HSHQDC-16-R-00086_-_Attachment_J.4_Labor_Qualification_Requirements.pdf

Attachment J.4 – Labor Qualification Requirements

Program Manager

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree.

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience in managing complex engineering or technical efforts involving multiple facets of an engineering discipline.

Specialized Experience: 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.

Project Manager

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience in managing complex engineering or technical efforts involving multiple facets of an engineering discipline.

Specialized Experience: 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.

Project Scheduler

Minimum Education: Associates degree with 2 years of related experience. Equivalents: High School diploma with 4 years of specialized experience in related field, or Bachelors or Masters degree with no experience.

General Experience: Typically 3 to 9 years related experience.

Specialized Experience: Must have 4 years experience preparing and developing project schedules, using cost-accounting and labor-reporting systems. Must be proficient in the use of spreadsheets and project management tools.

Duties: Responsible for developing, maintaining, enhancing, and managing multiple project schedules, and Master Project Schedule if required. Helps to estimate project activity times and durations, and sequences and optimizes project activities to best meet goals and objectives. Integrates the schedule with the project budget, and analyzes the validity of schedules submitted by outside parties contributing to the project. Monitors actual progress, compares it to the baseline, and reports on progress and adverse deviations. Forecasts the schedule impacts of proposed project changes.

Cost Estimator

Minimum Education: Associates degree with 2 years of related experience. Equivalents: High School diploma with 4 years of specialized experience in related field, or Bachelors or Masters degree with no experience.

General Experience: Typically has 3 to 9 years experience working with accounting and financial systems. Has direct contract experience with staffing and resource planning, preparation of financial reports and presentations, and cost reporting under government contract guidelines.

Specialized Experience: Must have 4 years experience preparing and analyzing financial statements, developing project schedules, using cost-accounting and labor-reporting systems; and has a working knowledge of contract and subcontract management. Must be proficient in the use of spreadsheets and project management tools.

Duties: Analyzes construction documents to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates. Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors. Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates. Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work. Set up cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures. Visit site to gather site specific information needed to support cost estimates.

Senior Management Analyst

Minimum Education: Bachelors or Masters degree with 4 years relevant experience.

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience performing management analysis.

Specialized Experience: 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 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.

Management Analyst

General Experience: Typically has 4 to 6 years experience performing management analysis.

Specialized Experience: 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.

Senior Analyst

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited university/college in science, environmental management, or a related technical discipline.

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years of experience in scientific/environmental disciplines.

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Applies current disciplines and methodologies to the planning, analysis, evaluation, design, development, implementation, and/or support of environmental/analytical projects. Responsible for establishing and enforcing technical approaches and standards in the environmental/analytical process, and the application of automated support tools. Translates user requirements into functional requirements and solutions. Ensures quality throughout the project life cycle. Establishes technical and administrative policies for analytical personnel, including standards for review of work products for accuracy, adherence to design concepts and applicable standards. Reviews program documentation to assure compliance with standards or requirements and adherence to program milestones. Oversees other analysts.

Analyst

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited university/college in science, environmental management, or a related technical discipline.

General Experience: Typically has 4 to 6 years experience in scientific/environmental disciplines.

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Applies current disciplines and methodologies to the planning, analysis, evaluation, design, development, implementation, and/or support of environmental/analytical projects. Responsible for establishing and enforcing technical approaches and standards in the environmental/analytical process, and the application of automated support tools. Translates user requirements into functional requirements and solutions. Ensures quality throughout the project life cycle. Establishes technical and administrative policies for analytical personnel, including standards for review of work products for accuracy, adherence to design concepts and applicable standards. Reviews program documentation to assure compliance with standards or requirements and adherence to program milestones. Oversees other analysts.

Support Specialist

Minimum Education: Associate degree or H.S. diploma and 4 years relevant work experience.

General Experience: Typically 2 to 4 years of experience providing support to technical programs.

Specialized Experience: At least 2 years 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. Supervise other support specialists performing on the project. Must demonstrate the ability to work independently or under only general direction.

Biosafety Manager

Minimum Education: Bachelor degree.

General Experience: Typically 7 to 9 years related experience.

Must have excellent communication skills and tact that are essential for conducting research within a maximum containment laboratory. Must be physically capable of performing the functional duties of the position including donning and working in an impervious, positive pressure supplied-air suit commonly used in BSL-4 laboratories. Must meet personnel reliability standards including the FBI personnel risk assessment, NIH Collective Foreign Threats Screening; PATRIOT Act requirements; and Secret Clearance with full adjudication.

