The Maintenance Manager manages contract functional areas, including but not limited to aviation, combat and automotive, weapons and munitions, counter terrorism, development, and test engineering management support to the Mission Test Support Services (MTSS) contract in support of USAYPG. 

This mission critical position is the focal point of the Developmental Testing for the U.S. Army and other DoD customers, other U.S. Government agencies, foreign governments, and private industry in natural environment testing on nearly every piece of equipment in the ground combat arsenal in desert, cold weather, and tropical environments.

This position is incumbent upon contract award

Job Duties

• Requires in-depth understanding of the requirements of Army weapons systems test programs.

• Must be able to communicate effectively with USAYPG and test customer on test scenario, instrumentation systems, data acquisition and processing

• Must understand and document effective operational directives to ensure adequacy of test design and safety/quality parameters

• Must be knowledgeable of contract requirements and be thoroughly familiar with maintenance publications

• Keep Program Manager up to date on all maintenance department actions and make recommendations to ensure its efficient operation

• Schedule daily/weekly/monthly meetings as necessary with functional managers for the successful accomplishment of all maintenance actions

• Analyze maintenance data to ensure the efficient management of the maintenance effort

• Ensure all daily, weekly, and monthly required reports and maintenance CDRLs are submitted

• Ensure maintenance instructions are issued as required to define maintenance procedures not outlined in available technical data or for requirements specified in government directives.

• Evaluate existing methods and/or systems and potential improvements for compliance with maintenance requirements and cost effectiveness

• Must be able to workday shift, night shift or weekend duty and travel as part of a maintenance recovery team or detachment as required

Qualifications (Required; Desired)

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM)/related field or management/related field

• Desired: Advanced degree in STEM/related field or management/related field

Experience

• Seven years within a test organization at one of the U.S. Army Development Test Commands Test Centers (e.g., Yuma Proving Ground, Electronic Proving Ground, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Dugway Proving Ground), which provided comprehensive knowledge of DoD test, test management, and test documentation procedures

• Five years of direct management experience leading a team (>75) of personnel in a remote environment

• Experience managing dispersed workforce and diverse functions in support of large-scale DoD efforts

• Ten years total maintenance experience

• Worked in sensitive/secure work environments while upholding the integrity of their families, company, and country

• Worked in remote environments and high risk areas

• Performed or managed work on complex, multi-disciplinary contracts

• Mobilized project offices, hiring and training subcontractors to work to stringent safety standards

• Secret Clearance – US Citizenship is required to possess a government clearance

Working Conditions: Work is partially in an office environment, and walking, stooping, bending, climbing stairs, stretching, and lifting (up to 20 pounds) is required. Frequent travel to contract work sites at remote locations is required. The Maintenance Manager must be acclimatized to extreme desert temperatures and environment. The Maintenance Manager may be required to represent the company and/or USAYPG at national conferences and workshops.

Location is Yuma, Arizona.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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