Attachment B-2 Labor Category Description.docx

LABOR CATEGORIES DESCRIPTIONS

Education and Experience: In proposing labor categories and rates, the Offeror shall align its own categories with the Government Labor Category descriptions, education, and experience levels below which are relevant to this requirement. It is required that all experience and education be in a technical field directly related to the labor category being proposed and all diplomas, GED certificates, and degrees will be from accredited institutions that can be readily verifiable.

1. Lead Program Manager Education: M.S. or M.A. degree. Certain personnel will require Ph.D.

General Experience: Must have at least has 10 years experience in managing complex engineering or technical efforts involving multiple facets of engineering disciplines.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 8 years of direct supervision of technical personnel involved in life-cycle management support of complex systems. Must be capable of leading projects that involve the successful management of teams composed of engineers, scientists, and management professionals who have been involved in analyzing, designing, developing, integrating, training, testing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining complex systems.

Duties: Performs day-to-day management of overall contract support operations, possibly involving multiple projects and groups of personnel at multiple locations. Organizes, directs, and coordinates the planning and production of all contract support activities. Demonstrates written and oral communication skills. Establishes and alters (as necessary) corporate management structure to direct effective contract support activities.

2. Senior Program Manager Education: B.S. or B.A. degree. Certain personnel will require MS.

General Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience in managing complex engineering or technical efforts involving multiple facets of an engineering discipline.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years of direct supervision of technical personnel involved in life-cycle management support of complex systems. Must be capable of leading projects that involve the successful management of teams composed of engineers, scientists, and management professionals who have been involved in analyzing, designing, developing, integrating, training, testing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining complex systems.

Duties: Performs day-to-day management of overall contract support operations, possibly involving multiple projects and groups of personnel at multiple locations. Organizes, directs, and coordinates planning and production of all contract support activities. Demonstrates written and oral communication skills. Establishes and alters (as necessary) corporate management structure to direct effective contract support activities.

3. Senior Project Manager Education: B.S. or B.A. degree. Certain personnel will require MS.

General Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience in managing complex engineering or technical efforts involving multiple facets of an engineering discipline.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 4 years of hands-on experience in direct supervision of major efforts in the analysis, design, development, integration, training, testing, documentation, and implementation of complex systems.

Duties: Performs day-to-day management of assigned task order projects that involve teams of engineers, scientists, and management professionals involved in analyzing, designing, integrating, training, testing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining complex systems. Demonstrates proven skills in those technical areas addressed by the task order to be managed. Organizes, directs, and coordinates planning and production of all activities associated with assigned task order projects. Demonstrates written and oral communication skills.

4. Project Manager Education: B.S. or B.A. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 4 years experience in managing complex engineering or technical efforts involving multiple facets of an engineering discipline.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 2 years of hands-on experience in direct supervision of major efforts in the analysis, design, development, integration, training, testing, documentation, and implementation of complex systems.

Duties: Performs day-to-day management of assigned task order projects that involve teams of engineers, scientists, and management professionals involved in analyzing, designing, integrating, training, testing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining large complex systems. Demonstrates proven skills in those technical areas addressed by the task order to be managed. Organizes, directs, and coordinates planning and production of all activities associated with assigned task order projects. Demonstrates written and oral communication skills.

5. Senior Requirements Engineer Education: B.S. degree. Certain personnel will require MS.

General Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience in technical work in the major area of full life-cycle system engineering involving concept development and requirements analysis.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years of hands-on experience in direct execution of major acquisition efforts involving concept studies. Must be capable of handling assignments involving analysis, preliminary production, planning, requirements definition, traceability, and evaluation of one or more alternative technical approaches and associated costs for creating or upgrading performance of a system or activity.

Duties: Supervises systems engineering technical efforts and performs typical associated tasks that include, but are not limited to, requirements analysis, cost analysis, cost performance trade-off analysis, feasibility analysis, regulatory compliance support, technology conceptual designs, and special studies and analyses.

