | operations. Projects affect the work of other experts and the    |  |
| | development of major parts of projects.                          |  |
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| | **Performs Contractor Oversight 10%**                            |  |
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| | Initiates contact and provides expert technical advice and       |  |
| | direction to contractor professionals. Serves as a senior        |  |
| | technical contact. Keeps the Contracting Officer informed on     |  |
| | progress, proposed contract modifications, validity of claims,   |  |
| | analysis of proposals, and assessment of contract time           |  |
| | extensions.                                                      |  |
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| | Work complexities require the development of alternate solutions |  |
| | to reduce time and costs, versatility and innovation, and short  |  |
| | cuts or compromises that are considered risky. Resolves unusual  |  |
| | demands caused by extraordinary urgency, safety, or economic     |  |
| | restraints in areas such as life science or measurement and      |  |
| | instrumentation systems. Contributes to the accomplishment of    |  |
| | agency program objectives, such as challenging agency standards  |  |
| | for implementation of project/program management systems,        |  |
| | operations, and controls.                                        |  |
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| | **OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTS:**                                     |  |
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| | In order to qualify for this position, incumbent must possess a  |  |
| | bachelor\'s degree appropriate to the position.                  |  |
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| | Performs other duties as assigned.                               |  |
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| | **Factor 1- 8   Knowledge Required by the Position**             |  |
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| | The position requires a mastery of the concepts and principles   |  |
| | of general engineering to resolve novel or obscure problems;     |  |
| | extend and modify techniques; develop new approaches that guide  |  |
| | other engineers who solve a variety of technical problems;       |  |
| | and/or apply new, innovative, or experimental general            |  |
| | engineering theories, developments, or practices to problems or  |  |
| | studies not susceptible to treatment by acceptable methods.      |  |
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| | The supervisor provides guidance solely in the form of general   |  |
| | legislative, mission, or policy directions and resource          |  |
| | constraints. The engineer typically initiates new projects or    |  |
| | activities independently and keeps the supervisor informed of    |  |
| | progress in planning, coordinating, and implementing the work    |  |
| | and resolving conflicts. Recommendations and decisions of the    |  |
| | engineer are accepted as technically sound even though final     |  |
| | approval may depend on formal action by high-level management.   |  |
| | The engineer has the highest degree of independence in seeking   |  |
| | optimum technical or policy solutions to problems in the light   |  |
| | of current engineering developments. Completed work is broadly   |  |
| | reviewed for adherence to mission or legislative direction and   |  |
| | for assurance that broad policy or program objectives are        |  |
| | fulfilled.                                                       |  |
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| | Guidelines are basic legislation and/or broadly stated agency    |  |
| | regulations and policy statements. At this level the engineer is |  |
| | a recognized technical authority in the interpretation of such   |  |
| | broad guidelines, and must exercise considerable judgment and    |  |
| | ingenuity in interpreting and adapting guides that exist; in     |  |
| | developing new and improved hypotheses, concepts, or approaches  |  |
| | not previously tested or reported; and/or in developing new      |  |
| | policies that have the potential to take the organization (and   |  |
| | the affected public) in new directions. The ideas, methods and   |  |
| | procedures developed are on the cutting edge of technology and   |  |
| | often serve as precedents for other scientists, engineers, or    |  |
| | policy-makers within or outside the agency.                      |  |
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| | Assignments are of such breadth, diversity, and intensity that   |  |
| | they involve many varied and complex features, and typically     |  |
| | contain a combination of complex features that involve serious   |  |
| | or difficult to resolve conflicts between engineering and        |  |
| | management requirements. The work requires originating           |  |
| | innovative scientific/engineering techniques, establishing       |  |
| | criteria and standards applicable to wide range of engineering   |  |
| | problems and conditions, or developing new scientific concepts   |  |
| | or approaches that advance the state-of-the-science.             |  |
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| | **Factor 5- 5   Scope and Effect**                               |  |
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| | The work includes the resolution of a broad range of critical or |  |
| | highly unusual engineering problems, development of innovative   |  |
| | approaches or guides, or the determination of the effectiveness  |  |
| | and validity of proposed or current policies and programs. The   |  |
| | engineer serves as an expert advisor and consultant to officials |  |
| | and managers within or outside the agency on a broad range of    |  |
| | engineering activities and broad policy issues.                  |  |
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| | **Factor 6- 3   Personal Contacts**                              |  |
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| | Personal contacts include a wide range of professional and       |  |
| | administrative personnel throughout the agency, at other federal |  |
