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JCN Huntsville, Huntsville, AL (2025)

11/08/2021

Hello JCN! The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are fast approaching. With COVID, deaths, and other emotional things going on in our lives, we thought this would be a good time to have a L&L on how to survive the holidays. Please join Jacobs Career Network (JCN) for a Lunch & Learn on Monday, November 8th, 2021 at 12:00pm for a presentation from Dr. Belinda Savage-Edwards. She will be presenting some tips and good ways to have a successful holiday season. Please join us on MS Teams for this informative presentation.

10/14/2021

Please join Jacobs Career Network (JCN) for a Lunch & Learn (L&L) presentation on Thursday, October 14th, 2021 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm, for an overview and discussion on Professional Engineering (PE) Certification from a group of panelists. This will be a 2 part L&L. The first part will be an overview on PE certification and the second part is a roundtable Q&A session with attendees. Please join us on MS Teams for this informative presentation.

08/25/2021

JCN SOCIAL EVENT TOMORROW (Aug. 26th) AT CAMPUS 805!

If you haven't been before, 805 has food, drinks, and outdoor seating.

This is a great opportunity to get out and meet others from the contract while enjoying the sunshine and a beverage. We will meet between 4:30 and 5:00 outside of Straight to Ale (on the side next to the giant green space).
Bring your families and meet us there! 🚀

08/10/2021

Come join Jacobs Career Network (JCN) for a Lunch & Learn presentation Wednesday, August 11, 2021 from 11:30am -12:30pm from JSEG’s Justin Pociask. Justin manages the growth and adoption of Project and Engineering Collaborative Environment (PECE), Intelligent Global Search (IGS), and advising MSFC Digital Transformation efforts. He will provide a presentation/demo on these resources. Please join us on MS Teams for this presentation.

07/06/2021

TODAY! Please join Jacobs Career Network (JCN) for a Lunch & Learn presentation Tuesday, July 6, 2021 from 11:30am -12:30pm from JSEG’s Tracie Crane, JSEG’s Department Manager of Space Systems and Yvonne Findley, Team Lead for Talent Acquisition. They will be presenting charts that will guide us through material explaining how to fill out Self Evaluations (E3) and IDP Tool Best Practices and Process for Employees. Please join us on MS Teams for this presentation, and refer to your previous JCN email for more information.

06/02/2021

⭐APPLY TODAY! ⭐
APPLICATION DEADLINE JUNE 14, 11:59PM.

Spread the word to rising high school Juniors and Seniors in Alabama! 🏫

This flyer is for JSEG's high school job shadowing program. :D
JEDI C. (Jacobs ESSCA DIscover your Course)

🛰Accepted students will have the unique opportunity to meet and learn from professionals working for the Jacobs Space Exploration Group at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center! 🌛🪐
Mentor meetings, STEM demonstrations, lunches with management & experts, the chance to ask young professionals about their recent college experiences, and more! 🚀

Normally, we would host this event on center. This year is VIRTUAL, so we've expanded our school eligibility to the state of AL! 💻

* Please see application for further details and eligibility requirements.
* Program is Zero cost to the students.

Application Link:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=mHckNyz0_UKKN9SccSjTaw4Fl5qYR4hFmJC70vqnwrxUN0I3OURNTzlURUZFMDhWSlUzMlcxWVpCTC4u

Please contact Brittani,R,[email protected] with any questions.

05/17/2021

We are the JSEG Career Network (JCN), an organization dedicated to helping employees develop their goals and careers throughout all stages of their professional lives. We roughly break down into three main groups:
· Explore—0-5 years’ experience/new to JSEG
· Navigate—5-15 years’ experience
· Inspire—15+ years’ experience

As a new hire, we want to welcome you to the Explore group- even those of you who have ample experience but are new to JSEG. As part of this welcoming, we’re hosting a few rounds of meet-and-greet events, which will include a short talk about JCN. We’ll also have quizzes to help you get to know your co-workers and give us feedback on what types of events and content you’d like to see. We are hosting four events so that you have multiple opportunities to attend. Two of these will be in person, while the other two will be virtual for those who can’t attend in person.