6. Requirements Engineer Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 4 years experience in technical work in the major area of full life-cycle system engineering involving concept development and requirements analysis.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 3 years of hands-on experience in direct execution of major efforts in concept studies. Must be capable of working assignments involving analysis, preliminary production, planning, requirements definition, traceability, and evaluation of one or more alternative technical approaches and associated costs for creating or upgrading performance of a system or activity.

Duties: Typical associated tasks include but are not limited to requirements analysis, cost analysis, cost performance trade-off analysis, feasibility analysis, regulatory compliance support, technology conceptual designs, and special studies and analysis.

7. Junior Requirements Engineer Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Educational background inclusive of system engineering, design, and integration.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least an educational background in the evaluation of a system, subsystem, program, project, or activity concept through analysis and modeling and simulation.

Duties: Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to, requirements analysis, cost analysis, cost performance trade-off analysis, feasibility analysis, regulatory compliance support, technology conceptual designs, and special studies and analysis.

8. Lead Engineer Education: M.S. degree. Certain personnel will require Ph.D.

General Experience: Must have at least 10 years experience in an engineering discipline such as industrial, civil, aviation, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, nuclear, chemical, information, computer, software, marine, environmental, telecommunications, information security, network, or other engineering disciplines.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 8 years leading engineering efforts and supervising engineering staff involved with the application of engineering disciplines in the technical field directly related to the required tasking area being supported.

Duties: Leads engineering efforts and supervises engineering staff participating in such efforts. Provides engineering, technical, and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development, and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements. Makes recommendations and advises on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts. Performs risk assessments and analyses employing modeling and simulation techniques.

9. Senior Engineer Education: B.S. degree. Certain personnel will require MS.

General Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience in an engineering discipline such as industrial, civil, aviation, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, nuclear, chemical, information, computer, software, marine, environmental, telecommunications, information security, network, or other engineering disciplines.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years leading engineering efforts and supervising engineering staff involved with the application of engineering disciplines in the technical field directly related to the required tasking area being supported.

Duties: Leads engineering efforts and supervises engineering staff participating in such efforts. Provides engineering, technical, and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements. Makes recommendations and advises on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts. Performs risk assessments and analysis employing modeling and simulation techniques.

10. Engineer Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have 4 years experience in an engineering discipline such as industrial, civil, aviation, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, nuclear, chemical, information, computer, software, marine, environmental, telecommunications, information security, network, or other engineering disciplines.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 3 years leading engineering efforts and supervising engineering staff involved with the application of engineering disciplines in the technical field directly related to the required area tasking being supported.

Duties: Supports engineering efforts that provide engineering, technical, and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development, and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements. Participates in efforts that develop recommendations and advice on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.

11. Junior Engineer Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Educational background in an engineering discipline such as industrial, civil, aviation, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, nuclear, chemical, information, computer, software, marine, environmental, telecommunications, information security, network, or other engineering disciplines.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least an educational background in the engineering field required by the specific tasking.

Duties: Supports engineering efforts that provide engineering, technical, and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development, and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements. Participates in efforts that develop recommendations and advice on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.

12. Lead Scientist Education: M.A. or M.S. degree. Certain personnel will require Ph.D.

General Experience: Must have 10 years of experience in a scientific field such as biology, chemistry, nuclear, environmental, physics, mathematics, geology, or other scientific areas.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 8 years of experience providing direct or consultant scientific support to major programs or system development efforts.

Duties: Performs the functions of a technical expert in the relevant scientific field in support of major programs or system development. Applies scientific expertise in defining and resolving system issues, performing analysis, and developing plans and requirements in the subject-matter area for complex systems. Coordinates and manages the preparation of analysis, evaluations, and recommendations for proper implementation of programs and systems.

13. Senior Scientist Education: B.S. degree. Certain personnel will require MS.

General Experience: Must have 7 years of experience in a scientific field such as biology, chemistry, nuclear, environmental, physics, mathematics, geology, or other scientific areas.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years of experience providing direct or consultant scientific support to major programs or system development efforts.

Duties: Performs the functions of a technical expert in the relevant scientific field in support of major programs or system development. Applies scientific expertise in defining and resolving system issues, performing analysis, and developing plans and requirements in the subject-matter area for complex systems. Coordinates and manages the preparation of analysis, evaluations, and recommendations for proper implementation of programs and systems.

