Functional Area: Engineering and Design Services
*The following items will be addressed by one team.
Action Item 11*
Analyze the unit to unit costs of in-house performance of the commercial workload vs. outsourcing.Action Item 12*
Based on the information gathered as well as the results of other team’s efforts, complete a right-sizing process with regard to design, estimating, and construction management staff within the agency, including determination of the appropriate location and distribution of technical capability. A transition plan will then be developed and implemented to achieve the determined size, type, and location of staff resources.Team Leads:
Jamie Macartney, Business Resources Manager, Great Plains Region
Perry Hensley, Chief, Geotechnical Services Division, Technical Service Center
Team Members:
- Dave Gore, Regional Engineer, Mid-Pacific Region
- Julie Bader, Acting Regional Engineer, Lower Colorado Region
- Karen Knight, Civil Engineer, Manager, Geotechnical Engineering Group 3, Technical Service Center
- Karl Wirkus, Manager, Resources and Technical Services, Pacific Northwest Region
- Darryl Beckman, Deputy Regional Director, Upper Colorado Region
- Roberta Ries (Action Item 12 only) Management Analyst, Upper Columbia Area Office, Pacific Northwest Region
Objective:
- Recommend a process to right-size the design, estimate, and construction management staff within the agency, including potential relocation and redistribution of technical capability, while considering the efficiencies of in-house and outsourced work.
Tasks:
- Identify core technical capabilities required by the agency.
- Identify technical capabilities that could be outsourced.
- Develop methodology to distribute Reclamation’s workload.
- Determine the number of technical staff required to maintain each core capability.
- Determine the most effective combination of staff needed in addition to that required for maintaining core capabilities, outsourcing, and technical oversight of outsourced activities needed to accomplish projected workload.
- Propose the most effective distribution of required technical staff resources within the agency.
- Propose an implementation plan to achieve the appropriate resource staffing levels and distribution within the agency.
- Prepare a final report detailing proposed technical staff resource levels and distribution within the agency.
Milestones:
- April 2007: Completion of Action Item 12.
- November 2007: Completion of Action Item 11.
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Last Updated:
January 10, 2007