The breakdown is as follows:
v In person: (12:30pm)
- Tuesday, May 18th
- Thursday, June 3rd
v Virtual: (3:00 pm)
- Thursday, May 20th
- Tuesday, June 1st

In person events will be held on center, while the virtual events will be held via Teams. Four calendar invites with more details on each event are attached to the JCN email that was sent out last week. Please RSVP to the event you want to attend, especially if you plan to attend in-person, so we may plan accordingly.

There are a ton of you ( 80 new hires since September!), so this a great opportunity to network across the contract and meet colleagues who are experiencing very similar feelings with respect to starting a new job in the midst of a pandemic. Feel free to reach out to Mary Beth and/or Kaitlin if you have any questions.

05/11/2021

The JCN Leadership Team had a great working meeting at the Casual Pint last night! We are starting to get ready for IN-PERSON events later in the year. We can’t wait to finally be able to interact with everyone in our JCN community in real life! Stay tuned!

05/10/2021

We are excited to start our next round of book club meetings in this month of May!
We are reading the professional development book, "Crucial Conversations." The plan is to split the book into two sections- discussing the first half on May 13th and the second half May 27th. If you would like more information, be sure to join the JCN Book Club teams channel. Check your work emails too, because we have included a link to the FREE download of the audiobook! Hope to see you there!

04/12/2021

Hello JCN!
Please join Jacobs Career Network (JCN) for a Lunch & Learn presentation on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from 11:30am – 12:30pm from Geoffrey Slagle on MS Teams. Geoffrey will be presenting a demo on using the THOR tool to retrieve data from the HOSC. Geoffrey Slagle has been a software developer for 30 years and has been a member of the ES50 Tools team for the last five years. Prior to coming to Marshall, Geoff worked at the Army Software Engineering Directorate and Sirsi (now SirsiDynix). Geoff is currently employed by Jacobs. Check your emails for the Teams link! We are looking forward to seeing everyone there!

03/11/2021

Good times were had last night at Stovehouse with our JCN Leadership Team!

02/23/2021

Please join Jacobs Career Network (JCN) for two Lunch & Learn presentations on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm, for an overview of the JSEG Mentor Peers Program (MPP). The presenter, Randy Stevens will provide information on spring courses being offered through JSEG MPP. These courses are developed to facilitate cross-training using a Mentor/Peer relationship for specialized skills and topics.

We will also have a Jacob’s Tech Fellow presentation by Dr. Narayanan Ramachandran. Ram will be presenting information about “Space Exploration” technical challenges with lunar exploration.

This Lunch and Learn will take place on Microsoft Teams. Check your emails for the access link!

12/23/2020

Happy Christmas Eve Eve! Here is a pic of our wonderful JCN Management Liaison, Kathryn Wiedow, next to our JCN tree! Hope everyone is having a great week so far!

12/11/2020

Headed to the Tinsel Trail this weekend? Come take a selfie in front of our JCN tree and you will be entered in a drawing for an Amazon gift card! A JCN email was sent out earlier this week with details on where to email your picture. Good luck finding our tree! ❄️🎄

11/17/2020

Come join Jacobs Career Network (JCN) for a Lunch & Learn presentation Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 11:30am -12:30pm from JSEG’s Tracie Crane, JSEG’s Department Manager of Space Systems and Yvonne Findley, Team Lead for Talent Acquisition. They will be presenting charts that will guide us through material explaining Self Evaluations (E3) and IDP Tool Best Practices and Process for Employees. Please join us on MS Teams for this presentation.