14. Lead Operations/Research Analyst Education: M.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 10 years experience in performing analysis in the operations or research areas.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 8 years experience in operations or research analysis related to complex system development or acquisition employing scientific and engineering processes and modeling and simulation tools.

Duties: Provides supervision to analysts and performs analyses applying appropriate scientific and engineering processes and modeling techniques to the life-cycle development of systems. Performs analyses and trade-off studies related to operational issues and reviews test plans to ensure MOEs address operational requirements. Reviews plans for system integration, operation, and maintenance and assists in the development of training for operational personnel. Applies operations research methodology to defining and formulating economic analyses and related benefit, cost, and risk studies.

15. Senior Operations/Research Analyst Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience in performing analysis in the operations or research areas.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years of experience in operations or research analysis related to complex system development or acquisition employing scientific and engineering processes and modeling and simulation tools.

Duties: Provides supervision to analysts and performs analysis applying appropriate scientific and engineering processes and modeling techniques to the life-cycle development of systems. Performs analyses and trade-off studies related to operational issues and reviews test plans to ensure MOEs address operational requirements. Reviews plans for system integration, operation, and maintenance and assists in the development of training for operational personnel. Applies operations research methodology to defining and formulating economic analyses and related benefit, cost, and risk studies.

16. Operations/Research Analyst Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 4 years experience in performing analysis in the operations or research areas.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 3 years of experience in operations or research analysis related to complex system development or acquisition employing scientific and engineering processes and modeling and simulation tools.

Duties: Provides supervision to analysts and performs analysis applying appropriate scientific and engineering processes and modeling techniques to the life-cycle development of systems. Performs analysis and trade-off studies related to operational issues, and reviews test plans to ensure MOEs address operational requirements. Reviews plans for system integration, operation, and maintenance and assists in the development of training for operational personnel. Applies operations research methodology to defining and formulating economic analyses and related benefit, cost, and risk studies.

17. Junior Operations/Research Analyst Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have an educational background or required level of experience in operations or research analysis.

Specialized Experience: Must have an educational background or experience in operations or research analysis related to complex system development or acquisition employing scientific and engineering processes and modeling and simulation tools.

Duties: Performs analysis applying appropriate scientific and engineering processes and modeling techniques to the life-cycle development of systems. Performs analyses and trade-off studies related to operational issues and reviews test plans to ensure MOEs address operational requirements. Reviews plans for system integration, operation, and maintenance and assists in the development of training for operational personnel.

18. Lead Management Analyst Education: M.S. or M.A. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least10 years experience performing management analysis.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 8 years of specialized management analysis experience in areas such as business process reengineering, configuration management, quality control/assurance, organizational performance assessments, mission analysis, and strategic planning.

Duties: Applies applicable management analysis processes, modeling and simulation tools, and technical techniques to provide the services required. Employs process improvement and reengineering methodologies and principles to conduct process modernization projects. Provides group facilitation, interviewing, training, and additional forms of knowledge transfer. Serves as key coordinator among multiple project teams to ensure enterprise-wide integration of management efforts. Provides daily supervision and direction to personnel performing management analysis tasking.

19. Senior Management Analyst Education: B.S. or B.A. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience performing management analysis.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years of specialized management analysis experience in areas such as business process reengineering, configuration management, quality control/assurance, organizational performance assessments, mission analysis, and strategic planning.

Duties: Applies appropriate management analysis processes, modeling and simulation tools, and technical techniques to provide the services required. Employs process improvement and reengineering methodologies and principles to conducting process modernization projects. Provides group facilitation, interviewing, training, and additional forms of knowledge transfer. Coordinates multiple project teams to ensure enterprise-wide integration of management efforts. Provides daily supervision and direction to personnel performing management analysis tasking.

20. Management Analyst Education: B.S. or B.A. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 4 to 6 years experience performing management analysis Specialized Experience: Must have at least 3 years of specialized management analysis experience in areas such as business process reengineering, configuration management, quality control/assurance, organizational performance assessments, mission analysis, and strategic planning.