Specialized Experience: Must have demonstrated experience in the isolation and identification of agents that may pose a risk to the public health and economic well being of the United States. Responsible for the guidance and direction for the conduct of applied research engineering in areas substantially contributing to the field of biosafety/biocontainment. Frequently performs routine and complex laboratory operations associated with the applied research program.

Duties: Responsible for the biosafety/biocontainment for support to a maximum containment (BSL-4) laboratory and to conduct applied occupational health and safety research engineering. The Biosafety Manager must have intimate knowledge of engineering concepts and operations associated with primary barrier systems; methods of decontamination and sterilization; and experience in microbiology laboratory operations. Responsible for assuring that the safety containment and life support systems in the BSL-4 laboratory are appropriately maintained, exercised and inspected to insure 48 hour readiness status in the event that the facility is needed for response to a national emergency.

Quality Assurance Manager

Minimum Education: A Bachelors degree in biological sciences or equivalent.

General Experience: Typically 3 to 9 years of experience. Thorough understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs). Working knowledge of routine laboratory operations, equipment and systems, production processes, validation, etc.

Specialized Experience: At least 2 years quality management experience in laboratory environment.

Duties: Responsible for managing comprehensive quality management program to satisfy the quality-related expectations of the customer. Ensures compliance with various international and national standardization organizations such as ISO 9001:2000, CMMI, etc. Collects, organizes and analyzes organizational project data to assess how satisfied customers are. Authors program related documentation as appropriate. Determines/evaluates Root Cause and Corrective/Preventive Action.

Develops and initiates Corrective Action Plans. Verifies corrective action and implementation. Performs product quality control, peer reviews and/or audits to assess compliance with stated requirements.

Ensures focus on organizational continuous improvement plans and programs. Authors QA products.

Provides mentoring and training to program employees where appropriate.

Senior Systems Engineer

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree or higher.

General Experience: Typically 7 to 9 years related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Performs a variety of systems engineering tasks and activities independently, which are broad in nature and are concerned with major systems design, integration, and implementation, including personnel, hardware, software, budgetary, and support facilities and/or equipment.

Systems Engineer

General Experience: Typically 4 to 6 years related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Performs a variety of systems engineering tasks and activities independently, which are broad in nature and are concerned with major systems design, integration, and implementation, including personnel, hardware, software, budgetary, and support facilities and/or equipment.

Operations Specialist

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience providing operations support for complex facilities.

Specialized Experience: At least 6 years of direct program experience in the full life-cycle operations support for a complex, large scale facility.

Duties: Directly supports and supervises operations personnel supporting program managers performing tasking associated with the operations of the facility. Prepares integrated operations plans for operations of complex laboratory systems. 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. Performs technical training, configuration management, and quality assurance.

Logistics Specialist

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience providing logistic support for major systems.

Specialized Experience: 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.

Security Specialist

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of formal education, 16 years related experience, professional training and certifications. A Masters degree may be substituted for four years of general experience.

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years security experience. Shall have a TS/SCI clearance.

Specialized Experience: Minimum of 8 years specialized experience within one or more of the standard U.S. Government security fields (e.g.; technical, physical, information, personnel, international, operational or signal security; counterintelligence; antiterrorism; counterterrorism; counterdrug;

computer security; surveillance, counter surveillance or surveillance detection; infrastructure protection; force protection; technology protection; information operations; or industrial security programs). Requires subject matter expertise and hands-on experience in one or more security disciplines and experience establishing and implementing complex government security programs and policies.

Duties: Performs and or manages security services in one or more of the specialized security areas, applying incident management, problem solving, task management and producing finished documentation; e.g., reports, special studies, policy and procedure development, security designs, training programs and assessments. Provides analytical, research and technical support to projects, producing solutions and documentation. Develops and monitors project tasks and schedules. Manages projects and supervises other security specialists.

Training Specialist

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A.

Duties: Provide leadership and management for training tasks that are being performed by the contractor. Prepare training documents and services that are required to support training requirements drawing input from the researchers, test engineers, systems analysts, training specialists, logisticians, and the government and applying customer training policies. Develop and revise courses and prepare appropriate training catalogs. Prepare instructor materials (course outline, background material, and training aids). Prepare student materials (course manuals, workbooks, handouts, completion certificates, and course critique forms). Train personnel by conducting formal classroom courses, workshops and seminars. Prepare reports and monitor training tasks.

