AST - Technical Management

AST - Technical Management

Department: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Location(s): Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Salary Range: $125776 - $163514 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as the Energy & Water Manager in the Facilities Services Division, ensuring compliance with Federal and NASA requirements, setting, tracking, and reporting performance goals, coordinating utilities and O&M activities, developing and evaluating projects, guiding contractors, improving procedures, and overseeing contract impacts to support efficient, sustainable operations at SSC.

Major Duties:

• Implement NASA Energy and Water Management Program requirements, ensuring compliance with Federal laws, Executive Orders, and NASA directives and maintain alignment with Environmental Management System (EMS) standards.
• Establish and monitor Stennis Space Center Energy and Water performance objectives, milestones, metrics, and measures. Respond to NASA agency data calls with timely, complete, and accurate submissions of Energy and Water performance data.
• Coordinate acquisition of utility services with procurement officials. Review and approve utility bills.
• Coordinate utilities management involving utility suppliers and incorporating utility-provided EW audits, metering, fuel switching, load management, rebate programs, rate structuring/switching, and alternative financing options.
• Coordinate with O and M activities to support compliance with existing Federal EW performance standards and center sustainable facility project design and construction activities to support compliance with existing Federal EW performance standards.
• Develop projects and perform the screening and selection of proposed projects. Participate in the design of facility modifications to meet changing requirements.
• Give direction and monitor contractor operations, including conducting evaluations of work performed. Support O and M management objectives, standards, and requirements in accordance with policies, objectives, and agency Directives.
• Develop and improve procedures, techniques, and methods of equipment operations. Analyze and validate contractual performance requirements to include contractor performance surveillance and evaluation.
• Perform planning, design, evaluation, cost estimating, cost analyses, project management, risk assessments, conducting special studies, and quality management. Work alongside other engineers, O and M personnel, project managers, and stakeholders.
• Provide oversight to ensure that the contracting officer (CO) of various EW related contracts is notified of changes to facilities that affect the contracts. Also make sure the COs or CORs are invited to EEP meetings.

Qualifications: In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below and have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA's unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Providing oversight of contractor performance, giving direction to and monitoring contractor operations, which includes conducting evaluations of work performed; Tracking and managing major activities for site wide infrastructure, systems, and facilities; including preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, operations, and oversee construction and modification activities; and Developing detailed scopes of work and cost estimates and providing authoritative technical review and approval of facility and/or system modification designs to ensure support of mission readiness, operational reliability, and alignment with agency objectives. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application and have all required information available. We encourage you to provide a complete description of your educational achievements and include both paid and non-paid work in the experience portion of your resume. If you submit a resume that does not contain the required information, you may lose consideration. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: To begin the application process, you will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application process. Once logged in to your account, click on the "Apply" link. Follow the prompts to select your resume (2 pages or fewer) and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. Resumes longer than 2 pages will be rejected by the system. Resumes submitted via other document types will not be forwarded to the hiring manager, nor will they be used in the review of your qualifications. We strongly encourage you to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder when creating your resume. Using the resume builder will help you ensure your resume includes important information related to your qualifications and eligibility for this position. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. During the application process you can review, edit, delete and update your information. We'll automatically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the 'Include Personal Information' section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the vacancy questionnaire which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify all required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. NASA's online application process provides step by step guidance to ensure you provide all needed information. If you are unable to apply online, please contact NSSC-CONTACTCENTER@MAIL.NASA.GOV for assistance. Be advised - application materials faxed, emailed, and/or mailed to Stennis Space Center will not be accepted for this announcement. NASA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact center listed on the job vacancy announcement. The decision on granting reasonable accommodations will be on a case-by-case basis.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-09