| | agencies, in state and local government, private industry,       |  |
| | academia, consumer advocacy groups, and in some cases the media  |  |
| | and elected officials.                                           |  |
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| | The purpose of contacts is to justify, defend, negotiate, or     |  |
| | settle controversial and far-reaching matters through active     |  |
| | participation in conferences, meetings or presentations. The     |  |
| | persons contacted typically have diverse viewpoints, goals, or   |  |
| | objectives, requiring the engineer to achieve a common           |  |
| | understanding of the problem and a satisfactory solution by      |  |
| | convincing others, arriving at a compromise, or developing       |  |
| | suitable alternatives.                                           |  |
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| | **Factor 8- 1   Physical Demands**                               |  |
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| | The work is primarily sedentary except for requisite field       |  |
| | surveys and site inspections. Inspections may involve a          |  |
| | considerable amount of physical activity including walking,      |  |
| | climbing, bending, and stooping.                                 |  |
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| | Work is usually performed in an office setting, although there   |  |
| | may be exposure to conditions in buildings or other structures   |  |
| | under construction, renovation, or restoration.                  |  |
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| | **Engineering Project Management, GS- 0801-15**                  |  |
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| | **Position Number:** GS05H40                                     |  |
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| | **Introductory Statement:** This Deputy Project                  |  |
| | Manager-Technical is within the Flight Programs and Projects     |  |
| | Directorate (FPPD), Code 400. Multiple Deputy Project            |  |
| | Manager-Technical position exists within the Directorate, each   |  |
| | performing the following duties.\                                |  |
| | \                                                                |  |
| | As the Deputy Project Manager-Technical for an FPPD Project, the |  |
| | incumbent is responsible for assisting the Project Manager with  |  |
| | the planning, organizing, directing of technical and             |  |
| | programmatic aspects of the project, and spanning diverse        |  |
| | disciplines, which are necessary for the successful              |  |
| | implementation in a Flight Program.                              |  |
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| | **Engineering Project Management for NASA 60%**                  |  |
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| | Manages overall development efforts for a significant and        |  |
| | complex NASA program or a set of complex projects with multiple  |  |
| | interfaces and extensive scope and variety. Makes substantial    |  |
| | and continuing contributions to long-range project planning and  |  |
| | to the formulation, modification, and determination of overall   |  |
| | objectives. Serves as an authoritative source of information for |  |
| | decisions and guidance concerning changes in program objectives  |  |
| | relating to the management of the total project effort. Sets the |  |
| | organizational climate for the overall effort, establishing      |  |
| | strategic direction and political approaches. Evaluates and      |  |
| | develops policy. Plans, develops, and negotiates budget and      |  |
| | resource allocations.                                            |  |
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| | Supports mission requirements and initiates design and           |  |
| | modification efforts as necessary. Coordinates with other        |  |
| | offices within the project to establish content, cost, schedule  |  |
| | of products, deliverables, and services. Formulates and          |  |
| | negotiates agreements and plans for institutional support of     |  |
| | project activities. Monitors and controls program or project     |  |
| | development efforts and resource utilization. Applies innovation |  |
| | and originality to solve difficult and complex technical,        |  |
| | project management, and organizational problems in an area of    |  |
| | rapidly changing technology linked to an ever-changing economic  |  |
| | environment.                                                     |  |
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| | **Technical Resources Management Work 10%**                      |  |
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| | Directs and manages budget and resource planning activities for  |  |
| | a NASA engineering program of national or international scope    |  |
| | and impact. Serves as an expert consultant on the most           |  |
| | challenging technical problems in field of specialty. Maintains  |  |
| | close contact with headquarters, field centers, commercial       |  |
| | industry representatives, and international partners to          |  |
| | integrate resource planning elements in the areas of advanced    |  |
| | technology and engineering application.                          |  |
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| | Analyzes and plans long-range resource requirements, scheduling, |  |
| | budgeting, and program allocations. Develops long-range program  |  |
| | planning and control systems. Reviews and assesses long-range    |  |
| | mission planning of projects to anticipate impacts on resources. |  |
| | Integrates program schedule requirements and resource            |  |
| | directives. Establishes policy and advises on policy             |  |
| | development.                                                     |  |
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| | Represents Center at inter-agency meetings, and chairs and       |  |
| | participates in boards, panels, and committees. Charters working |  |
| | groups and committees to coordinate resources management.        |  |
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| | **Advises on, Conducts, and Monitors Technical Managerial        |  |
