- Location: Vancouver, Washington
- Type: Contract
- Job #8894
Overview:
ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Program Support Specialist 3 will provide direct program support and assistance to the organization. This position will assist with the implementation and support of services provided by the Process Support and Management (PSM) program, including Security Privilege Coordinator (SPC) services for physical and cyber access; quarterly reviews; maintenance of cyber and physical access databases; purchasing and procurement support; equipment asset management; Control Center cyber asset and equipment inventory; operational support of programs and regular compliance standards; and data and document management, including the management of a controlled directory of documents. This position coordinates the implementation and execution of regular compliance standards from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Department of Energy (DOE), Western Electricity Coordinating Counci l (WECC), and other governing agencies and organizations. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.
Pay range: $32.83 - $46.91
Benefits:
- Paid holidays: 11
- PTO: Starting at 10 days
- Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
- EAP: Employee Assistance Program
- Benefit options available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
- Other benefits include the following: Calm App, LifeBalance Discount Program
Responsibilities:
- Purchasing and Procurement Assistance:
- Draft and validate Statements of Work (SOWs) for service contracts including complex master contracts for manager and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) review.
- Process Control Center contract and material orders in accordance with documented processes. The average annual workload of these tasks may include more than 220 non-IT orders and 400-600 IT related orders not including capital project orders.
- Perform reconciliation and data entry for purchases under the Micro Purchase Program (MPP) credit card (previously P-Card) holder(s). Maintain efficient processes related to purchasing and procurement; provide recommendations for process improvements. Attend training as required.
- Request unofficial estimates and budgetary quotes from various vendors for all material orders purchased via the Micro Purchase Program (MPP), aka a P-card.
- Collaborate with the Information Technology (J-IT), Operational Technology (OT) and the Control Center Procurement Team to develop best practices, standards, and process improvement for diverse procurement objectives.
- Engage project managers and subject matter experts to obtain detailed information, requirements, and specifications for service engagements contracts.
- Work with Project Managers (PMs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), CORs, and Contracting Officers (COs) on product consultations and deployments regarding the procurement requirements, timeframes, security requirements, inherently governmental duties, and contract deliverables from execution to completion.
- Work with the accounting office and CORs on service contract milestones for payments and pre-payment schedules; create Contract Payment Authorizations (CPAs) for approved invoices; track billing for budget tracking and forecasting.
- Verify received materials meet Control Center (CC) requirements.
- At the request of manager or COR/CO, work with vendors to process Return