Duties: Applies appropriate management analysis processes, modeling and simulation tools, and technical techniques to provide the services required. Employs process improvement and reengineering methodologies and principles to conducting process modernization projects. Provides group facilitation, interviewing, training, and additional forms of knowledge transfer. Coordinates a project team to ensure enterprise-wide integration of management efforts.

21. Junior Management Analyst Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.

General Experience: Educational background or required level of experience in management analysis.

Specialized Experience: Must have an educational background or experience in areas such as business process reengineering, configuration management, quality control/assurance, organizational performance assessments, mission analysis, and strategic planning.

Duties: Applies appropriate management analysis processes, modeling and simulation tools, and technical techniques to provide the services required. Employs process improvement and reengineering methodologies and principles to conducting process modernization projects.

22. Junior Financial Analyst Education: B.S. or B.A. degree.

General Experience: Must have an educational background or experience in financial analysis or management.

Specialized Experience: Must have an educational background or experience in financial fee-for-service environment that incorporates financial processes into automated systems.

Duties: Supports the conduct of should-cost and projected cost analysis and trade studies related to cost trade-off options. Assists in defining established financial business practices for integration into the client's financial business system and in identifying potential problems and recommended solutions through analysis.

23. Support Specialist Education: Associate degree or H.S. diploma.

General Experience: Must have at least1 year of experience providing support to technical programs.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least1 year of experience in areas such as writing and editing documents, graphics, document preparation, and drafting.

Duties: Depending on the functional specialty, support the program management staff in the preparation of deliverables, proposals, internal reports, briefings, and drawings associated with the project being supported.

24. Administrative Specialist Education: Associate degree or H.S. diploma and 1 year relevant work experience.

General Experience: Must have at least 1 year of experience in administrative functional specialty.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least1 year of at least 1 year of experience performing tasks such as typing, administration, word processing, or reception. Requires technical computer skills and ability to use word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation development software.

Duties: Depending on administrative functional specialty, provides support to program management staff. Supervises other administrative staff.

25. Lead Mission Analyst Education: B.S. or B.A. degree. Certain positions will require MS.

General Experience: Must have at least 10 years of experience in the operational and mission area under consideration. Experience includes planning, performing, and supervising the day-to-day operational functions associated with the mission.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 6 years of hands-on experience in performing operational functions, including assessing threats, developing plans to meet those threats, and recruiting and training personnel.

Duties: Applies knowledge of client’s mission area to develop and refine concepts of operations and operational plans that make optimum use of existing and planned systems to meet mission needs. As required, participates in the development of system concepts, system requirements, concepts of operations, and training requirements in every phase of the system development process.

26. Senior Mission Analyst Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: Must have at least 7 years of experience in the operational and mission area under consideration. Experience includes planning, performing, and supervising the day-to-day operational functions associated with the mission.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 4 years of hands-on experience in performing operational functions, including assessing threats, developing plans to meet those threats, and recruiting and training personnel.

Duties: Applies knowledge of client’s mission area to develop and refine concepts of operations and operational plans that make optimum use of existing and planned systems to meet mission needs. As required, participates in the development of system concepts, system requirements, concepts of operations, and training requirements in every phase of the system development process.

27. Mission Analyst Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: Must have at least 4 years of experience in the operational and mission area under consideration. Experience includes planning, performing, and supervising the day-to-day operational functions associated with the mission.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 2 years of hands-on experience in performing operational functions, including assessing threats, developing plans to meet those threats, and recruiting and training personnel.

Duties: Applies knowledge of client’s mission area to develop and refine concepts of operations and operational plans that make optimum use of existing and planned systems to meet mission needs. As required, participates in the development of system concepts, system requirements, concepts of operations, and training requirements in every phase of the system development process.

28. Junior Mission Analyst Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: Must have at least 3 years of experience in the operational and mission area under consideration. Experience includes planning, performing, and supervising the day-to-day operational functions associated with the mission.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 1 year of hands-on experience in performing operational functions, including assessing threats, developing plans to meet those threats, and recruiting and training personnel.

