Property Specialist

Overview

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation.

Job Description Summary

The Property Specialist serves as an integral member of the Supply Chain function. The incumbent is involved in creating property disposition schedules, maintaining government property reports, and annual inventory activity. This position is focused on inventory tracking, administration, and maintenance of the property records, PIEE reporting, and may be required to support some other supply chain related tasks.

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.
• Lifting up to 50lbs is required.
• Some travel is required.

Education

• Bachelors degree in business or related required.
• National Property Management Association (NPMA) certification preferred.

Experience

• Progressive property experience preferred.
• Direct experience with control and accountability of government property preferred.
• In lieu of a formal degree then 4-5 years of demonstrated government property experience may be substituted

Additional Job Description

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

Current in scope Secret security clearance is required.

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• Job Location - City: Cambridge
• Job Location - State: Massachusetts
• Job Location - Postal Code: 02139-3563

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $62,500.00 - $140,000.00

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