Space Acquisition Logistics/Life Cycle Manager (Top Secret)

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Space Acquisition Logistics/Life Cycle Manager

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in successfully getting mission capability on orbit and shaping the future of space reconnaissance.

KBR’s NSS team is seeking a senior Space Acquisition Logistics/Life Cycle Manager to provide Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) across the development of several first-of-kind space and ground systems. 

This handpicked candidate will serve as the lead logistician in the performance of comprehensive analysis across the spectrum of ILS elements. Responsibilities span the development and implementation of product support strategies throughout the system life cycle while driving optimization for the key performance outcomes of reliability, availability, maintainability, and reduction of total ownership costs. Candidates will need to understand requirements development, all acquisition phases, and have a good working knowledge of other functional areas for total life cycle product support of the systems being fielded. They will apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts for highly classified systems, while also effectively communicating complex results with management and executive leadership.

In this position, you will provide System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to the Space RCO at Kirtland AFB, NM. The Space RCO is one of three US Space Force acquisition organizations and is the one specializing in delivering first-of systems to fill quick-turn needs to deliver operational capability to the USSF. For each project, they set up small, agile, and empowered teams to include program manager, technical specialists, contracting, finance, security, and the use right acquisition strategies to set the effort up for success. A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of these high-performing teams in a high-profile, fast-paced environment. 

Responsibilities

• Serves as logistics advisory lead for high-visibility and extremely time critical programs.
• Provide logistics planning, analysis, assessment, requirements verification, technical writing and review of documentation, and integration for Space RCO programs during the acquisition lifecycle.
• Assess programs against the 12 Integrated Product Support Elements.
• Evaluate system design and testing of reliability, availability, and maintainability-cost metrics to achieve user requirements in mission capability and monitor system performance for improvements.
• Develop, assess, evaluate, and coordinate logistics planning documents to implement a logistics life cycle integrated product support strategy for system fielding and support program milestones.
• Supports and advises government program managers through all phases of acquisition logistics planning.
• Performs independent work to provide logistics and support system effectiveness analysis, studies, and evaluations.
• Performs Configuration Management (CM) reviews to ensure logistics data is properly maintained.
• Develops and maintain maintenance plans, supportability analyses, maintenance tasks, and Level of Repair Analysis (LORA).
• Regularly participate in and facilitate integration/schedule/logistics forums for existing and emerging programs such as logistics working groups and Integrated Logistics Support Management Teams.
• Support transition to operations, sustainment activities, and assess operations and maintenance readiness for program Depot activation, Fielding and Operational Acceptance decisions.
• Performs independent work to provide logistics and support system effectiveness analysis, studies, and evaluations.
• Confers with other SETA, FFRDC, and teammates to provide advice and to assist with problem resolution.
• Supports management and execution of programs across multiple projects and ensures programs are properly coordinated and efficiently accomplished with the best available resources.
• Drafts, reviews, and edits final program reports, documents, and briefings.
• Communicates clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy.  Often briefs government senior leadership.
• Coordinates with external agencies to include operational units, higher headquarters, Combatant Command (COCOM) staffs, other acquisition activities, and research and development functions. This will include producing, tracking, coordinating all agreements and documentation necessary to transition seamlessly into a framework for organizing, training, and equipping the USSF.
• Aids in development of Monthly Status Report on all efforts including updates on major activities, challenges, opportunities, deliverables, and subcontractor performance.

Qualifications:

• Fifteen plus years of proven program management experience in DoD and/or IC system life cycle sustainment.
• Experience in supporting ACAT I/II level acquisition programs.
• Experience in the development and fielding of satellites and associated ground systems.
• DAWIA certification in Life Cycle Logistics.
• System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) experience to Government program offices.
• Experience with rapid prototyping and transition to operations.
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, Statements of Work, and Performance Work Statements

Education:

• Relevant BS and MA/MS degrees

Clearance:

• Active TOP SECRET clearance with sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility.
• No less than two (2) years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience with at least 1-year within the last 5 years.
• Must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment and willingness to submit to a polygraph.

Location & Travel:

• This position is full-time, on site at Kirtland AFB, NM and will require travel up to 30% of time within the continental United States.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

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