Duties: Applies knowledge of client’s mission area to develop and refine concepts of operations and operational plans that make optimum use of existing and planned systems to meet mission needs. As required, participates in the development of system concepts, system requirements, concepts of operations, and training requirements in every phase of the system development process.

29. Functional Expert Consultant, Level II Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: N/A Specialized Experience: Must have at least 3 years of experience in the appropriate area.

Duties: Provides task unique functional expertise necessary to interpret requirements, ensure responsiveness and achieve successful performance. May include subject matter and unique technical knowledge. Assists engineering staff with the analysis, evaluation and implementation of systems and other engineering tasks. Note: This labor category may only be used in support of engineering specific work.

30. Homeland Security Expert Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: Must have at least 10 or more years of progressive experience providing support to and/or managing complex projects.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years of experience in an area relevant to Homeland Security, including but not limited to: Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP), Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), Information Assurance, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Physical Security, Emergency Preparedness, Counterterrorism, Force Protection, Border Security, Law Enforcement, Transportation and Aviation Security.

Duties: Provides technical and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirements development, and implementation for complex systems in the Homeland Security area. Makes recommendations and advises on organization wide system improvements in the area(s) of the individual’s specialized Homeland Security expertise.

31. Senior Homeland Security Specialist Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: Must have at least 6 or more years of progressive experience providing support to complex projects.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 4 years of experience in an area relevant to Homeland Security, including but not limited to: Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP), Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), Information Assurance, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Physical Security, Emergency Preparedness, Counterterrorism, Force Protection, Border Security, Law Enforcement, Transportation and Aviation Security.

Duties: Assists with problem definition and analysis and with developing plans and requirements for complex systems in the Homeland Security area. May lead projects or provide senior support to projects in the area(s) of the individual’s specialized Homeland Security expertise.

32. Homeland Security Specialist Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: Must have at least 3 or more years of progressive experience providing support to moderately complex projects.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 2 years of experience in an area relevant to Homeland Security, including but not limited to: Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP), Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), Information Assurance, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Physical Security, Emergency Preparedness, Counterterrorism, Force Protection, Border Security, Law Enforcement, Transportation and Aviation Security.

Duties: Provides technical and functional analysis, assistance, and support to projects in the area(s) of the individual’s specialized Homeland Security expertise.

33. Junior Homeland Security Specialist Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: Must have at least 2 years of progressive experience providing support to simple to moderately complex projects involving areas relevant to Homeland Security, including but not limited to: Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP), Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), Information Assurance, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Physical Security, Emergency Preparedness, Counterterrorism, Force Protection, Border Security, Law Enforcement, Transportation and Aviation Security.

Specialized Experience: N/A Duties: Provides assistance and support to projects relevant to the area of Homeland Security.

34. SENIOR SCIENTIST

Education: PhD, BS, or BA

General Experience: Must have a Bachelor’s degree and 8 years experience, or an Associate’s degree and 10 years experience. Certain personnel will require Ph.D. or MS.

Specialized Experience: Considerable experience in physical, mathematical or scientific analysis, including considerable experience in computer modeling using advanced level software programming.

Duties: Develops, modifies and applies computer modeling and programming applications to analyze and solve mathematical, physical and scientific problems affecting system and program performance; develops and applies complex computations using computer software; prepares, tests and edits program documentation and operating instructions for system users; confers with users to identify issues and formulate and implement necessary changes; assigns less difficult tasks to professional and technical staff as part of a work team; estimates manpower needs and scheduling requirements for assignments; may interact with customer representatives concerning project scheduling as well as operational or technical problems.

35. SCIENTIST

Education: BS, HS Diploma, or GED General Experience: Must have a Bachelor’s degree and 2 years experience, or a high school diploma or GED and 4 years experience.

Specialized Experience: Considerable professional experience in physical and mathematical analysis, computer programming, and/or engineering applications.

