UDR is seeking qualified candidates for a Program Manager opportunity for our customer in Aiken, SC to support the Savannah River Site.

Program Manager
Close Date: 11/13/2024
Job #- 1252

DUTIES

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

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

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

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

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

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

Establish program costs, schedule, and technical baselines. Manage the estimate development
processes 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 and
external 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 of
milestones.

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

Monitor program efforts to ensure LCCE development progress is within schedule, cost, and
technical baselines. This is to be accomplished by planning and supporting weekly LCCE schedule
reviews with a complex-wide group of responsible parties where schedule activities are tracked and
statused. Establish action items and track progress to closure to ensure cost, schedule and scope
objectives 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, sensitivity
analysis, 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 include
demonstrating conformance with all elements of GAO guidelines including cost estimating
processes and schedule development processes; summarizing complex data sets to facilitate
analysis, team reviews, communication with auditors/independent reviewers/senior management
teams, etc.; communication of LCCE data/results in concise, comprehensive reports; etc.

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

Education/Experience/Skills Requirements:
Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor of Science Degree in technical field (engineering, science, or business management) with
minimum 16 years technical experience in program management/nuclear industries or other relevant
fields OR,
• Master of Science Degree in technical field (engineering, science, or business management) with
minimum 12 years of broad experience in engineering, operations, strategic and business planning or
MBA 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 relevant
technical 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 to
organize 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 at
these 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 schedule
estimating experience.
• Management/leadership experience is preferred to individual contributor experience. Higher level/senior
management experience is preferred to lower level.
• Experience with program baseline development, baseline control, variance reporting and change control
processes 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; including
5/8s (8 hours/day; five days per week), 4/10s (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80s (9
hours/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 a
30- 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 are
required.

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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