GN&C & Control Mission Analysis Team Lead

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We’re here to help you achieve a harmonious balance in your life—both at work and at home. Together, We Soar Our dynamic team consists of 10 companies united in a single mission: to venture from Moon to Mars and beyond. Join us on this extraordinary adventure! This position has been aligned with Amentum Space Exploration Division.  To learn more, click here Position Description: Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) Team Leads serve as first line supervisors and oversee the Task Orders and personnel that support the requirements defined in the ESSCA Performance Work Statement, plus any additional skills that may be required in support of Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED). They ensure that high performing people are acquired through disciplined human resources processes and are appropriately trained, developed and perform to ASED policy and standards. Team Leads are responsible for the proactive management of assigned Task Orders and personnel to ensure effective accomplishment of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) requirements. The ESSCA Spacecraft and Vehicle Systems Department has a Guidance, Navigation & Control Mission Analysis Team Lead position available. The Team Lead responsibility may be combined with some percentage of technical task work.  The Team Lead will lead a team that provides support to the Guidance, Navigation & Mission Analysis Branch (EV42) located at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).  Responsibilities include: Lead a strong and high performing team to succeed in delighting the government customer and ASED management. Provide oversight of individual and team technical performance and confirm the technical quality of the work products generated by ASED personnel. Provide technical area supervision to include assigning and balancing team skills to various task orders to meet customer and ASED management expectations. Collaborate with the Department Manager/Deputy Department Manager to assign and develop personnel for subtask efforts and to broaden and develop personnel skills. Conduct task/subtask resource allocation, tracking, and control including forecasting future resource/skills/development needs. Identify and manage cost/technical/schedule risks to ensure accomplishment of Task Order requirements, ESSCA goals and objectives, and the ASED annual business plan. Implement the ESSCA safety program for the team, and lead by example in our safety culture. Engage in and conduct the shared MSFC and ASED safety duties of performing Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) and Personnel Protective Equipment (PPEs) assessments and conducting Safety Meetings and Safety Visits. Perform hiring functions to meet team support requirements: define position requirements; conduct candidate recruiting; lead interviewing and selection; and perform on-boarding activities. Develop employee goals and objectives and conduct performance evaluations and face to face reviews if applicable.  Support disciplinary processes with team personnel if needed. Train and develop team personnel thru on-the-job training, strategic technical assignments, peer-to-peer training, classes, etc. Utilize the Individual Development Plan (IDP) tool for employee career development. Utilize the ASED and customer awards and recognition programs to acknowledge team performance and drive team morale. Review and approve employee travel and training needs and requests and associated expense reports. Establish and oversee specialty subcontracting requirements in collaboration with the ASED Business and Finance Office (BFO) to include coordination of task assignments and performance. Develop subcontractor Statements of Work (SOW) and manage subcontractors. Support the Department Manager/Deputy Department Manager in preparing Operations Review material. Provide biweekly status of team significant accomplishments, kudos, process improvements, success stories and cost savings. Ensure that tasks and subtasks are written and estimated correctly and that task and subtask technical, schedule and financial performance meet expectations. Team Leads will provide support to ESSCA contract operations in the areas of: Ensure excellent customer relations and harmonious team dynamics and operations through excellent conflict resolution. Ensure effective customer communication. Conduct Customer Expectation Surveys, Customer Communication Meetings, mid-term and End-of-Evaluation Period Task Order Performance Presentation/Self-Assessments. Facilitate excellent coordination/communication/collaboration with other Team Leads, ASED management, Teammate Principals, ESSCA Technical Fellows, BFO and HR. Support ASED leadership communication, sharing, and development of best practices for MSFC and across ESSCA. Actively work with ASED and MSFC personnel to explore new work areas and develop new task scope. Lead and supervise personnel in the technical accomplishment of task orders. Drive employee awareness and commitment to perso