Duties: Researches, analyzes, and computes mathematical, physical and scientific data for integration into engineering reports and program summaries; performs extended mathematical computations; develops and applies formulas using computer software; develops computer-simulated models in calculating and testing performance assumptions; may assign task to other professional and technical staff as part of a work team; may estimate manpower needs and scheduling requirements for assigned activities; may interact with customer representatives concerning the status of assigned tasks and work activities associated with a given program.

36. Mission Analyst (NUC) Education: B.S. degree in a scientific or engineering discipline

General Experience: 3 years experience Specialized Experience: Supporting strategic planning, mission and requirements development and program definition functions to include assistance in developing strategic vision, charting path for cooperation with end-user agencies, and coordination with other functional units as required. Providing analysis to evaluate the degree to which differing materials solutions are effective and feasible Duties: Provide technical feasibility analysis and information into the development of short and long-term mission area strategies. Perform technology monitoring and identifies gaps between strategic needs and existing capabilities. Support common understanding and consistent communication of mission strategy and implementation programs. Enable assessment of mission performance by identifying appropriate metrics and collecting relevant performance data. Assist in development and review mission strategy, mission development, program definition, budget/funding, and related justification documents, including briefing slides, summary updates and status reports. Coordinate/organize strategic/mission planning sessions, mission/program reviews, site visits, and workshops. Compiles and distributes meeting summaries which include decisions made and actions to be taken; ensures follow-up on action items. Support development of appropriate business cases, including acquisition strategies, for radiological/nuclear detection and interdiction system concepts and applications. Maintain updated files mission areas and its programs, including status reports, meeting minutes, trip reports, contracts, budgets and related program documents, deliverables and products. Attend program reviews, technical meetings, workshops, conferences, site visits, field tests, and in-process reviews, as directed by the Land Border Mission Area Manager. Assist in technical reviews of program deliverables and products.

37. Program Manager Education: B.S. or B.A. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 4 years experience in managing complex engineering or technical efforts involving multiple facets of an engineer discipline.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 3 years of direct supervision of technical personnel involved in life-cycle management support of complex systems. Must be capable of leading projects that involve the successful management of teams composed of engineers, scientists, and management professionals who have been involved in analyzing, designing, developing, integrating, training, testing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining complex systems.

Duties: Performs day-to-day management of overall contract support operations, possibly involving multiple projects and groups of personnel at multiple locations. Organizes, directs, and coordinates planning and production of all contract support activities. Demonstrates written and oral communication skills. Establishes and alters (as necessary) corporate management structure to direct effective contract support activities.

38. Junior Project Manager Education: B.S. or B.A. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 1 year experience in managing engineering or technical efforts involving multiple facets of an engineering discipline.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 1 year of hands-on experience in direct supervision of major efforts in the analysis, design, development, integration, training, testing, documentation, and implementation of complex systems.

Duties: Performs day-to-day management of assigned task order projects that involve teams of engineers, scientists, and management professionals involved in analyzing, designing, integrating, training, testing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining large complex systems. Demonstrates proven skills in those technical areas addressed by the task order to be managed. Organizes, directs, and coordinates planning and production of all activities associated with assigned task order projects. Demonstrates written and oral communication skills.

39. Functional Expert Consultant, Level I Education: B.A. or B.S. degree General Experience: N/A Specialized Experience: Must have at least 3 years of experience in the appropriate area.

Duties: Provides task unique functional expertise necessary to interpret requirements, ensure responsiveness and achieve successful performance. May include subject matter and unique technical knowledge. Assists engineering staff with the analysis, evaluation and implementation of systems and other engineering tasks. Note: This labor category may only be used in support of engineering specific work.

40. Functional Expert Consultant, Level III Education: B.S. or B.A. degree General Experience: N/A Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years of experience in the appropriate area.

Duties: Provides task unique functional expertise necessary to interpret requirements, ensure responsiveness and achieve successful performance. May include subject matter and unique technical knowledge. Assists engineering staff with the analysis, evaluation and implementation of systems and other engineering tasks. Note: This labor category may only be used in support of engineering specific work.

41. Functional Expert Consultant, Level IV Education: B.S. or B.A. degree. Certain personnel will require MS.

General Experience: N/A Specialized Experience: Must have at least 10 years of experience in the appropriate area.

