Duties
The Director Office of Safety and Mission Assurance:
- Implements Agency S&MA policies and practices for human spaceflight programs and projects at SSC. This includes monitoring support contractor S&MA efforts.
- Leads the organization and is responsible for workforce and budget, mission assurance functions, processes, and procedures for programs/projects, occupational safety, health, or medical activities related to institutional safety, propulsion and space launch vehicle test operations, and/or range operations.
- Serves as technical expert, policy advisor, and consultant to the Center Director and senior staff on S&MA matters. Advises the Center Director and senior Agency management regarding the overall status of S&MA issues.
- Continually participates with the Program Managers, the Project Managers, and other managers of the functional directorates in the development of policies, procedures, plans, and requirements for S&MA activities.
- Develops plans, schedules, and procedures to implement the S&MA functions for the Program and Projects Offices, other Center organizations, and support on-site contractor organizations.
- Establishes requirements and criteria in procurement documents, and evaluates resulting proposals relative to the design,
manufacturing, qualifications and testing of aerospace spacecraft, systems, subsystems, experiments, and related support equipment. - Provides support for program milestone reviews and provides an assessment report to the Flight Readiness Review Board.
- Serves as the approval authority for the Center Director on requests for waivers to Center Safety policies and regulations; and acts for the program offices when authorized as approval authority for waivers to quality and reliability requirements.
- Monitors spaceflight mission in real time to assist in the analysis of flight anomalies and corrective measures and participates in postflight analysis and test activities.
- Monitors critical and hazardous testing and provides for safety hazards recognition and safety training.
- Works with and supports responsible SSC directorates in environmental health, radiation safety, and range safety to ensure an integrated safety program for the Center, its employees, and tenants.
- Ensures a safe and healthful working environment for all employees, ensures employees are provided adequate training and
instructions on safety issues, and ensures that safety is a top priority in facility management and operations. - Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.
