Spacecraft and Vehicle Systems Team Lead (ES3)

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Support Your Well-Being Our comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs, 11 paid holidays, paid time off, employee perks and much more.  With these benefits, plus the option for flexible schedules, we’ll support you as you pursue a balanced, fulfilling life—at work and at home. This position has been aligned with Amentum Space Exploration Division.  To learn more, click here ESSCA Team Leads serve as first line supervisors and oversee the Task Orders and contractor teams that support the requirements defined in the ESSCA Performance Work Statement, plus any additional skills that may be required to execute the ESSCA contract with NASA MSFC. The Team Leads ensure that high performing people are acquired through disciplined human resources processes and are appropriately trained, developed, and perform to Amentum’s policy and standards. Team Leads are responsible for the proactive management of tasks and personnel to ensure effective accomplishment of MSFC requirements.  The Team Leads serve a critical role within ESSCA and successful candidates for this role must highly desire to serve as a leader for high performing technical teams. Duties of the Team Lead position include: Leading a strong and high performing team that succeeds in delighting the government customer and ESSCA management. Ensuring excellent customer relations and harmonious team dynamics and operations. Facilitate coordination, communication, and collaboration with other Team Leads, Teammate Principals, ESSCA management, and NASA customers. Providing oversight of individual and team technical performance. This may include directly supporting tasks as an individual team member, providing technical expertise in a specific discipline, establishing and implementing processes in the ESSCA Performance Management System (EPMS), and confirming the technical quality of the work products generated by team. Implementing the ESSCA safety program within the team and lead by example in our SafeUp culture. Driving employee awareness and commitment to personal safety, mission success, and customer satisfaction. Ensuring that tasks and subtasks are written and estimated correctly such that technical, schedule, and financial performance meet customer expectations. Identifying and managing risk in cost, technical, or schedule to ensure accomplishment of Task Order requirements, ESSCA goals and objectives, and the ASED annual business plan. Performing employee hiring functions to meet team staffing requirements through defining the position requirements, conducting candidate recruiting, interviewing, and selection as well as performing on-boarding orientation activities. Assisting with the development of individual employee goals and objectives to help the employees achieve their career goals. Conducting performance evaluations and supporting employee disciplinary processes if needed. Collaborating with Department Management to assign and develop lead personnel for each Task Order or subtask as appropriate. Implementing the ESSCA awards and recognition program and provide positive team morale. Reviewing and approving employee travel, training requests, and associated expense reports. Establishing and overseeing specialty subcontracting requirements in collaboration with the ASED Business and Finance Office to include coordination of task assignments and subcontractor performance. Developing subcontractor Statements of Work and managing subcontractor support. Actively work with ESSCA and MSFC personnel to explore potential new work areas and develop new task scope in conjunction with our Amentum Solutions initiative. In coordination with the Capabilities Enhancement Department, train and develop employees through on-the-job training, strategic technical assignments, peer-to-peer training, classes, etc. Forecasting future resources, skills, and development needs in collaboration with Department Management to efficiently manage and train the workforce for maximum flexibility and capabilities. Leveraging broad experience and familiarity to effectively apply the technologies and tools used in technical discipline. Supporting ASED leadership communication, sharing, and development of best practices for MSFC and across ESSCA. Conducting special projects assigned by Department Manager or Office of Program Manager. Applying analytical, design, and test tools to provide state-of-art capability to MSFC and consistency across ESSCA. + Qualifications A Bachelors Degree in a scientific, engineering, or related discipline from an accredited institution and a minimum of 5 years of experience in technical discipline. An MS or Ph.D. degree is very desirable. Outstanding technical and leadership qualifications in one or more of the following areas are required: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are a must. Skills and experience in a mechanical or aerospace engineering discipline with specific emphasis on Mechanical Design, CAD, Finite Element Analysis, Engineering Drawings, GD&T, and Configuration Management. Technical leadership or engineering management in an aerospace or mechanical engineering discipline. Demonstrated skills in the