Position Summary:
ANSER is seeking an Industrial Base Metallurgy Analyst to support the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP). The IBAS program is dedicated to ensuring that the Department of Defense is positioned to effectively address industrial base issues and support the National Security Innovation Base. In this key role, you will be part of a high-powered team that researches and analyzes strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities within the global critical materials and minerals defense industrial base, recommends relevant prototyping efforts, crafts relevant acquisition documents, evaluates proposed efforts, monitors program execution, conducts outreach efforts, and conducts site visits and strategic communications operations as required.

This position is to work onsite at the Mark Center in Alexandria, VA and/or telework in the National Capital Region.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Coordinate across the DoD, executive interagency, and military services to identify and develop strategies to mitigate critical minerals and materials requirements
• Support the development, maintenance and execution of $1B+ annual budget, spanning dozens of large-scale multinational minerals, materials, and infrastructure projects
• Support development and evaluation of industry project calls to deliver technical capabilities from prototype to full commercial scale
• Research, collect, and analyze data to formulate courses of action, related to mineral production or mineral markets
• Assess risk and risk mitigations in supply chains, processing technologies, or project proposals
• Represent government interests in both virtual and in-person meetings, where you'll be responsible for documenting meeting minutes and action items
• Draft high-quality briefings, official correspondence, and analytical products in response to internal and external taskings, ensuring information flows seamlessly across a geographically dispersed team

Required Qualifications:

• Active Secret security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as materials and mining, materials science, geophysics, metallurgy, chemistry, geology or similar
• 5+ years of relevant experience in mineral processing, production, science or technology analysis.
• Understanding of / experience in one of the following technical areas: Critical and Strategic Materials/Minerals, Minerology, Mineral Exploration, or Geology
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior OSD or staff level experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of systems engineering concepts and methods
• Demonstrated familiarity with the DoD acquisition process and planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent