Project Manager III

Osc Global; Hanford (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Health insurance

Paid holidays

PTO

Disability benefits

Job summary

OSC Technical Solutions, located at Hanford, WA, seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead cross-organizational IT infrastructure initiatives and ensure on-time delivery aligned with contracts. You will define tasks, budgets, schedules; manage stakeholders; apply EVMS techniques; and oversee DevSecOps and production support adherence.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of PM experience, with 3+ years in IT, plus familiarity with Azure DevOps, Jira, and Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of project management experience, including 3+ years in IT.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage detailed project schedules and resources.
• Coordinate across departments to meet deadlines and budgets.
• Apply EVMS techniques and manage cost variances throughout the project lifecycle.
• Document change control items and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Produce weekly and monthly project status reports for stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Budget management

Agile

Azure DevOps

Jira

EVMS

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Asana

Trello

Job description

Position Overview

This position will lead cross organizational teams, providing project management support on multiple small, mid-level, and enterprise level IT infrastructure projects simultaneously with very limited oversight from management. Infrastructure project support includes the assessment, maintenance, documentation, modernization, testing, and implementation / deployment for both software and hardware products.

Major Activities (Typical Duties/Responsibilities)

The project manager is responsible for supporting strategic initiatives at the Hanford site which will include defining tasks and timelines, coordinating across departments, managing budgets, and ensuring timely delivery. The project manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of projects ensuring consistency with organizational strategy, contractual commitments, and goals.

Specific duties include but are not limited to the following:

Schedule Management:

• Create and maintain detailed project schedules, including resource allocations.
• Regularly meet with development team members to ensure balance between demand and capacity, review actual hours worked vs planned hours to ensure deadlines and budgets are maintained.

Estimating and Budget Management:

• Provide ROM estimates utilizing the approved OSC/HMIS Business Office processes with input from development team.
• Ability to create a Detailed Cost Estimate to provide a more comprehensive response when requested by customer utilizing the approved OSC/HMIS Business Office processes.
• Once approval and funds are received, ensure project cost are tracked throughout project life cycle against the planned schedule and budget.
• Manage any cost variance and report overall project progress and execution within the project portfolio management system as required.
• Demonstrate basic understanding of and ability to apply Earned Value Management System (EVMS) techniques to projects as required.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Demonstrate effective communication and presentation skills to both internal and external project stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, maintain productive relationships, and ensure client engagement during the project life cycle.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate to all levels within the organization, including senior management, at the appropriate level of technical depth depending on the audience.

Change Control:

• Document change control items per standard project management process, procedures, and best practices; track impact to schedule, scope, resources, or cost.
• Demonstrate ability to influence all levels of the organization and stakeholders of the importance of proper change control during all stages of the SDLC.

Risk & Quality Management:

• Identify, assess, document, manage, mitigate, and communicate issues and risks throughout the project life cycle.
• Develop and maintain contingency plans based on identified project risks.
• Understand when and where to seek guidance and/or input on the quality requirements from various stakeholders.
• Demonstrate ability to identify quality gaps, align with the stakeholders on quality requirements, and help ensure that the development teams are uniformly delivering the quality requirements of a given project.

DevSecOps & Production Support Process Adherence:

• Ensure your teams adhere to DevSecOps and production support policies and procedures (including contractor-specific procedures) related to standard development management, release management, change management, SQA, and production support.
• Ensure that you have an in-depth understanding of all applicable procedures for each contractor project supported.
• Lead and direct your team in a manner that adheres to all sitewide and contractor specific procedures for each project.
• Assist with the promotion of various DevSecOps processes to influence or assist teams in adapting to industry standard development trends for DevSecOps.