Duties: Provides task unique functional expertise necessary to interpret requirements, ensure responsiveness and achieve successful performance. May include subject matter and unique technical knowledge. Assists engineering staff with the analysis, evaluation and implementation of systems and other engineering tasks. Note: This labor category may only be used in support of engineering specific work.

42. Functional Expert Consultant, Level V Education: M.S. or M.A. degree. Certain personnel will require Ph.D.

General Experience: N/A Specialized Experience: Must have at least 10 years of experience in the appropriate area. May have expert credentials or be recognized as an authority.

Duties: Provides task unique functional expertise necessary to interpret requirements, ensure responsiveness and achieve successful performance. May include subject matter and unique technical knowledge. Assists engineering staff with the analysis, evaluation and implementation of systems and other engineering tasks. Note: This labor category may only be used in support of engineering specific work.

43. Lead Homeland Security Expert Education: M.S. or M.A. degree General Experience: Must have at least 12 or more years of progressive experience providing support to and/or managing complex projects.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 8 or more years of experience in an area relevant to homeland security, including, but not limited to, continuity of operations planning (COOP), disaster recovery planning (DRP), information assurance, critical infrastructure protection (CIP), physical security, emergency preparedness, counterterrorism, force protection, border security, law enforcement, and transportation and aviation security.

Duties: Provides technical and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirements development, and implementation for complex to extremely complex systems in the homeland security area. Makes recommendations and advises on organization wide system improvements in the area(s) of the individual’s specialized homeland security expertise. Note: This labor category may only be used in support of engineering-specific work.

44. Lead Requirements Engineer Education: M.S. degree. Certain personnel will require Ph.D.

General Experience: Must have at least 10 years experience in technical work in the major area of full life-cycle system engineering.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience in the supervision of systems engineering technical efforts with hands-on experience in direct execution of major acquisition efforts involving concept studies. Must be capable of leading assignments involving analysis, preliminary production, planning, requirements definition, and evaluation of one or more alternative technical approaches and associated costs for creating or upgrading performance of a system or activity.

Duties: Supervises systems engineering, technical efforts and performs typical associated tasks that include, but are not limited to, requirements analysis, cost/cost performance trade-off analysis, feasibility analysis, regulatory compliance support, technology conceptual designs, and special studies and analyses.

45. Lead Design Engineer Education: M.S. degree. Certain personnel will require Ph.D.

General Experience: Typically has 10 to 12 years of experience in the areas of system design, engineering, and integration.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 7 years supervision and hands-on experience in direct execution of major efforts in the translation of a system, subsystem, program, project, or activity concept into a preliminary and detailed design, performing risk identification, analysis, and mitigation, and then integrating the various components to produce a working prototype or model of the system.

Duties: Supervises systems design technical effort and performs typical tasks that include, but are not limited to, computer-aided design, design studies and analyses, research and development, specification preparation, configuration management and document control, fabrication, assembly, and simulation and modeling.

46. Design Engineer Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have 4 years experience in the areas of system design, engineering, and integration.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 3 years of hands-on experience in direct execution of major efforts in the translation of a system, subsystem, program, project, or activity concept into a preliminary and detailed design, performing risk identification, analysis, and mitigation, and then integrating the various components to produce a working prototype or model of the system.

Duties: Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to, computer-aided design, design studies and analysis, research and development, specification preparation, configuration management and document control, fabrication, assembly, and simulation and modeling.

47. Junior Design Engineer Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Educational background inclusive of system design, engineering, and integration.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least an educational background in the design of a system, subsystem, program, project, or activity.

Duties: Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to, computer-aided design, design studies and analyses, research and development, specification preparation, configuration management and document control, fabrication, assembly, and simulation and modeling.

48. Lead Test Engineer Education: B.S. degree. Certain personnel will require Ph.D.

General Experience: Must have at least 10 years experience in the area of test and evaluation.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 7 years of hands-on experience in direct execution of major efforts in the application of a number of techniques to demonstrate that a prototype system, program, project, or activity performs in accordance with the objectives outlined in the original design.