Laboratory Planner

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience providing support for complex facilities.

Specialized Experience: At least 6 years of direct program experience in operations support for a complex, large scale facility.

Duties: Supports development of NBAF SOPs and protocols. Advises on operations and maintenance approaches for NBAF. Identifies laboratory capabilities needed to meet regulatory requirements.

Advises on data management and record keeping structures. Advises on required testing and diagnostic capabilities needed to meet NBAF mission. Provides input to integrated operations plans for operations of NBAF. Supports development of training programs, configuration management, and quality assurance.

Senior Engineer

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in engineering.

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience in an engineering discipline.

Specialized Experience: 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 and performs 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 an analysis employing modeling and simulation techniques.

Engineer

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in engineering.

General Experience: Typically has 4 to 6 years of experience in an engineering discipline.

Specialized Experience: At least 2 years of experience providing direct or consultant scientific support to major programs or system development efforts.

Duties: Plans and implements analysis and solutions for complex projects. Serves as consultant in respective technical field. Demonstrates mastery of standard principles, theories, and techniques to solve problems and implement solutions. Develops and reviews program documentation to ensure compliance with standards or requirements and adherence to program milestones. Oversees other Scientists / Engineers.

Senior Scientist

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in scientific field.

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years of experience in a scientific field such as biology, chemistry, nuclear, environmental, physics, mathematics, or other scientific areas.

Specialized Experience: 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 roper implementation of programs and systems.

Scientist

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in scientific field.

General Experience: Typically has 4 to 6 years of experience in a scientific field such as biology, chemistry, nuclear, environmental, physics, mathematics, or other scientific areas.

Specialized Experience: At least 2 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 roper implementation of programs and systems.

Staffing Specialist

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience.

Specialized Experience: Individual shall have experience in planning and executing actions with minimal supervision top ensure vacancies are filled as expeditiously as possible. Individual shall have the ability to use the computer and software comparable with the office. The individual shall have some experience in the development of position descriptions and qualification requirements.

Duties: Provides management support, advice, counseling, and program development for staffing and human resources activities. Possesses a comprehensive range of knowledge and experience in the oversight of human resources support functions, including in-depth knowledge of human resource personnel file organization, management, and disposition/retention policies, particularly in a federal environment.

Procurement Support Specialist

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in finance, business administration accounting or other related field.

General Experience: Typically has 7 to 9 years experience.

Specialized Experience: Experience required should include all financial, accounting and acquisition activities related to a program, or project. Must demonstrate an understanding of generally accepted accounting practices and Federal Acquisition Regulations.

Duties: Reviews, analyzes, interprets and develops financial and budgetary reports, proposals and contractual documents. Monitors and reports performance against plans to ensure that financial and contractual objectives are met. Participates in contract negotiations.

IT Specialist

General Experience: 7 – 9 years experience in administering LAN and WAN security policies and procedures. Must have working knowledge of state-of-the-art security techniques and hardware/software security measures.

Specialized Experience: N/A.

Duties: This position is responsible for administering a wide range of information technology related security services. The scope of work encompasses a full range of computer services for operations associated with in-house information security. Tasks include, but are not limited to installing program packages; programming and maintaining various information processing applications; and analyzing, designing, purchasing and installing proposed information security systems. Also responsible for managing and operating telecommunications associated with security systems.

Enterprise Architect

General Experience: Typically 7 to 9 years related experience. Shall have a TS/SCI clearance.

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Leads and directs large teams with diverse functional and technical disciplines to include enterprise architects, systems engineers, business analysts, and network engineers. Works directly with senior executives of the enterprise to consult, coach, and advise on strategy, business alignment, enterprise architecture, information technology solutions, and the associated impact on the organization and its stakeholders. Coordinates resolution of highly complex problems and tasks, selling new ideas and concepts in support of operational goals and objectives. Provides technical and analytical guidance to enterprise architecture team. Integrates and translates complex concepts into tactical action plans. Directs high-level enterprise architecture analysis, evaluation, design, integration, documentation, and development.

Cyber Security Specialist

General Experience: Typically 7 to 9 years of related experience. Shall have a TS/SCI clearance.

Specialized Experience: N/A.