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| | Provides authoritative technical decisions, advice, and          |  |
| | consultation on variables and unknowns affecting planning,       |  |
| | integration, coordination, and critical management problems with |  |
| | respect to safety, costs, and economics. Analyzes, coordinates,  |  |
| | and integrates a number of complex program elements into         |  |
| | programs that represent a Center-wide/program position. Serves   |  |
| | as expert technical management consultant and advisor to         |  |
| | subordinate activities in areas such as technology development   |  |
| | and commercialization activities at a NASA center. Initiates     |  |
| | investigations and risk-management studies to find solutions to  |  |
| | critical problems in areas such as resources analysis, technical |  |
| | management systems, technical engineering operations management, |  |
| | or configurations management.                                    |  |
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| | Develops, analyzes, and evaluates long-range plans for a Branch, |  |
| | Center, or program. Develops and implements policies. Oversees   |  |
| | the development of trend analysis, process analyses, control     |  |
| | policies, and requirements for a Center, or program. Directs     |  |
| | surveillance and audit activities. Consults on the development   |  |
| | of technical resources and business management systems. Monitors |  |
| | the design and development of advanced technology for a NASA     |  |
| | center. Initiates and facilitates technology transfer            |  |
| | activities. Serves as the Center, program, and NASA              |  |
| | representative. Incumbent has a far-reaching effect on the       |  |
| | management of work and programs for extensive NASA engineering   |  |
| | activities.                                                      |  |
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| | **Aerospace and Aeronautical Flight Systems Analysis and         |  |
| | Development 10%**                                                |  |
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| | Serves as a recognized engineering expert, technical authority,  |  |
| | and technical advisor/consultant to agency management, other     |  |
| | government agencies, and the aerospace industry on flight        |  |
| | systems.                                                         |  |
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| | Directs and/or manages engineering and integration efforts for   |  |
| | projects and/or programs involving space and aeronautical flight |  |
| | systems, vehicles, and/or payloads, including design and         |  |
| | operational requirements definition, hardware and/or software    |  |
| | development, testing, verification, safety, integration,         |  |
| | certification and operations. Manages cost, schedule, and        |  |
| | technical aspects including risk management of the               |  |
| | project/program. Manages multi-disciplinary teams in the design, |  |
| | development, integration, test, evaluation, operation, and       |  |
| | long-term maintenance of flight vehicle and/or payload hardware, |  |
| | software, and associated systems.                                |  |
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| | Oversees and directs the development and design of large, new,   |  |
| | and unusually complex aerospace and aeronautical flight          |  |
| | technology, equipment, or systems that impact major programs and |  |
| | result in major advancement in the state-of-the-art of broad     |  |
| | technologies.                                                    |  |
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| | Develops or directs the development of innovative and/or novel   |  |
| | concepts, processes, and techniques. Monitors program, project,  |  |
| | or study progress.                                               |  |
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| | Evaluates in-house and contractor proposals for flight systems   |  |
| | and provides technical management and direction of contracts.    |  |
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| | Serves as a decision-maker on various panels, conferences,       |  |
| | working groups, and technical committees.                        |  |
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| | **Performs Contractor Oversight 10%**                            |  |
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| | Integrates and coordinates the efforts of agency personnel with  |  |
| | those of contractors in research, development, and engineering.  |  |
| | Incumbent has a far-reaching effect on the work and programs of  |  |
| | extensive engineering activities.                                |  |
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| | Provides authoritative technical decisions, advice, and          |  |
| | consultation to contractors on variables and unknowns affecting  |  |
| | planning, coordination, and critical problems with respect to    |  |
| | safety, costs, and economics. Serves as an expert consultant and |  |
| | advisor to subordinate activities in areas such as life science  |  |
| | or measurement and instrumentation systems. Audits contractor    |  |
| | performance and communicates functional direction, policy        |  |
| | information, and quality and safety controls. Initiates          |  |
| | investigations and studies to prove or disprove contractor\'s    |  |
| | design criteria and to find solutions to critical problems in    |  |
| | design, construction, production, or operation. Establishes      |  |
| | validity criteria of studies to guide contract personnel         |  |
| | specializing in various facets of the problems. Contributes to   |  |
| | the accomplishment of agency program objectives, such as         |  |
| | planning and implementing precedent-setting national standards   |  |
| | for project/program management systems, operations, and          |  |
| | controls.                                                        |  |
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| | **OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTS:**                                     |  |
