Jr. Program Engineer

BCS Allegient; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

BCS Allegient in Arlington, VA, is seeking a Junior Program Engineer to join the Office of Naval Research team. This onsite role supports program management, budget oversight, and technical studies to help programs meet objectives.

You will coordinate conferences, briefings, data calls, and deliverables while developing key project documents. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree, with master’s degree substitution for two years of experience; five years of related engineering/science

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Five years of engineering, mathematics, or science experience including biology, chemistry, CS and physics.
• Recent federal acquisition and budgeting experience.
• Experience in executing and reviewing technical studies, analysis, and design activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Program Manager with management and oversight of program objectives.
• Coordinate conferences, demonstrations, events, meetings, and technical reviews.
• Maintain briefings and input for data calls, budget exhibits, and congressional requests.
• Develop and maintain key documents and master plans for studies and analyses.
• Support program management including acquisition plan development and performance assessment.
• Update planning sheets and portfolio review materials; draft slides.
• Develop databases for tracking deliverables and milestones.
• Prepare program status and after-action reports; draft briefing materials and agendas.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

BCS Allegient has a 35-year history of helping government, research, and private sector clients implement their programs and missions to achieve success. We offer a breadth of professional support services in the areas of business management, communications, systems engineering, analysis, mission execution, and organization performance. BCS Allegient is looking for a Junior Program Engineer to join our team at the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, VA.

• This position is onsite in Arlington, VA.
• Salary range: $75K
• Assist the Program Manager with management and oversight of program objective.
• Assist the coordination of conferences, demonstrations, expositions, events, meetings, technical reviews, etc.
• Maintaining briefings; and assisting in coordinating input for data calls, such as budget exhibit submissions, congressional requests for information and budgetary drills.
• Assist in developing and maintaining key documents and master plans that incorporate all relevant studies and analyses.
• Support technical management of programs including acquisition plan development, representation of the government project manager where required, and assessment of performance in terms of technical objectives, costs and schedules.
• Support the management and execution of programs by updating Task Planning Sheets, Mission Model Canvas sheets, quad sheets, Fact Sheets and drafting portfolio review slide.
• Assist in the development of databases for technical and programmatic tracking of key deliverables and milestones.
• Assist in the preparation of program status reports and after-action reports following major program reviews or key events, as required.
• Support preparation of draft briefing materials, meeting/trip agendas, reports, correspondence, and action item tracking.

Requirements

Education Requirement

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Education Credit: A master’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of experience

Experience Requirements

• Five (5) years of experience in engineering, mathematics, or science, including biology, chemistry, computer science, and physics
• Recent experience in federal acquisition and budgeting
• Experience in executing and reviewing technical studies, analysis, and design activities

Desired Additional Qualifications

• Experience with DoW (formerly DoD) RDT&E program/budget exhibits & RDT&E strategic plans.