Bio: Yvonne Findley

Yvonne Findley began her recruiting career in 1996 as a headhunter for a fortune 500 firm. While obtaining her Masters, she worked as a career counselor for the University of California. Upon graduation she took a position with Northrop Grumman as the Lead for University Relations and Recruitment. At NGC, she expanded her career to include revamping the recruiting process for the apprenticeship program, Organizational Effectiveness, HRIS and Professional Development Manager. In 2019, Yvonne joined JSEG as the Team Lead for Talent Acquisition. Yvonne received her Master’s in Education with an emphasis in Career Development from the University of Redlands and her undergrad in Marketing and Merchandising from Western Michigan University.

Bio: Tracie Crane

Tracie Crane has been affiliated with the Jacobs contracts at MSFC since 2003. She started with Qualis Corporation on the Jacobs Engineering Science Technical Services (ESTS) contract. She was a trajectory and mission analyst supporting the Advanced Concepts Office and ultimately became Team Lead of that group in early 2008. As Jacobs transitioned into the Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation (ESSSA) contract in August 2012, Tracie was first named the Skill Lead of Systems Management and then became the Deputy Task Order Manager for the Space Systems Department in April 2014. Soon after, she converted to a Jacobs employee. On the current ESSCA contract between December 2017 – March 2020, she was afforded the opportunity to be a Deputy Department Manager in Space Systems as well as support the JSEG Human Resources team. In March 2020, she was named the Department Manager of Space Systems. Tracie received her Bachelor’s degree in physics from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2003 and completed her Masters of Science degree in engineering management from the University of Alabama-Huntsville in 2010.

10/29/2020

Please join us for a Lunch & Learn presentation on MS Teams from a member of JuMP (JSEG Mentorship Program). The presenter Max McCall will be presenting material on Fused Filament Fabrication Sealing Enhancement and Liquid Retention Methods.

Who: Max McCall
What: Fused Filament Fabrication Sealing Enhancement and Liquid Retention Methods
When: Friday, Oct. 30, 2020
Time: 11am - 12pm

Bio:
Max McCall has a BSME and an MBA from Auburn University and currently works on the Jacobs ESSCA/Qualis contract in the ECLSS group. He has 20+ years of engineering experience in the government sector across defense and energy (Raytheon, Oakridge National Laboratories, Spallation Neutron Source, ITER, NASA) and commercial sector (Rheem, Devilbiss, Maytag) where he has served in both mechanical engineering and stress analysis departments. He is an inventor on numerous patents, a recipient of several awards for innovation, and an author of CAD design magazine articles. Max is also a cancer survivor and is married with a son and daughter.

09/23/2020

From Kathryn Wiedow on some of her favorite memories while working at MSFC:

"We get to work on such groundbreaking programs which makes every day exciting. NASA and JSEG go out of its way to recognize their employees for their hard work and accomplishments. I love all of the events they hold for us yearly and they really try to include our families which is always nice too! This picture is from one of the ER awards days."

Thank you for your submission Kathryn!

09/22/2020

Come join us on Wednesday, September 23rd at 12pm for a Lunch & Learn topic from one of our Jacobs Tech Fellows, Tony Miller. Tony is an ESSCA team member and will be presenting information on Data Analytics and Automation (demonstration of software tools live).

Tony Miller’s degree is in Chemical Engineering from UAH and currently serves as the Jacobs ESSCA Technical Fellow for Data Analytics. He has worked in aerospace engineering since 2006 supporting valves and liquid rocket engines. Before that, he worked as a Process Engineer and Manager in the areas of tires, catalytic converters, batteries, valves, and various rubber and plastics materials. Tony was also a Project Manager at a software firm for a few years. Tony enjoys using computers to improve quality and efficiency in his areas of work, and he has taught himself numerous computer languages during the years. Currently Tony is primarily using Visual Basic for Applications in Data Analytics for RS-25 hot fire testing and other areas of improvement. Tony previously worked on the Space Shuttle, Ares I, Orion capsule, RD-181 and Merlin rocket engines, and currently supports the Space Launch System vehicle by working in the Systems Engineering group for liquid rocket engines. Tony has written applications for everything from manufacturing systems to data analysis automation to WebOS and Android cell phones.

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