Contract Specialist Department of Energy Nional Nuclear Security Administrion Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services Summary The incumbent serves as the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) of a specific NNSA Management and Opering (M&O) contract, providing overall leadership and direction for oversight of assigned contractor, and federal programs and activities reled to the M&O contract. The incumbent responsible for the management and appointment of individual Contracting Officer Representives (CORs) and serves as a principal advisor and recognized authority on all M&O acquisition mters. Learn more about this agency Summary The incumbent serves as the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) of a specific NNSA Management and Opering (M&O) contract, providing overall leadership and direction for oversight of assigned contractor, and federal programs and activities reled to the M&O contract. The incumbent responsible for the management and appointment of individual Contracting Officer Representives (CORs) and serves as a principal advisor and recognized authority on all M&O acquisition mters. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Livermore, CA Washington, DC Germantown, MD Kansas City, MO Albuquerque, NM Los Alamos, NM Las Vegas, NV Aiken, SC Oak Ridge, TN Amarillo, TX No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $126,384 - $164,301 per year The salary range reflects base pay only. The actual salary based on the geographic locion (to include locality pay) for which selected. Pay scale & grade NQ 4 Promotion potential 4 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Q Access Authorizion Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-NA-PAS-XA-00967-DOE Control number 885845900 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. Clarificion from the agency Applicant packages will only be accepted from Current DOE and NNSA federal employees who meet the following conditions:

Competitive Service Employees; Reinstement Eligibles (previously held a competitive service position); CTAP and RPL Eligibles; and VEOA Eligibles. If you are not a federal employee of the Department of Energy or the Nional Nuclear Security Administrion, you red ineligible. Duties Help Responsible for all pre-award/post-award functions for complex, long-term contracts. Contracts assigned are major procurements involving annual budgets of more than six hundred million dollars per year and their term is generally 5-10 years. Implements policies and procedures reling to Work Authorizion Control System, contractor performance evaluion, and all other initiives developed to administer M&O contracts. Provides cost/price analysis, cost realism, and contract close-out functions, and prepares and distributes procurement documents. Reviews complex contractual pricing arrangements and incentives characterized by multiple incentives requiring sophisticed contracting techniques, i.e., sharing arrangements such as cost-plus incentive fees or fixed-price incentive fees where the agency and contractor share cost risk, or economic price adjustment clauses for adjusting labor and merial costs where price cannot be reasonably predicted time of negotiion. Develops, evalues, and implements new concepts toward improving the overall quality of contractor deliverables. Evalues the effectiveness of operions and makes necessary adjustments to meet organizional goals and objectives, quality, and quantity standards, procedural, policy and regulory compliance and technical competence. Finds and implements ways to elimine or reduce significant bottlenecks and barriers to production, improves business practices and promotes team building. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Subject to Random Drug Testing Must pass a pre-employment drug test. Favorable suitability determinion required. Financial Disclosure is required. Must be able to obtain/maintain a Q-level Security Clearance. You must be a United Stes Citizen. This employer participes in the e-Verify program. Males must abide by Selective Service registrion requirements. Compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) governing personal identity which will require th you provide two forms of identificion. FAC-C (Professional) certificion is required. A valid Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certificion is equivalent to a FAC-C the same certificion level, provided the FAC-C educion and continuous learning requirements have been met. Certificion requirements may be viewed https://fai.gov/certificion/fac-c Please limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, you disqualified. Probionary periods are required for new employees appointed to competitive service positions for the first time or reinsted employees who return to Federal service after a break in service of 30-days or more and who have not completed a probionary period will need to complete the requirement. Qualificions All applicants must meet the Individual Occupional Requirements (basic requirements) AND Specialized experience outlined below. Individual Occupional Requirements (IOR) A. Completion of all mandory training prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher-level contracting positions, including least 4-years of experience in contracting or reled positions, with least 1 year of specialized experience or equivalent to the NQ-03 or GS-14 level. and B. Completion of a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, th included or was supplemented by least 24 semester hours in any combinion of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitive methods, or organizion and management. OR C.

Exceptions:

Employees in GS-1102 positions considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. This also applies to positions the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D. OR D.

Waiver:

When filling a specific vacant position, the senior procurement executive of the selecting agency, his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of Paragraphs A and B above if the senior procurement executive certifies th the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greer responsibility and authority, based on demonstred analytical and decision making capabilities, job performance, and qualifying experience. With respect to each waiver granted under this Paragraph D, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position in an agency on the basis of a waiver, the agency may ler reassign th individual to another position the same grade within th agency without additional waiver action. Specialized Experience A qualified candide's online applicion and resume must demonstre least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band level or GS grade level in the Federal Service, i.e., NQ-03 or GS-14. Specialized experience for this position is defined as planning, directing, and coordining the execution of Management and Operions (M&O) contract activities of high nional significance. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizions. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion

EDUCATION

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, only provide transcripts from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

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FOREIGN EDUCATION

: Applicants who have completed part or all of their educion outside of the U.S. must have their foreign educion evalued by an accredited organizion to ensure th the foreign educion is comparable to educion received in accredited educional institutions in the U.S. A written evaluion of any foreign educion must be provided with your applicion in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing de of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluion will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign educion, see the Department of Educion website , and for a list of organizions th can evalue foreign educion, The Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services .

