Labor Categories

Labor
Category

Education

Years
Exper.

Description

Program
Director

Bachelor's/ Master's Degree**

Senior manager with overall project financial and technical responsibility and authority. Responsible for assigning resources and monitoring cost, schedule and performance. Makes decisions on administrative or operational matters affecting more than one segment or functional activity of the program.

Director

Bachelor's/ Master's Degree**

Senior manager with financial and technical responsibility and authority for a project. Responsible for assigning resources and monitoring cost, schedule and performance. Makes decisions on administrative or operational matters affecting the project. Serves as deputy to the Program Director.

Sr. Project Mgr

Bachelor's/ Master's/ Doctorate Degree**

Responsible for planning, direction and coordination functions for one or more areas of the projects. Responsible for setting and attaining budget, schedule and performance in the assigned project.

Project Mgr

Bachelor's/ Master's Degree**

Responsible for planning, direction and coordination functions for a project. Responsible for setting and attaining budget, schedule and performance in the assigned project.

Principal
Engineer

Bachelor's/ Master's/ Doctorate Degree**

Expert in the field. Possesses extensive managerial, technical and/or business knowledge. Provides leadership and direction for major projects requiring coordination or integration across multiple technical disciplines or interfaces.

Sr. Engineer

Bachelor's/ Master's Degree**

Responsible for the solution of complex system problems. Directs, guides, and coordinates the activities of a group, or groups, of technical personnel performing complex technical activities. Works without technical supervision.

Staff Engineer

Bachelor's Degree

Possesses broad knowledge of industry practices, standards and technology areas. Performs work in a technical field to determine optimal system performance and design characteristics. Develops solutions to problems of varied complexity. May direct efforts of others.

Engineer

Bachelor's Degree

Performs work in a technical field to determine optimum performance and design characteristics. Works under the general supervision of a more senior employee.

Associate
Engineer

Bachelor's Degree

Performs professional level engineering assignments while working under the guidance of a more experienced employee.

Sr. Contract Administrator

Bachelor's Degree

Directs and controls the activities associated with the preparation, negotiation and pricing of contracts and subcontracts. Administers the GSA contract and acts as focal point of contact between SPACEHAB and the GSA Contracting Officer.

Contract Administrator

Bachelor's Degree

Assists in the preparation, negotiation and pricing of contracts and subcontracts.

Subcontract Administrator

Bachelor's Degree

Ensures compliance to the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Government Procurement Procedures and ISO Work Instructions. Negotiates subcontracts. Administers and manages subcontracts of various types and complexities, from the solicitation phase through award and closeout

Contracts Specialist

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Provides skilled administrative assistance to the contract and subcontract administrators. Able to provide initial drafts for contract/subcontract administrator's use in developing requirements, proposals and contracts.

Intellectual
Property Administrator

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Responsible for coordinating all aspects of patent process, non-disclosure agreements, and foreign visitor requests. Coordinates with the Dept of Commerce and State for export licensing and agreements. Ensures the facilities comply with the ITAR guidelines from the Dept of State.

Sr. Financial
Analyst

Bachelor's/ Master's Degree**

Responsible for the development of major financial efforts. Develops and presents financial reporting documents to customers.

Financial
Analyst

Bachelor's Degree

Gathers and analyzes financial data for the project. Presents internal reports to the directors, managers and administrators of the project to enable timely and accurate financial monitoring.

Project
Control

Bachelor's Degree

Facilitating the development of comprehensive schedules for engineering, procurement, and fabrication. Monitoring the implementation and progress of project schedules. Updating schedules to reflect current project plans and requirements. Providing routine analysis of schedule progress in relation to baseline objectives.

Administrative
Assistant

Associate Degree or Equivalent Experience

2 - 4

Provides administrative and clerical support to the engineering and administrative teams. Develops solutions to problems of varied complexity.

Technician IV

Trained in Specialty

Performs highly skilled work at the advanced level in assigned discipline. Instructs, leads, and directs the work of others.

Technician III

Trained in Specialty

Performs highly skilled work at the advanced level in the assigned discipline. Works independently with a minimum level of supervision.

Technician II

Trained in Specialty

Performs skilled work at the intermediate level in the assigned discipline. Works independently with a moderate level of supervision.

Technician I

Trained in Specialty

Performs skilled work in assigned discipline. Works under direction of a more experienced employee.

Document
Control Specialist

H. S. Diploma or Equivalent

Responsible for the control of all associated project documents and files. Maintains current and obsolete documentation for the project. Assembles document packages for the staff as required to assure that the latest version of documents are utilized.

Consultant

Education

Years
Exper.

Description

Sr. Legal Consultant

Law Degree

Develops solutions to complex questions concerning defense article technology transfers raised by flying high technology experiments on space vehicles.

Legal Consultant

Law Degree

Assists in the development of solutions to complex questions concerning defense article technology transfers raised by flying high technology experiments on space vehicles.

Patent Attorney

Law Degree

Assists with complex questions concerning patent filings and infringements, trademarks, and other issues of intellectual capital.

Sr. Engineering Consultant

Bachelor's/ Master's/ Doctorate Degree** <or> Licensed Professional Engineer**

Possesses unique experience, skills, and expert knowledge in specialized technical, functional, and/or process areas within the engineering discipline or across engineering disciplines. Provides capabilities to solve critical project problems.

Engineering Consultant

Bachelor's/ Master's <or> Licensed Professional Engineer**

Note: The following footnote applies to all labor categories denoted by **
In some cases, the following will be considered in place of minimum education and experience: unique education, specialized experience, skills, knowledge, training, or certification; military training and/or experience. Related experience may be substituted for education. Education and experience requirements will be determined jointly by SPACEHAB and the customer based on task requirements.