Duties: Supports development of technical solutions to support client’s requirements in solving moderately complex network, platform, and system security problems. Typical focus areas include analytical and engineering solutions based on federal and industry information security policy, doctrine, and regulations. Responsibilities include secure system engineering and development, including system/security requirements analysis, secure system definition, and specification development of information security policies and procedures utilizing technical and analytical skills. Also designs test beds for advanced information security hardware and software solutions.

Network Engineer

General Experience: Typically 7 to 9 years of related experience

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Provides support for technical direction and engineering expertise for communications (LAN/MAN/WAN) systems infrastructure activities, including network planning, designing, and implementing communications infrastructure requirements for buildings and systems. Ensures that adequate and appropriate planning is provided to direct building architects and planners in building communications spaces, networks, and media pathways to meet industry standards. Interfaces with internal and external customers and vendors to determine communications infrastructure needs.

Communications Engineer

General Experience: Typically 7 to 9 years of related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Provides support for technical direction and engineering expertise for communications (LAN/MAN/WAN) systems infrastructure activities, including network planning, designing, and implementing communications infrastructure requirements for buildings and systems. Ensures that adequate and appropriate planning is provided to direct building architects and planners in building communications spaces, networks, and media pathways to meet industry standards. Interfaces with internal and external customers and vendors to determine communications infrastructure needs.

Senior Software Engineer

General Experience: Typically 7 to 9 years related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Analyzes and studies complex system requirements. Designs software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manages their implementation. Manages software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques and, when appropriate, Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools. Estimates software development costs and schedule. Reviews existing programs and assists in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improving current techniques. Supervises software configuration management.

Software Engineer

General Experience: Typically 4 to 6 years related experience

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Analyzes and studies complex system requirements. Designs software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manages their implementation. Manages software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques and, when appropriate, Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools. Estimates software development costs and schedule. Reviews existing programs and assists in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improving current techniques. Supervises software configuration management.

Applications Developer

Minimum Education: Associates degree with two years of related experience. Equivalents: High School diploma with four years of specialized experience in related field, or Bachelors or Masters degree with no experience.

General Experience: Typically has 2 to 4 years related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A

Duties: Analyzes functional business applications and design specifications for functional activities.

Develops code. Translates detailed design into computer software. Tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product. Prepares required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency.

Data Architect

Minimum Education: Associates degree with two years of related experience. Equivalents: High School diploma with four years of specialized experience in related field, or Bachelors or Masters degree with no experience.

General Experience: Typically has 2 to 4 years related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A.

Duties: Responsible for designing and building relational databases. Develops strategies for data acquisitions, archive recovery, and implementation of a database. Works in a data warehouse environment, which includes data design, database architecture, metadata and repository creation.

Translates business needs into long-term architecture solutions. Defines, designs, and builds dimensional databases. Develops data warehousing blueprints, evaluating hardware and software platforms, and integrating systems. Evaluates reusability of current data for additional analyses. Reviews object and data models and the metadata repository to structure the data for better management and quicker access.

Communications Specialist

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent in public affairs or marketing, four to ten years related experience.

General Experience: Typically has 4 to 10 years related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A.

Duties: Directs activities concerned with customized media and public relations services including the development of media messages and strategies. Oversees written and spoken message content, production of video and other media such as news releases, video scripts, photo captions, plan designs.

Graphics Specialist

Minimum Education: Typically requires 2 to 4 years of college or training in a related discipline.

General Experience: Typically has 2 to 4 years related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A.

Duties: Produces graphic art and visual materials for promotions, advertisements, films, packaging, and informative and instructional material through a variety of media outlets such as websites and CD- ROMs. Generates and manipulates graphic images, animations, sound, text and video into consolidated and seamless multimedia programs.

Technical Editor

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in applicable technical field or equivalent experience and excellent communication skills.

General Experience: Typically has 2 to 4 years technical writing and editing experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A.

Duties: Reviews content of technical documentation. Checks author's document for spelling, grammar and content problems. Ensures that documents follow the style laid out in the company's style guide.

May also be responsible for maintaining the style guide.

Meeting Facilitator

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

General Experience: Typically 3 to 9 years of related experience.

Specialized Experience: N/A.

Duties: Assist group members of teams formed in developing system specifications and functionality to communicate their ideas, information, and opinions more effectively. Manage the team meetings and workshops. Keep the team focused on the subject at hand to achieve objectives. Assures discussions are brought to conclusion.