Program Assessment Subject Matter Expert

MELE Associates Inc. is seeking to add an experienced Program Assessment Subject Matter Expert to support the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in the execution of its mission including providing technical programmatic management environmental planning and logistics support services. This full-time on-site position is contingent upon contract award.

Essential Functions:

• Support deep dives on program related tasks compose analysis research support human research topics conduct FOI studies.
• Identify requirements interfaces and integration issues with recommendations for resolutions based on findings and defend quantitative analysis to management.
• Supporting NNSA in conducting broad-based independent project management reviews and assessments. Identify track mitigate and resolve technical risks and issues related to product and/or system performance objectives.
• Support shall include but is not limited to technical and programmatic assessments and audits of ongoing and completed projects.
• Review and assess the processes used by NNSA and its contractors to identify project requirements.
• Execute and manage relevant projects (e.g. Stockpile Management; Directed Stockpile Work; strategic materials; readiness of technical staff; infrastructure and facilities; renovation of existing or acquisition of new facilities and capabilities; nuclear materials consolidation; and technology development identification maturation and insertion).
• Support workforce analysis and projections associated with implementing current and projected future NNSA workloads.
• Analyze effectiveness of current NNSA practices and recommend improvements.
• Recommend guidelines for management and planning to continue to assist NNSA with establishing and implementing an overall process with more control of projects to reduce cost and schedule overruns.
• Conduct independent technical and programmatic assessments / evaluations of:
  • NNSAs nuclear weapons electronic product realization (PR) information and data management applications/ systems
  • Systems utilized in the NNSA nuclear weapons design-to- production environment
  • PRIDEs NSE transformational achievements/impacts
  • Warhead Life Extension Program (LEP) product realization information technology advancements
  • Return on Investments (ROI) supporting long-term Stockpile Stewardship
  • Contributions to PR systems/applications technical planning information management objectives
  • Classified Need-to-Know models-based engineering environment and Enterprise Architecture decision analyses
  • Cybersecurity supply chain and other risks our digital program poses to the mission
  • Progress towards Models-based Enterprise (MBE) Models-based Definition (MBD) and Digital Engineering (DE)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current active DOE Q Clearance/Top Secret Clearance with ability to acquire SCI.
• PhD from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum 25 (25) years of government experience including a minimum of seven (7) years of experience with NA-10/DP.
• Superior communication organizational interpersonal and writing skills.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

LOCATION: This is a full-time on-site position in Washington DC 20585 Germantown MD 20874 or Albuquerque NM 87123 USA

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SALARY: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data internal equity and the candidates related knowledge skills and abilities for the position. The salary range for this position is $295-305K.

Benefits MELE Offers

Employer-paid employee Medical Dental and Vision Care.
Low-Cost Family Health Care offered.
Federal Holidays and three (3) weeks vacation
401(k) with Employer Match
Cross-training opportunities

About MELE Associates Inc.

With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville MD Washington DC and Albuquerque NM MELE is a veteran-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical engineering and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies including but not limited to the Department of Energy the Department of Defense the Department of Homeland Security the Department of Justice INTERPOL and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELEs services include national security intelligence IT/cybersecurity facility management and engineering CBRNE defense and nuclear security emergency response training/management and mission and program support.

MELE Associates Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. MELE Associates Inc. is an E-Verify employer.