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ISS Logistic Coordinator (ESA-ESTEC)

Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Sapienza Consulting [OE104]

Field(s) of expertise
Aerospace Engineering
Job type
Permanent
Education
Master
Deadline
Closed

About this job

Sapienza Consulting, a Serco company, is recruiting a ISS Logistic Coordinator for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC).

Sapienza has been a partner of ESA for almost 30 years, and we pride ourselves in supporting a wide range of missions including Galileo, MTG, Copernicus and ExoMars. Our team is international with activities across the U.K., the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The ISS Logistic Coordinator will be responsible for the planning and execution of inventory management, logistics documentation and database management, as well as ground processing support within the European logistics tasks for the International Space Station (ISS).

Specific tasks will include:

  • Inventory Management.
  • Logistics Documentation and Database Management.
  • Ground Processing and Transportation Management.
  • Logistics Planning and Implementation.
  • Logistics Support to ISS Increment Operations.

Responsibilities

  • Manifest:
    • Verification of the ESA mass allocation charged for each flight.
    • Co-ordination with NASA of the packing mass to be allocated to ESA.
    • Check and submittal of all ESA commodities for ESA System and Utilization in Upload, Download and Disposal.
    • Revision of the Increment Manifest Status reports.
    • Support to ESA Safety Review Panel (SRP) for Flight manifest status.
    • Summary of the Manifest status at Increment level or Multi Increment level for:
      • Increment Co-ordination Meeting (ICMs).
      • Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR) Technical Interchange Meeting (TIMs).
      • Operational Readiness Reviews (ORRs).
    • Participate to ESA/NASA Increment meeting as per Increment Manager request.
  • Maintenance:
    • Support in the coordination for all increments.
    • Support in the coordination and revision of the Increment Maintenance Plans and the Integrated Maintenance Plan.
  • Imagery:
    • Support the coordination and input for all increments.
  • Ground Processing and Transportation Management:
    • Support in the coordination at any launch site of the support and (re)supply of all ISS cargo and spares flown as part of the ESA’s allocation.
    • Support to industrial contractor for ESA hardware importation in Europe
    • Revision of the Increment Logistics Plans
  • Cargo Reviews:
    • Support in the coordination and planning of ESA Cargo reviews for nominal load, late load and cargo review via pictures
    • Revision of system and payload label plans
    • Cargo review execution and post cargo review actions
    • Cargo review preparation and support for complex items
  • Stowage:
    • Support in the Coordination and Revision of the Increment Stowage Plans.
    • Support the Coordination with NASA Stowage for NASA Temporary Stowage in Columbus:
      • Summary of the Stowage Trend status at Increment level or Multi Increment level for: Increment Co-ordination Meeting (ICMs).
      • Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR) Technical Interchange Meeting (TIMs).
      • Operational Readiness Reviews (ORRs)
    • Participate to – ESA/NASA Increment meeting as per Increment Manager request.
  • Increment management support:
    • ESA Point of Contact and Correspondent for all Logistics Codes applicable to System items and Utilization items.
    • Verification of Logistics codes for all ESA Increment Requirement Document (IRD) requirements and relevant Open Work (OWs) check.
    • Support to Increment Managers and Increment engineers to the Increment meetings.
  • Upload of PAO items:
    • Support to the Public Affairs Office (PAO) /Public Relations (PR) items definition list for upload with ESA communication.
    • Physical inspection of the PAO items to be launched and delivery to Altec for packing.
    • Preparation of the Flight safety data package and submittal to ESA Safety panel.
  • ISS System and Facility Engineering:
    • Facility sustaining engineering (e.g. Biolab, FSL, EDR, EDR2, EPM) ensuring that the facilities are maintained and operational. Includes support to operations during on orbit activities and troubleshooting in case of failures.
    • P/L integration into Columbus and facility racks supporting the P/L developer in defining and verifying the interfaces to Columbus elements.
    • Columbus System and Subsystem engineering, Thermal and Life support Engineering.

Profile

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering.
  • At least 4 years of relevant work experience.
  • Able to coordinate and interact with other service providers in operations and other fields.
  • Able to work independently.
  • Familiarity with ISS.
  • Experience dealing with external interfaces.
  • Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset.
  • Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU.

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