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| | In order to qualify for this position, incumbent must possess a  |  |
| | bachelor\'s degree appropriate to the position.                  |  |
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| | Performs other duties as assigned.                               |  |
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| | **Factor 1- 9   KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED BY POSITION**                 |  |
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| | 1\. A B.S degree in an appropriate field of engineering,         |  |
| | physical science, computer science, or mathematics is required   |  |
| | to apply the professional theories, practices, principles, and   |  |
| | techniques of aerospace technology to plan, develop, and         |  |
| | implement the flight design, fabrication, integration, and test. |  |
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| | 2\. Knowledge of space flight project management, including but  |  |
| | not limited to, HST planning and evaluation, crew safety, system |  |
| | integration, neutral buoyancy laboratory simulations, mission    |  |
| | operations, reliability and quality assurance.                   |  |
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| | 3\. Working knowledge of on-orbit spacecraft servicing,          |  |
| | including but not limited to HST.                                |  |
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| | 4\. Working knowledge of spacecraft design and mission analysis. |  |
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| | 5\. Knowledge of STS interfaces, crew activities, and safety     |  |
| | requirements.                                                    |  |
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| | 6\. Knowledge of emerging space flight technologies.             |  |
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| | 7\. A broad technical knowledge of the tasks, concepts, and      |  |
| | techniques of spacecraft and science instrument fabrication;     |  |
| | integration and test to direct the design, development,          |  |
| | integration, test, and launch of the spacecraft.                 |  |
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| | 8\. Knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of a technical  |  |
| | officer on large contracts with a major aerospace company;       |  |
| | knowledge of cost control techniques such as performance         |  |
| | measurement systems; knowledge of procurement regulations; skill |  |
| | in analyzing financial data to understand the cost status of the |  |
| | contract and budget for changes.                                 |  |
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| | 9\. Knowledge of proposal evaluation techniques; skill in        |  |
| | estimating manpower needs to accomplish tasks; technical         |  |
| | knowledge in all spacecraft systems and subsystem; knowledge of  |  |
| | techniques and skill in negotiating to evaluate proposed         |  |
| | contract changes and negotiate such changes.                     |  |
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| | 10\. Knowledge of planning and scheduling techniques and systems |  |
| | such as PERT, Gantt, Office 2; skill in evaluating a schedule    |  |
| | for realism to plan and evaluating the contractor\'s plan for    |  |
| | developing and launching the spacecraft on schedule.             |  |
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| | 11\. Skill in directing large diverse groups of companies and    |  |
| | people such as the spacecraft mission contractor, support        |  |
| | contractors, and GSFC engineers. Skill in resolving conflicts,   |  |
| | delegating tasks, and assigning responsibility to coordinate the |  |
| | work of all the groups contributing to the development of the    |  |
| | spacecraft. Skill in managing many different problems            |  |
| | simultaneously.                                                  |  |
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| | 12\. Ability to work with discipline managers and independently  |  |
| | provides the direction to technical experts as they perform      |  |
| | their duties in support of the spacecraft development,           |  |
| | integration, test, launch, and operations.                       |  |
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| | 13\. Skill in communicating orally and in writing to provide     |  |
| | briefings, status reviews, resource requirements to Office and   |  |
| | to higher management.                                            |  |
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| | 14\. Ability to lead the effort of a group of professional       |  |
| | engineers.                                                       |  |
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| | **Factor 2- 5   SUPERVISORY CONTROLS**                           |  |
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| | The Deputy Project Manager receives direction from the Project   |  |
| | Manager in terms of broadly defined mission objectives,          |  |
| | budgetary allocations, and a general schedule.                   |  |
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| | Assignments are primarily self-conceived and initiated and the   |  |
| | incumbent may alter approaches and concepts as the program       |  |
| | progresses. The incumbent\'s decisions and judgments have a      |  |
| | far-reaching effect on the success of the mission and are        |  |
| | accepted as authoritative within and outside of the Agency.      |  |
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| | Work is viewed in terms of meeting policy and programmatic       |  |
| | objectives. Supervision is of an administrative nature.          |  |
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| | **Factor 3- 5   GUIDELINES**                                     |  |
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| | The Deputy Project Manager receives guidelines in the form of    |  |
| | mission objectives and NASA\'s policies, and specific guidelines |  |
| | relating to budgetary and schedule restraints.                   |  |
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| | The incumbent interprets the broad objectives and as a           |  |
