Risk and Opportunity Engineer
- Military veterans preferred
2021-07-02 SAIC (www.saic.com)
Other
/yr
full-time
employee
Kirtland Afb New Mexico 87117 United States
Description
SAIC is looking for a Risks and Opportunities Engineer to support the Space and Missile Systems Center Advanced Systems & Development Directorate (SMC/AD). In this role, you work with risk owners to formulate proper handling plans, leading and conducting the various Risk and Opportunity Management Boards (ROMBs), and creating risk burn-downs and determine net factored risk. In addition, you’ll help the program to quantify and analyze technical, schedule and cost risks involved with stable and accurate program execution, as well as tracking opportunities for the program to improve in those same areas. The position also entails leading working groups with the external customers (industry and government) to articulate our perspectives and integrate into their risk management decisions and database. This position is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Specific responsibilities may include:
Coordinating and aligning risk and opportunity (R&O) management effort with all cross business teams (CBT) (e.g., engineering, operations, and supply chain), integrated product teams (IPT), finance and program management processes
Performing program level analysis on all R&Os flowed up from cross product teams (CPT) and IPTs
Assist the program to quantify and analyze technical, schedule and cost risks involved with stable and accurate program execution, as well as tracking opportunities for the program to improve in those same areas.
Identifying, assessing, tracking and coordinating program level R&Os
Facilitating R&O related workshops for the program
Facilitating and participating in R&O related lessons learned sessions for the program
Creating and analyzing program level metrics (e.g., Integrated Defense Systems R&O metrics, burn-down plans, exposure charts, tracking sheets, margin analysis, top R&Os, step tracker (handling plan execution))
Performing informal R&O assessment of Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
Ensuring that IMS adequately reflects R&O mitigation/capture plans
Supporting cost and schedule risk analysis; especially with respect to R&O identification
Working with program team to maintain the estimate at completion (EAC) with respect to R&O for desktop and comprehensive estimate to complete (ETC) reviews. Reviewing and reconciling EAC R&O status with register data.
Work with Mission/System’s owner to formulate proper handling plans, leading and conducting the various Risk and Opportunity Management Boards (ROMBs) and creating risk burn downs and determine factored risk.
Participating in program meetings to identify potential R&Os
Qualifications
Required Skills:
Active Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/STEM related field from an ABET accredited college or university and 14 years of relevant experience, or Masters and 12 years of relevant experience, or PhD and 9 years of relevant experience. 20 years of relevant experience will be accepted in lieu of education.
Strong understanding of fundamental space system risk/opportunity identification, mitigation/capture planning and overall risk and opportunity management process
Demonstrated interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and interrelating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in systems engineering
Ability to effectively communicate at all levels, both verbal and written, with internal stakeholders, external government agencies and 3rd Party vendors and customers.
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Desired Qualifications/Skills:
Demonstrated experience working with Space Force/DoD customers in an acquisition environment, with space and/or ground systems (especially at SMC).
Experience writing and delivering technical documents and briefings, especially risk management tools, e.g. Risk Register, Active Risk Manager (ARM)
PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)
Experience with cost plus award fee contracts
Experience supporting programs and executing R&O responsibilities in an AGILE environment
Earned Value Management System (EVMS) certification and/or experience
