Project Manager

Ddc Dine; New Orleans (LA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Diné Development Corporation (DDC) is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead a DOE SPRPMO Management and Technical Support Services task order.

You will be the contractor's senior point of accountability for integrated financial, business, technical, and administrative support, directing staffing and subcontractor performance, with an operating model that minimizes Government intervention.

Qualifications

• Active DOE Q security clearance at time of proposal and ability to maintain the clearance.
• Senior program/project-management experience leading complex Federal or comparably regulated mission-support programs.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, allocate resources, manage competing priorities, oversee subcontractors, and maintain continuity of operations.
• Proven experience managing performance against contractual deliverables, quality standards, schedule, risk, and customer expectations.
• Documented examples of personally resolving significant management, technical, logistical, or operational challenges using specific methods or non-standard techniques.
• Quantifiable accomplishments showing improved performance, efficiency, cost, schedule, quality, risk, or customer outcomes.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to brief senior Government and contractor leadership.
• Ability to work primarily on-site in New Orleans and travel to SPR facilities as required.
• Ability and willingness to execute a two-year Key Personnel Letter of Commitment if selected for proposal submission.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior contractor management interface with DOE SPRPMO leadership, the Contracting Officer, and COR.
• Direct organization, staffing, workload allocation, performance management, succession coverage, and subcontractor integration across all PWS functions.
• Establish clear lines of authority, decision rights, escalation paths, management controls, and cross-functional coordination mechanisms.
• Manage technical, schedule, cost, financial, quality, security, safety, and administrative performance and implement corrective actions before issues affect mission outcomes.
• Ensure recurring and ad hoc deliverables are accurate, timely, compliant, and produced with minimal rework.
• Lead transition activities, including onboarding, clearance/access readiness, knowledge transfer, continuity, and 30/60/90-day execution priorities.
• Drive measurable process improvement, labor efficiency, cost control, and waste reduction while maintaining required service levels.
• Maintain effective coordination with DOE, SPR site organizations, other DOE contractors, and subcontractors while preserving non-personal-services boundaries.
• Oversee compliance with applicable DOE security, cyber, safety, quality, OCI, travel, and site-access requirements.
• Lead response to surge requirements, assessments, special projects, and mission-driven events within contract scope.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Senior PM

Staffing

Subcontractors

Executive communication

DOE clearance

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

BRIC is recruiting a senior Project Manager (PM) to lead a prospective DOE SPRPMO Management and Technical Support Services task order. The PM will be the contractor's senior point of accountability for integrated financial, business, technical, administrative, and special-project support; will direct staffing and subcontractor performance; and will establish an operating model that delivers reliable mission support with minimal Government intervention. *This position is contingent upon contract award.*

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior contractor management interface with DOE SPRPMO leadership, the Contracting Officer, and COR.
• Direct organization, staffing, workload allocation, performance management, succession coverage, and subcontractor integration across all PWS functions.
• Establish clear lines of authority, decision rights, escalation paths, management controls, and cross-functional coordination mechanisms.
• Manage technical, schedule, cost, financial, quality, security, safety, and administrative performance and implement corrective actions before issues affect mission outcomes.
• Ensure recurring and ad hoc deliverables are accurate, timely, compliant, and produced with minimal rework.
• Lead transition activities, including onboarding, clearance/access readiness, knowledge transfer, continuity, and 30/60/90-day execution priorities.
• Drive measurable process improvement, labor efficiency, cost control, and waste reduction while maintaining required service levels.
• Maintain effective coordination with DOE, SPR site organizations, other DOE contractors, and subcontractors while preserving non-personal-services boundaries.
• Oversee compliance with applicable DOE security, cyber, safety, quality, OCI, travel, and site-access requirements.
• Lead response to surge requirements, assessments, special projects, and mission-driven events within contract scope.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Active DOE Q security clearance at time of proposal and ability to maintain the clearance throughout performance.
• Demonstrated senior program/project-management experience leading complex Federal or comparably regulated mission-support programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, allocate resources, manage competing priorities, oversee subcontractors, and maintain continuity of operations.
• Proven experience managing performance against contractual deliverables, quality standards, schedule, risk, and customer expectations.
• Documented examples of personally resolving significant management, technical, logistical, or operational challenges using specific methods or non-standard techniques.
• Quantifiable accomplishments showing improved performance, efficiency, cost, schedule, quality, risk, or customer outcomes.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to brief senior Government and contractor leadership.
• Ability to work primarily on-site in New Orleans and travel to SPR facilities as required.
• Ability and willingness to execute a two-year Key Personnel Letter of Commitment if selected for proposal submission.

Desired Qualifications

• Direct experience supporting the DOE Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Office of Petroleum Reserves, or another DOE mission in a comparable operating environment.
• Experience in one or more SPR-relevant disciplines: financial/budget management, audit/internal controls, security/emergency response, ES&H, quality assurance, scheduling/configuration management, cost estimating, IT/business systems, or administrative operations.
• Experience with DOE systems/processes such as STARS, STRIPES, BFADS, BARC, iPortal, SharePoint, Power BI, K2 workflows, EVM/EAC, or DOE project controls.
• PMP, PgMP, PE, MBA, FAC-COR, DOE Federal Project Director credential, Lean Six Sigma, or other relevant professional certification.
• Prior Federal service-contract transition experience and demonstrated process improvement or cost-reduction results.

About Us

Diné Development Corporation (DDC) is a Navajo Nation–owned family of companies that provides government agencies and commercial organizations with high-quality IT, professional, environmental, and research and development services. DDC is dedicated to empowering the Navajo Nation and the communities we serve.

Benefits

• Eligible full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, retirement savings with company match, and paid time off.
• Additional benefits include voluntary supplemental benefits, access to an employee assistance program, and educational assistance with tuition reimbursement.

Equal Opportunity & Compliance Statement

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing information about compensation, or any other basis prohibited by law. We participate in E-Verify. DDC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees.

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