| | recognized authority in the area of spacecraft development is    |  |
| | free to use his/her own judgment to formulate specific           |  |
| | requirements and to develop detailed cost, schedule, and         |  |
| | technical plans. His/her product is a budgetary allocation by    |  |
| | fiscal year, including a contractor performance measurement      |  |
| | system; a set of plans for the day-to-day activities; a set of   |  |
| | integration, test, and launch procedures; and a set of           |  |
| | post-launch operational plans and procedures.                    |  |
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| | **Factor 4- 6   COMPLEXITY**                                     |  |
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| | The Deputy Project Manager must plan and organize information    |  |
| | that is received from multiple sources. Decisions are made on    |  |
| | cost, schedule, and technical risk. Schedule/risk trades are     |  |
| | made across interfaces between science instruments, mission      |  |
| | contractor, and support contractors. He/she must resolve         |  |
| | technical and management difference of opinion between           |  |
| | experienced industrial and government managers. This requires an |  |
| | in-depth understanding of the technical factors involved, the    |  |
| | management methods for costing and manpower allocation, program  |  |
| | objectives, and policies.                                        |  |
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| | **Factor 5- 6   SCOPE AND EFFECT**                               |  |
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| | The purpose of this position is to provide a source of technical |  |
| | expertise in the design, development, integration, test, and     |  |
| | operation of the spacecraft. The incumbent directs and           |  |
| | coordinates several diverse disciplines during the design,       |  |
| | development, and integration phases of this effort. By providing |  |
| | expert advice, counsel, guidance and direction to key NASA       |  |
| | officials, managers, and engineers (both within and outside the  |  |
| | Center), and the incumbent influences the policies of NASA,      |  |
| | other government agencies, and foreign participants. Results of  |  |
| | this activity have a direct and long-term effect on NASA\'s      |  |
| | ability to achieve mission objectives, which impact a large user |  |
| | community on both a national and international level and expand  |  |
| | our knowledge of the earth as a system.                          |  |
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| | **Factor 6- 4   PERSONAL CONTACTS**                              |  |
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| | The Deputy Project Manager has daily personal contact with the   |  |
| | members of the Project Staff as well as discipline support       |  |
| | personnel from the various GSFC codes that are part of the       |  |
| | program. He/she will also have daily contact with the senior     |  |
| | managers and technical staff at the industrial contractor\'s     |  |
| | plant. He/she will have frequent contact with Division Chiefs    |  |
| | and Branch Heads at GSFC and various senior technical and        |  |
| | management personnel at other NASA Centers. The Deputy Project   |  |
| | Manager will have contact with the senior management at GSFC     |  |
| | (Directors of), with Division Managers of NASA Headquarters, and |  |
| | with senior scientists and managers from U.S. and European       |  |
| | institutes on an as needed basis. The contacts occur in a        |  |
| | variety of settings and context requiring an in-depth            |  |
| | understanding of technical and managerial factors, which impact  |  |
| | the successful accomplishment of the mission.                    |  |
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| | **Factor 7- 4   PURPOSE OF CONTACTS**                            |  |
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| | Purpose of the contacts is to provide leadership, management,    |  |
| | technical direction, and guidance in planning and implementing   |  |
| | the mission systems and to justify, negotiate, and settle        |  |
| | matters involving significant or controversial technical and     |  |
| | programmatic issues. These issues are usually varying and        |  |
| | potentially have a large impact; requiring the incumbent to      |  |
| | achieve satisfactory results relative to objectives of the       |  |
| | efforts of contractors, other government and foreign agencies,   |  |
| | good working relationships with national and international       |  |
| | participants through consultation, advice, mutual discussion and |  |
| | conferences to identify areas of common development and to       |  |
| | monitor common progress. Coordinates requirements and resolves   |  |
| | conflicting, technical views arising from Joint Working Groups   |  |
| | involving other U.S. government agencies and foreign             |  |
| | participants. Supports international meetings\--both management  |  |
| | and technical in nature.                                         |  |
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| | **Factor 8- 1   PHYSICAL DEMANDS**                               |  |
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| | Typical engineering and management work is required. This        |  |
| | includes working at a desk, attendance at meetings and           |  |
| | conferences at GSFC, NASA Headquarters, etc. Significant         |  |
| | domestic travel is required. No special physical demands are     |  |
| | required.                                                        |  |
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| | **Factor 9- 1   WORK ENVIRONMENT**                               |  |
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| | During the implementation phase, the normal work environment     |  |
| | involves normal safety precautions typical of such places as     |  |
| | offices, meeting rooms, and laboratories. During the             |  |
| | integration, test, and launch phases, work involves longer hours |  |
| | at moderate risk, which requires special safety precautions.     |  |
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