Responsibilities:

Peraton provides management and technical support for NASA’s scientific balloon program which supports enabling science missions for NASA and universities across the United States and foreign scientific communities. Scientific balloon missions provide researchers inexpensive, relatively quick, long duration access to near space altitudes and environments. Balloon missions cost orders of magnitude less than satellite missions and provide platforms for heavy experiments (some greater than 5000-lbs) to operate for weeks and even months. Balloon missions have provided significant science theories and discoveries about cosmic rays, gamma ray and x-ray astronomy, optical and UV astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and cosmic microwave background studies.

Our staff are located at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, TX where we design, analyze, build and assembly the support hardware and balloon gondola payloads for the missions. We launch the balloons from locations within the United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Hawaii) and around the world including Antarctica, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia. Our engineers and technician staff support the launches and balloon and payload recoveries in the US and many worldwide locations. Peraton’s NASA Balloon Operations Contract (NBOC) program is seeking a Government Property Administrator to join our team in Palestine, Texas.

We are seeking a candidate to provide support for acquisition, receiving, handling, storage, packaging, shipping and disposition to fulfill property regulation program requirements.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:

Capable of managing the disposition of excess government property

Able to work with government and industry partners to request property purchases

Manage a complete inventory of government property, property assignments, utilization and historical records

Assist with property movement, transfers and maintain centralized record keeping system

Responsible for handling, shipping, receiving and maintaining accurate receiving/transfer records, and equipment property identification

Experience with using electronic RFID property management system/s

Manage the documentation upgrades to CSBF-Fabricated Equipment

Familiar with government property receipt, tagging and records

Experience with government property audit

Manage a physical inventory of government property

Experience working with government systems to record lost, stolen or damaged property

Familiar with government sensitive data requirements

Track and maintain government records for maintenance and storage

Experience with government Contract requirements

Act as back up for the Shipping Clerk.

Occasional local and long-distance travel required 

Additional Responsibilities and Requirements:

Ability to pass physical exam meeting NASA standards to be a forklift operator

Ability to obtain and maintain forklift license

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications: 

High School graduate with four years of related experience 

U.S. Citizenship required (Must have resided in the U.S. for the past five years with no more than six months travel outside the U.S. during this timeframe).

Microsoft Office Suite experience, Word and Excel

Government inventory experience

Physical Requirements:

Ability to stand on feet for long durations. Heavy work; exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects

Physical activity may include forklift, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, talking, and repetitive motion

Required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment

Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current

Desired Qualifications:

Forklift operation experience

Peraton Overview:

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range:

$51,000 - $82,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.