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DEFENSE CONTRACT MGT - SPECIAL PROGRAMS

El Segundo, CA (In Person)

$125,896 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 1 week ago (Updated 1 day ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/7/2026

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Contract Administror Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency DCMA Special Programs (P4) Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. Positions filled any of the locions listed below. Site specific salary informion as follows:
El Segundo, CA:
$105,482
  • $161,313 (includes 36.
47% locality)
Santa Ana, CA:
$105,482
  • $161,313 (includes 36.
47% locality)
Roy, UT:
$90,479
  • $138,370 (includes 17.
06% locality) Learn more about this agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. Positions filled any of the locions listed below. Site specific salary informion as follows:
El Segundo, CA:
$105,482
  • $161,313 (includes 36.
47% locality)
Santa Ana, CA:
$105,482
  • $161,313 (includes 36.
47% locality)
Roy, UT:
$90,479
  • $138,370 (includes 17.06% locality) Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/01/2026 to 05/11/2026 Salary $90,479
  • $161,313 per year Position to be filled NH-03, Pay Lane 2 (includes locality varied by locion). Salary informion by locion is listed below. Pay scale & grade NH 3 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: El Segundo, CA Santa Ana, CA Roy, UT Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Drug test Yes Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number
DCMA-P4-26-12949727-IMP
Control number 867538800 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Clarificion from the agency This job is open to current permanent competitive service DCMA employees; Veterans eligibilities include Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA); Military Spouse Preference (MSP), Retained Grade Preference (RGP), and Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician eligible may also apply. Videos Duties Help Monitor expenditures on cost, incentive and fixed price contracts requiring funds control; reports on anticiped over order to report on anticiped over/underrun of estimed costs; and participes in pre-award surveys. Serves as a warranted Administrive Contracting Officer (ACO). Incumbent is warranted with unlimited signory authority as defined in FAR 42.302 and
DFARS 242.302.
Monitor contractor performance for compliance with applicable laws, da reporting requirements and payment provisions. Communice with contractor for contract progress review of assigned contracts. Organize team members' assignments for mission accomplishment to ensure efficient processing of contracts. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen
Security Requirements:
Special Sensitive, Sensitive Compartmented Informion. Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal.
Selective Service Requirement:
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Drug Test:
Required Must obtain a Contracting Warrant (Unlimited) with signure authority IAW DCMA's Acquisition Warrants and Appointments policy within 12 months. Qualificions To qualify for a Contract Administror, your resume and supporting documention must support: A.
Basic Contracting Requirement:
A.) A baccalauree degree from an accredited educional institution authorized to grant baccalauree degrees OR B.) a current civilian employee in DoD or member of the Armed Forces, who occupied an 1102 position, contracting officer position, or comparable military contracting position with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold on or before September 30, 2000 are excluded from the requirements of "A" above. B.
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience th equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in, or reled to, this position. To qualify for the NH-03 level, specialized experience must be the NH-02 or GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or prive sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualificions, and any other regulory requirements by the cut-off/closing de of the announcement.
Creditable specialized experience includes:
Applying Federal stutes, the Federal Acquisition Regulion (FAR) to administer a group of complex contracts; Using negotiion and communicion techniques in order to conduct post award negotiions and a variety of contractual agreements. Applying cost and price analysis techniques sufficient to compare proposals. Applying business and industry practices to identify factors affecting contractor's costs to understand commercial pricing policies, use of calogues, comparive analysis, and price based techniques and to conduct on-site surveys to assess contractor's ability to perform. Applying cost accounting standards and accounting practices in order to review and draw accure conclusions on contract provisions. Educion If the position has a minimum educion requirement you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable the time of applicion) to support your educional claims. Or, if you are using educion to qualify in lieu of specialized experience you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable the time of applicion) to support your educional claims. The transcripts must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable). Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion.
GRADUATE EDUCATION
One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours th your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION
If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. Additional informion This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found : DoDI 1400.25-V300 .
Tour of Duty:
Flexible FLSA:
Exempt Bargaining Unit:
