• Lead, mentor, coach, and develop a geographically dispersed team of Site Managers / Field Engineer Leads.
• Establish leadership expectations, professional standards, and consistent site management practices across all deployed operations.
• Develop Site Managers into well-rounded operational leaders by expanding their understanding of flight operations, customer mission execution, operational risk management, and cross-functional integration.
• Provide guidance on complex operational, personnel, customer, and mission-related issues while empowering Site Managers to make sound decisions.
• Lead succession planning and professional development initiatives to strengthen the organization's future Site Management capability.
• Foster a culture built on accountability, professionalism, teamwork, continuous improvement, and mission focus.

• Oversee deployed site operations to ensure compliance with:
  • DCMA 8210 Series
  • NAMP 4790
  • Flight Operations Procedures (FOPs)
  • Ground Operations Procedures (GOPs)
  • Site Management and Oversight Procedures
  • Performance Work Statements (PWS)
  • Applicable company policies and Business Process Standards (BPS)
• Promote collaboration between maintenance personnel, flight operations, engineering, logistics, and customer organizations to improve mission effectiveness and aircraft availability.
• Monitor operational performance, maintenance trends, readiness metrics, and personnel status while identifying opportunities to reduce operational risk.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to resolve operational constraints, resource shortfalls, and emerging issues affecting mission execution.
• Mentor Site Managers on balancing maintenance priorities, customer expectations, operational risk, and mission requirements.

• Provide performance evaluations, coaching, and developmental feedback for Site Managers while supporting administrative managers with personnel assessments.
• Support workforce planning, deployment rotations, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
• Ensure Site Managers effectively execute onboarding, safety briefings, personnel accountability, timecard oversight, employee engagement, conflict resolution, and quality of life initiatives.
• Promote a leadership philosophy that balances mission accomplishment with employee development and well-being.
• Serve as a mentor to Site Managers by developing leadership skills, operational judgment, and decision-making capabilities.

• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve site management processes, checklists, reporting methods, and leadership expectations across all deployed locations.
• Analyze field feedback, operational trends, mishap reports, customer concerns, and lessons learned to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with Safety, Quality, Training, Compliance, and Engineering to implement corrective actions and process improvements.
• Lead or support readiness reviews, internal audits, customer assessments, and operational inspections.

• Serve as the senior functional representative for customer issues that exceed Site Manager authority or impact multiple operating locations.
• Support Site Managers in managing customer relationships, operational concerns, and mission execution.
• Build strong partnerships with Program Management, Field Operations, Engineering, Logistics, Safety, and customer organizations.
• Provide executive-level operational updates, readiness assessments, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Represent Site Management during customer meetings, operational reviews, cross-functional planning sessions, and strategic initiatives.

• Typically requires education or formal training equivalent to the completion of a Bachelors degree in a technical field and eleven or more years progressively complex experience in engineering. Additional professional experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• Must demonstrate an extensive technical understanding of engineering and field service principles, concepts, theory, regulations and practices.
• Comprehensive leadership skills including organizing, planning, budgeting, scheduling and coordinating workloads to meet established deadline or milestones.
• The ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.
• Must possess:
  • The ability to identify, analyze, interpret and resolve complex management and technical problems.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to accurately document, report and present findings.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively interface with all levels of employees, senior management and senior outside representatives.
  • The ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
  • Strong computer skills.
  • Ability to work independently and lead in a team environment is essential as is the ability to work extended hours and travel as required.

Clearance Required?: Yes
Clearance Level: Secret
US Citizenship Required?: Yes