MILCON Project Delivery Team Lead
What you'd do
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Major duties
The United States Space Force (USSF) National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is searching for a MILCON Project Delivery Team Lead (GG-0343-14, GS-14 Equivalent). This position is covered by the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel Systems (DCIPS). For additional information about DCIPS, click here: https://dcips.defense.gov/. Description: The National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) is seeking a visionary, action-oriented Supervisory MILCON Project Delivery Team Lead (Program Analyst) to spearhead our construction operations and lead the design, construction, and outfitting of a new, state-of-the-art Space Force Intelligence Facility (SFIF). This high-stakes, mission-critical role transcends standard commercial development, requiring a strategic leader capable of navigating the multi-faceted complexities of military construction. You will be challenged daily to manage statutory funding lines, synchronize critical project milestones with the Department of War budget cycle, and enforce rigorous physical security standards to achieve ICD 705 SCIF and SAPF compliance. Serving as the essential linchpin between mission owners, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), base leadership, and intelligence security accreditors, your ability to masterfully balance operational requirements against rigid timelines and engineering realities will directly secure the future operational capabilities of the USSF. The ideal candidate is a professional with extensive program management experience within the Department of War Military Construction (MILCON) process, possessing a deep understanding of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) system and the statutory requirements tied to defense construction funding. Crucially, they must bring specialized expertise in constructing highly secure facilities, with proven success ensuring strict adherence to ICD 705 SCIF/SAPF standards, TEMPEST regulations, and Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) criteria from early design through final security accreditation. As a masterful stakeholder manager, this individual will expertly orchestrate efforts across a complex network of entities-including construction agents like USACE or NAVFAC, Base Civil Engineering, security accreditors (SSMs/CTTAs), contracting officers, and mission end-users. Additionally, they will serve as an exceptional direct supervisor, providing full administrative and technical leadership to a multi-disciplinary Project Delivery Team (PDT) of senior engineers, IT/cyber specialists, and program analysts, driving professional development and fostering a collaborative environment to translate complex mission requirements into actionable construction deliverables. Key Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of the Department of Defense Military Construction (MILCON) process, Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS) as well as methods for developing budget forecasts, cost projections, unfunded requirements justifications, POM narratives, offsets and disconnects, reclamas, and issue papers. Knowledge of military service program goals and objectives, the sequence and timing of key operational events and milestones, and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of planning actions as related to actual events. Skill in communicating clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy, orally and in writing, as well as work in a professional manner with peers, management, contractors, academia, and other agencies and to prepare professional level engineering and scientific documents and delivering General Officer (executive) level information and decision briefs. Ability to manage complex multi-disciplinary research, development, and engineering acquisition programs; combining the knowledge of governmental and agency contracting and funding rules, regulations, relationships and administrative processes involved to develop and procure hardware; develop acquisition strategies, defining and building technical and administrative contract structure, leading contract source selections, and managing large, complex single and multi-source contracts; and research, evaluate, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, and procedures to a variety of situations and to recommend timely and economical solutions. Ability to gather, assemble, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, conduct analysis, devise recommended solutions, and package the entire process in briefings, papers, or reports suitable for top management use and decision-making. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of a small to medium organization.
What you need to qualify
The 0343 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.
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