Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship SME

Sayres is seeking candidates for a Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship SME supporting Headquarters Air Force (HAF). This position is located in the NCR.

Position Summary

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Serve as primary point of contact for customers on nuclear stockpile stewardship requirements.


• Provide comprehensive knowledge of the current nuclear stockpile at National, DoD, Joint, and Service levels.


• Maintain expertise on current and emerging nuclear weapon systems and capabilities


• Review, analyze, and recommend actions for USG approval related to nuclear stockpile sustainment.


• Interact and coordinate with DoD and non-DoD offices and organizations within the nuclear enterprise.


• Attend and participate in nuclear stockpile-related technical discussions, meetings, conferences, demonstrations, workshops, seminars, and forums with community stakeholders.


• Conduct project feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses, and risk assessments for nuclear stockpile initiatives.


• Monitor and track project progress, performance, and expenditures, analyzing variances to identify trends, opportunities, and risks.


• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and dashboards to communicate findings and facilitate decision-making.

Required Skills and Education:

• Advanced knowledge and seasoned understanding of the nuclear enterprise business/industry environment.


• Experience working on complex issues/problems of large scope, impact, and importance.


• Ability to apply complex methods/skills to develop novel, customized solutions for nuclear stockpile challenges.


• Exceptional initiative, creativity, and innovation skills.


• Demonstrated ability to make significant contributions to policy and procedure development.


• Ability to operate under general direction and apply extensive judgment independently.


• Masters degree and 6 years of experience OR a Bachelors degree and 8 years of experience OR an Associates degree and 11 years OR a high school diploma and 14 years of experience in lieu of degree.


• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of nuclear stockpile stewardship requirements at the National, DoD, Joint, and Service level.


• Demonstrated experience working and coordinating with DoD and non-DoD offices and organizations whose roles involve the nuclear enterprise, nuclear stockpile, and nuclear weapons systems.

Security Clearance:

• Top Secret with ability to obtain SCI

The position description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform position-related tasks other than those stated in this description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

At Sayres, our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers' expectations. We offer a broad spectrum of technical, engineering and administrative services including acquisition, financial and program management; fleet synthetic training; logistics; ship construction engineering; systems engineering and integration; wargaming; test and evaluation; security, counterintelligence and policy analysis and have been providing excellence in service to the Federal Government since 2001. Sayres is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.

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