The incumbent serves as the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) of a specific NNSA Management and Operating (M&O) contract, providing overall leadership and direction for oversight of assigned contractor, and federal programs and activities related to the M&O contract.
The incumbent will be responsible for the management and appointment of individual Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) and serves as a principal advisor and recognized authority on all M&O acquisition matters.
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 relating to Work Authorization Control System, contractor performance evaluation, and all other initiatives 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 sophisticated 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 material costs where price cannot be reasonably predicted at time of negotiation.
Develops, evaluates, and implements new concepts toward improving the overall quality of contractor deliverables. Evaluates the effectiveness of operations and makes necessary adjustments to meet organizational goals and objectives, quality, and quantity standards, procedural, policy and regulatory compliance and technical competence.
Finds and implements ways to eliminate or reduce significant bottlenecks and barriers to production, improves business practices and promotes team building.
EDUCATION: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, only provide transcripts from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. **FOREIGN EDUCATION: Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S.
must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position.
For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. Please Note: If your foreign education has already been accepted by an accredited U.S.
educational institution as part of a degree program with that institution, you do not need to provide an evaluation of foreign education but must submit a copy of the transcripts listing the degree from the U.S. accredited institution that accepted your foreign education. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
If you are selected, official transcripts will be required.
This position is with National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $126384 – $164301/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Q Access Authorization security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-06.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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