No If selected for an interview, you may be required to provide your last three performance appraisals to the panel. Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probionary period. Financial Disclosure Required Acquisition, Technology & Logistics(AT&L)
NON-CAP:
Position requires DoD Acquisition Contracting, Foundional certificion within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources . Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 memorandum and the March 20, 2025 Frequently Asked Questions . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The assessments for this job will measure the following
Competencies:
Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiing Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility and/or score. Once the applicion process is complete, a manual review of your resume and supporting documention will occur to determine if you are eligible and among the best qualified as determined by the predetermined cutoff score. Your score is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Required documents for submission vary based on the authority you are using to apply (e.g., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are
REQUIRED
1.
Your resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center
  • How do I write a resume for a federal job?
The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. To ensure full credit for time worked regarding qualificions determinions your resume must include your work schedule. You are strongly encouraged to ensure your resume contains the number of hours worked per week and the specific des of employment (i.e.,"40 hrs per week; 1/15/2020
  • 1/14/2022" or "30 hrs per week; 1/15/2020
  • Present").
2.
Veteran's Documents:
If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible (PPP DoD MRNG): In order to receive this preference, you must choose the Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician eligibility, and fill out and submit the Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist and copies of the approprie documention. 3.
Current Federal Employees:
You must provide a SF-50 (most current Gen Adj or WGI actions are best), or other equivalent official "Notificion of Personnel Action" (
Note:
Request for Personnel Action (SF-52) is NOT acceptable.) Your SF-50 must reflect Tenure (Block 24) and Position Occupied (Block 34). 4. Transcripts (must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable): Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion. This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript. Please review the link for
ICTAP, ALL PPP ELIGIBILITIES AND OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
needed for proof of eligibility: Supporting Document . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12949727 . The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/11/2026 to receive considerion . To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Agency contact informion
DHRSSTAFFING DCMA HQ
Phone 614-692-2048 DHRSSTAFFING.DCMA.HQ@DLA.MIL Address
DEFENSE CONTRACT MGT
  • SPECIAL
PROGRAMS 3901 A
Ave Bldg 10500 Fort Lee, VA 23801 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility and qualificions for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Required documents for submission vary based on the authority you are using to apply (e.g., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are
REQUIRED
1.
Your resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center
  • How do I write a resume for a federal job?
The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. To ensure full credit for time worked regarding qualificions determinions your resume must include your work schedule. You are strongly encouraged to ensure your resume contains the number of hours worked per week and the specific des of employment (i.e.,"40 hrs per week; 1/15/2020
  • 1/14/2022" or "30 hrs per week; 1/15/2020
  • Present").
2.
Veteran's Documents:
If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible (PPP DoD MRNG): In order to receive this preference, you must choose the Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician eligibility, and fill out and submit the Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist and copies of the approprie documention. 3.
Current Federal Employees:
You must provide a SF-50 (most current Gen Adj or WGI actions are best), or other equivalent official "Notificion of Personnel Action" (
Note:
Request for Personnel Action (SF-52) is NOT acceptable.) Your SF-50 must reflect Tenure (Block 24) and Position Occupied (Block 34). 4. Transcripts (must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable): Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion. This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript. Please review the link for
ICTAP, ALL PPP ELIGIBILITIES AND OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
needed for proof of eligibility: Supporting Document . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12949727 . The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/11/2026 to receive considerion . To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion
DHRSSTAFFING DCMA HQ
Phone 614-692-2048 DHRSSTAFFING.DCMA.HQ@DLA.MIL Address
DEFENSE CONTRACT MGT
  • SPECIAL
PROGRAMS 3901 A
Ave Bldg 10500 Fort Lee, VA 23801 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility and qualificions for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/01/2026 to 05/11/2026 Salary $90,479
  • $161,313 per year Position to be filled NH-03, Pay Lane 2 (includes locality varied by locion). Salary informion by locion is listed below. Pay scale & grade NH 3 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: El Segundo, CA Santa Ana, CA Roy, UT Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number
DCMA-P4-26-12949727-IMP
Control number 867538800

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