Duties: Supervises test and evaluation technical effort. Performs typical tasks that include, but are not limited to, prototype development and first article testing, environmental testing, independent verification and validation, demonstration and validation, simulation and modeling, system safety, quality assurance, education and training, and physical testing of the product or system.

49. Senior Test Engineer Education: B.S. degree. Certain personnel will require MS.

General Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience in the area of test and evaluation.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 5 years of hands-on experience in direct execution of major efforts in the application of a number of techniques to demonstrate that a prototype system, program, project, or activity performs in accordance with the objectives outlined in the original design.

Duties: Supervises test and evaluation technical effort. Performs typical tasks that include, but are not limited to, prototype development and first article testing, environmental testing, independent verification and validation, demonstration and validation, simulation and modeling, system safety, quality assurance, education and training, and physical testing of the product or system.

50. Test Engineer Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 5 years experience in the area of test and evaluation.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 4 years of hands-on experience in direct execution of major efforts in the application of a number of techniques to demonstrate that a prototype system, program, project, or activity performs in accordance with the objectives outlined in the original design.

Duties: Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to, prototype development and first article testing, environmental testing, independent verification and validation, demonstration and validation, simulation and modeling, system safety, quality assurance, education and training, and physical testing of the product or system.

51. Junior Test Engineer Education: B.S. degree.

General Experience: Educational background inclusive of the area of test and evaluation.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least an educational background in the application of a number of techniques to demonstrate that a prototype system, program, project, or activity performs in accordance with the objectives outlined in the original design.

Duties: Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to, prototype development and first article testing, environmental testing, independent verification and validation, demonstration and validation, simulation and modeling, system safety, quality assurance, education and training, and physical testing of the product or system.

52. Lead Logistics Engineer Education: B.S. or B.A. degree. Certain personnel will require MS.

General Experience: Must have at least 10 years experience providing logistic support for major systems.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 6 years of direct program experience in the full life-cycle logistic support for a system acquisition project.

Duties: Directly supports and supervises logistical personnel supporting program managers performing tasking associated with engineering or acquisition projects. Prepares integrated logistic plans and policy and procedures for logistic support for major systems. Ensures that proper logistic considerations are included in the system development processes at each major milestone. Performs analyses to determine system maintainability, reliability, and supportability requirements. Documents results of the analysis in a report format. Develops systems maintenance concepts and plans and life-cycle supply requirements and processes to meet supply requirements. Performs cost analyses associated with systems logistic support and develops and reviews systems acquisition projects’ operating plans and procedures to ensure logistic support considerations are included. Performs technical training, configuration management, and quality assurance.

53. Senior Logistics Engineer Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 7 years experience providing logistic support for major systems.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 4 years of direct program experience in the full life-cycle logistic support for a system acquisition project.

Duties: Directly supports and supervises logistical personnel supporting program managers performing tasking associated with engineering or acquisition projects. Prepares integrated logistic plans and policy and procedures for logistic support for major systems. Ensures that proper logistic considerations are included in the system development processes at each major milestone. Performs analyses to determine system maintainability, reliability, and supportability requirements. Documents results of the analyses in a report format. Develops systems maintenance concepts and plans and life cycle supply requirements and processes to meet supply requirements. Performs cost analysis associated with systems logistic support and develops and reviews systems acquisition projects’ operating plans and procedures to ensure logistic support considerations are included. Performs technical training, configuration management, and quality assurance.

54. Logistics Engineer Education: B.A. or B.S. degree.

General Experience: Must have at least 4 years experience providing logistic support for major systems.

Specialized Experience: Must have at least 2 years of direct program experience in the full life-cycle logistic support for a system acquisition project.

Duties: Prepares integrated logistic plans and policy and procedures for logistic support for major systems. Ensures that proper logistic considerations are included in system development processes at each major milestone. Assists in performing analyses to determine system maintainability, reliability, and supportability requirements. Documents results of the analyses in a report format. Develops and reviews systems acquisition projects’ operating plans and procedures to ensure logistic support considerations are included. Performs technical training, configuration management, and quality assurance.

55. Junior Logistics Engineer Education:…