Project Reporting, Documentation, and Deliverables:

• Provide weekly and monthly project reporting, within required deadlines, on work performed.
• Ensure that required contract deliverables are tracked to completion, delivered on time, and meet customer expectations.
• Ensure that SQA documentation is created, maintained, approved, and issued per Project Contractor’s applicable procedures.
• Document and create Epics, Features, and User stories within the Azure DevOps environment to track customer requirements and priorities.
• Work with team resources on user story estimates and tracking within Azure DevOps.
• Plan sprint cycles within Azure DevOps that align with application release schedules.
• Provide project status reporting to stakeholders that ensures they have greater insight into the project, improves project tracking, and documents project progress.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• You have proven strong organizational and leadership skills to manage large high-profile projects or processes under tight deadlines with very limited oversight from manager.
• You are highly self-motivated and self-directed
• You have the vision and mindset to identify, handle, and resolve problems quickly before they become recurring issues
• You are able to build a rapport with stakeholders by actively listening to and understanding their needs and concerns to ensure you can address them effectively
• You are familiar with all aspects of software quality assurance principles. This could include but not limited to ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) standards
• You are able to communicate effectively and work well in teams while continuously learning from peers
• You are able to provide clear, concise, and effective verbal and written communications regularly to ensure that all project stakeholders are informed of project status
• You are able to facilitate all project meetings and create/update/distribute project documentation.
• You are able to provide effective leadership to development teams, fellow project managers, and project stakeholders

Physical Abilities

• Sufficient fine motor skills for the use of computers, calculators with an ability to withstand repetitive keyboarding for extended periods of time.
• Visual and communications ability adequate to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Ability to kneel, bend and twist at the waist on an occasional basis.
• Ability to reach below shoulder height with regular frequency (desk position) and at or above shoulder height on occasion.
• Ability to push, pull, carry and lift objects weighing up to 10 pounds on a regular basis, and greater weights on an occasional basis.
• Ability to travel by vehicle or aircraft, and ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5 or more years of project management experience with 3 years in an IT field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Must pass pre-employment background check.
• Must pass pre-employment drug screening.
• Applicants are required to have REAL ID ACT compliant documentation at time of hire and nothing on record that would prohibit you from gaining access to Department of Energy sites.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the project management and implementation of Infrastructure projects (in such areas as Cloud Infrastructure, Networking and Data Centers, Disaster Recovery and Security, Hardware Upgrades and Maintenance, etc).
• Experience with Software/IT life cycles (SDLC). SDLC knowledge should include both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Minimum of 2 years working in an Agile environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps and/or other Agile methodology organization tools such as Jira, Asana, or Trello.
• Experience with or understanding of how websites, web applications, databases, servers (web, application, and database), cloud-based solutions, Microsoft Windows applications, and general business process flows function in order to facilitate successful IT projects.

Pay Range: $100,101.29- $160,103.00

Benefits:

OSC Technical Solutions offers excellent benefits for eligible employees. Benefits include paid holidays, paid time off, 401k with employer match, dental, vision, health insurance plans through the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program, as well as life and disability benefits.

OSC Technical Solutions does not discriminate, and the company provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, age, marital status, pregnancy or parenthood, handicap or disability, genetics, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. OSC Technical Solutions adheres to all federal, state and local laws regarding equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate against you in violation of these laws. OSC Technical Solutions reserves the right to apply CIRI Shareholder preference to qualified Shareholders in employment and advancement opportunities.

OSC Technical Solutions participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Important Employment Notice: Federal Contract & RCW 49.44.240:

Due to our status as a federal contractor operating within the State of Washington, all applicants and employees must adhere to federal law, which classifies cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance.

While Washington State’s RCW 49.44.240 (which generally prohibits employers from discriminating against an applicant based on their lawful use of cannabis off-site and during working hours) is state law, it does not supersede federal requirements.

Zero-Tolerance Policy and Disqualification

• Prohibition: The use, possession, or distribution of cannabis is strictly prohibited for all employees, regardless of state law.
• Testing: Applicants will be subject to pre-employment drug screening that includes testing for cannabis.
• Disqualification: A positive test result for cannabis will result in immediate disqualification from consideration for employment, as mandated by our federal contract obligations.

All applicants must be able to comply with all federal regulations, including those concerning controlled substances, as a condition of employment.

In compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Field Office (HFO) direction, employees issued initial badges on or after September 1st, 2025, are required to obtain and maintain a HSPD-12 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credential. To obtain this credential, new employees must successfully complete and pass a federal background check investigation. This investigation encompasses multiple areas of eligibility and includes a declaration of illegal drug activities, including use, supply, possession, or manufacture within the last year. This includes marijuana and cannabis derivatives, which are still considered illegal under federal law, regardless of state laws.