Please Note:

If your foreign educion has already been accepted by an accredited U.S. educional institution as part of a degree program with th institution, you do not need to provide an evaluion of foreign educion but must submit a copy of the transcripts listing the degree from the U.S. accredited institution th accepted your foreign 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. If you are selected, official transcripts required. Additional informion If you believe th you are eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP), please the

OPM ICTAP/CTAP

website . Click HERE for more informion. In order to be considered under the CTAP program, your applicion must score within the pre-established "well qualified" cegory as sted in the Qualificions section. More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement. All positions require successful completion of a background investigion. All males born after December 31st 1959 must abide by laws regarding Selective Service registrion. To learn more about this law, the Selective Service web page, Who Must Register . If you are not registered and don't have an approved exemption, you will not be eligible for employment with the Federal government. A Recruitment/Relocion Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified applicant in accordance with the Agency policy and applicable regulions. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or red. Your answers reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection considerion.

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Click HERE Informion about the NNSA Demonstrion project can be found by clicking HERE. 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. This position is announced under a government wide Direct-Hire Authority (DHA) for Contract Specialist positions in the1102 series. Under the DHA, Veteran's Preference, cegory ring, and traditional ring and ranking of applicants does not apply. The Human Resources Office will review your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the eligibility, basic requirements and specialized experience qualificions listed above. If you are referred to the Hiring Manager, you further evalued on the competencies listed below: Communicion Contracting/Procurement Organizional Awareness If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documention before the vacancy closes, you may be red 'ineligible' or 'not qualified'. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the link below.

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//apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13068534 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 To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete applicion package which includes:

ALL APPLICANTS

You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire. Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de). Cover Letter ,( optional) , expressing additional informion not covered in your resume may not be Transcripts - Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. If selected, it is mandory th you provide official transcripts. SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" - To properly verify stus eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. full position title; appointment type; occupional series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service compution de (SCD). If your most recent SF-50 does not indice th you have competitive service stus or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF-50, you must provide your previous SF-50s th provide the proof of competitive stus and highest grade held on a permanent basis. If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility and you elimined from considerion. For more informion about wh to include in your resume, the USA Jobs Help Center by clicking here . NNSA will accept a resume in the form of your choice (as an tached document or as a USAJOBS Resume Builder form). You notified the time you click 'Apply Online' which type of resume is acceptable. It is important th you are complete and thorough in your resume. If any of the above informion is not included in your resume, we may not be able to fully credit you for your experience. Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable (e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion Please see the OPM Guide to Career Transition Click HERE for more informion. Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. 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 Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into

USAJOBS:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/ . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select

Upde Applicion:

https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; 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/ . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the

USAJOBS Help Center:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ Employees or applicants may request Reasonable Accommodion (RA) for assistance , when applying or competing for a job or performing a job due to their medical condition or to exercise their religious beliefs. If you need reasonable accommodion in the applicion or selection process, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this vacancy announcement. If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support. Agency contact informion Crystal Wells crystal.wells@nnsa.doe.gov Address Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services 24600 20th St SE Kirtland

AFB, NM 87117-5507 US

Next steps Thank you for your interest in employment with DOE. We will notify you of your results once your applicion is reviewed. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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 To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete applicion package which includes:

ALL APPLICANTS

You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire. Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de). Cover Letter ,( optional) , expressing additional informion not covered in your resume may not be Transcripts - Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. If selected, it is mandory th you provide official transcripts. SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" - To properly verify stus eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. full position title; appointment type; occupional series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service compution de (SCD). If your most recent SF-50 does not indice th you have competitive service stus or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF-50, you must provide your previous SF-50s th provide the proof of competitive stus and highest grade held on a permanent basis. If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility and you elimined from considerion. For more informion about wh to include in your resume, the USA Jobs Help Center by clicking here . NNSA will accept a resume in the form of your choice (as an tached document or as a USAJOBS Resume Builder form). You notified the time you click 'Apply Online' which type of resume is acceptable. It is important th you are complete and thorough in your resume. If any of the above informion is not included in your resume, we may not be able to fully credit you for your experience. Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable (e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion Please see the OPM Guide to Career Transition Click HERE for more informion. Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. 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 Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into

USAJOBS:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/ . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select

Upde Applicion:

https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; 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/ . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the

USAJOBS Help Center:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ Employees or applicants may request Reasonable Accommodion (RA) for assistance , when applying or competing for a job or performing a job due to their medical condition or to exercise their religious beliefs. If you need reasonable accommodion in the applicion or selection process, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this vacancy announcement. If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Crystal Wells crystal.wells@nnsa.doe.gov Address Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services 24600 20th St SE Kirtland

AFB, NM 87117-5507 US

Next steps Thank you for your interest in employment with DOE. We will notify you of your results once your applicion is reviewed. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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 Additional locions Albuquerque, NM Los Alamos, NM Las Vegas, NV Aiken, SC Oak Ridge, TN Amarillo, TX Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Livermore, CA Washington, DC Germantown, MD Kansas City, MO Albuquerque, NM Los Alamos, NM Las Vegas, NV Aiken, SC Oak Ridge, TN Amarillo, TX No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $126,384 - $164,301 per year The salary range reflects base pay only. The actual salary based on the geographic locion (to include locality pay) for which selected. Pay scale & grade NQ 4 Promotion potential 4 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Q Access Authorizion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-NA-PAS-XA-00967-DOE Control number 885845900