Director Center Operations Directorate

About the role

The incumbent serves as the Director, Center Operations Directorate at NASA's Langley Research Center with responsibility to provide crucial operations, engineering, maintenance, logistics, and environmental services.

The incumbent is responsible for providing an integrated institutional assets management function for the Center while revitalizing the Center's infrastructure to meet the needs of future NASA missions.

What you will do

• Serves as a member of the Center Leadership team, providing executive leadership, counsel, and accountability.
• Works closely with other organizations to ensure that all plans and work are consistent and well-integrated within the overall Center strategy and operating plan.
• Implements the Langley Center Strategy and governance to drive delivery of technically excellent and robust solutions, create opportunities for advanced collaborations, and continually improve business and product delivery for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Align Center Operations Directorate (COD) goals and objectives to Langley Center Strategy accordingly.
• Manages the Center's Construction of Facilities program and is responsible for the maintenance and operations of Center facilities.
• Provides leadership and guidance to develop, implement, and sustain the Center's infrastructure while reducing cost and maintaining safety, security, and quality of life.
• Provides export control, facility engineering and maintenance, logistics, real property and space utilization, master planning, Geographic Information System, environmental, and utility and energy management for the Center.
• Defines long range goals and measures for the directorate and ensures development of strategic capabilities (people and facilities) needed to support programs and build future capabilities, programs, and elements that are aligned with NASA mission needs.
• Executes funded program/project elements; strengthens existing partnerships and establishes new partnerships critical for success.
• Monitors and evaluates market intelligence, technical intelligence, and competitive intelligence to ensure center capabilities are exceeding state of the art and maintain a leadership role in recognized areas of expertise.

Education

No Educational Requirement

How you will be evaluated

All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. We will review your resume to ensure you meet the qualification requirements. If you meet the basic qualification requirements, your application will be referred to and evaluated by an executive panel.

Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and/or be asked to provide a list of references or additional documents to confirm eligibility.

Upon selection, if the selectee does not have Qualifications Review Board (QRB) certification by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), he/she must undergo an ECQ based structured interview with OPM before being appointed to this position.

Documents you must provide

• A complete application includes items described below.
• Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may be removed from consideration for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).
• Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your application.
• RESUME: All applicants are required to submit a two (2) page resume showing all relevant experience.
• Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the SES must include evidence of the ECQs and MTQ(s) within their resume.
• Please see this guidance: What to include in your resume.
• Note: if any of the following types of information are included on your resume, you may be disqualified: Classified or government sensitive information.
• Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal information, such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents.
• If your resume contains any of the above information, you must redact that information prior to the submission of your application.
• VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES: Responses are automatically submitted through USAJOBS when you apply to this vacancy.
• You may be asked to provide additional documentation to support your eligibility and the information provided in your application package.
• For example, we may request academic transcripts, SF-50s, SES Candidate Development Program certificate, etc. Therefore, we encourage you to have these documents prepared and ready when requested by the agency.
• If you fail to provide the required documents within the stated time period, we may withdraw a job offer and/or remove you from further consideration.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact NASA Executive Staffing at ***.

Additional information

Veterans' preference is not applicable to the SES.