The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Property Specialist

Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of related experience preferred.
  • Bachelor's degree in business or a related field required.
  • Knowledge of FAR and DFARS preferred.
  • Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and VLOOKUP.
  • Strong attention to detail and critical thinking ability.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • NPMA certification (CPPS level) preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain accurate records of government and company property.
  • Prepare and submit property reports to leadership.
  • Create and manage property disposition schedules.
  • Utilize information systems to track key performance metrics.
  • Verify data accuracy for stakeholders using various tools.
  • Lead annual inventory campaigns and assist with property closeouts.
  • Provide guidance on property management to internal stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Support for workplace flexibility and work-life balance.
  • Access to employee clubs and various social events.
  • Health and finance workshops available.
  • Discounts to local cultural events and museums.
Full Job Description

Job Description Summary:

The Property Specialist (on-site) serves as an integral member of the Supply Chain function. Reporting to the Manager of Government Property, this role is involved in creating property disposition schedules, government property reports, annual inventory, and analysis and evaluation of trends related to government property acquisition, inventory and disposition. This position is heavily focused on inventory tracking, administration and maintenance of the property database. In this role, you will ensure our programs remain fully compliant with federal contracting regulations and internal procedures across the entire asset lifecycle. Responsibilities include frequent interface with internal and external customers to ensure compliance with contracts, government regulations, company directives/procedures and sound business practices.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Accurately maintain government and company owned property records regarding acquisition, receiving, identification, movement, storage, inventories, consumption, utilization, maintenance, subcontractor control, disposition and closeout in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws, contractual requirements and sound business judgment.  

  • Prepare and submit accurate property reports to leadership.

  • Create property disposition schedules utilizing government applications, monitor and manage active disposition schedules and provide clear direction on disposition instructions. 

  • Using information systems to build and manage detailed spreadsheets and key performance metrics to support timely property disposition.  

  • Verifies and ensures data provided to customers and other stakeholders are complete and accurate, utilizing various systems, tools,  and Microsoft Excel. 

  • Leads the annual inventory campaign and assists with property close-out tasks. 

  • Provide guidance to internal stakeholders in property management and tracking. 

  • Interfaces with the Program Offices and Procurement to resolve outstanding actions related to incoming property. 

  • Proactively establish priorities, executing responsibilities with minimal supervision, and meeting deadlines in a high-pressured environment.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.


Skills/Abilities

  • Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) as it pertains to Government Property preferred.

  • Advanced skill level in Excel (including proficiency with pivot tables and v-lookup functions).

  • Experience with the control and accountability of property in a government or commercial environment.

  • Strong ability to learn computer applications, query tools within multiple software applications.

  • High level of attention to detail and ability to think critically and independently.

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.

  • Current NPMA certification of at least the CPPS level, preferred.

  • Able to lift up to 50lbs. 

  • Work on-site, with ability to perform required travel as needed.


Education

  • Bachelors degree in business or related required.


Experience

  • 0 - 3 years of progressive property experience required. Direct experience with control and accountability of government property is preferred.

Additional Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Secret clearance is required.

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Job Location - City:

Cambridge

Job Location - State:

Massachusetts

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is

$62,500.00 - $140,000.00

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Union ranges will be in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement's approved rates by location and role. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.  Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

About The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts; its official name is The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The laboratory specializes in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solutions to problems in national security, space exploration, health care and energy. The laboratory was founded in 1932 by Charles Stark Draper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop aeronautical instrumentation, and came to be called the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. During this period the laboratory is best known for developing the Apollo Guidance Computer, the first silicon integrated circuit based computer. It was renamed for its founder in 1970, and separated from MIT in 1973 to become an independent, non-profit organization. The expertise of the laboratory staff includes the areas of guidance, navigation, and control technologies and systems; fault-tolerant computing; advanced algorithms and software systems; modeling and simulation; and microelectromechanical systems and multichip module technology.
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