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Program / Project Management Specialist

KBR Careers
San Antonio, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 9/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/7/2026
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Program / Project Management Specialist

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

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: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
  • 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 designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Job Title: Program / Project Management Specialist

Job Summary:

KBR is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Program / Project Management Specialist to provide direct support to a Government Program Office located at Peterson Space Force Base. The successful candidate will serve as a key liaison between Government leadership, cross-functional directorates, and contractor teams, ensuring effective execution of mission priorities and strategic initiatives.

This position requires exceptional communication, coordination, and organizational skills, as well as the ability to engage with senior Government officials, General Officers, and executive-level stakeholders. The Program / Project Management Specialist will initiate project scoping discussions, coordinate activities across multiple organizations, track taskings and deliverables, and assist in the alignment of resources against evolving mission requirements.

The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who thrives in a dynamic environment, excels at stakeholder engagement, and can successfully manage multiple priorities while maintaining strong customer relationships and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with Government leadership, Program Management Offices (PMOs), General Officers, senior executives, and mission partners.
  • Initiate communication across multiple directorates and collaborate with Team Leads to ensure alignment of priorities, requirements, resources, and deliverables.
  • Assist Government leadership and Team Leads to identify, evaluate, prioritize, and assign projects in support of organizational objectives.
  • Assist with tracking project progress, milestones, deliverables, action items, and dependencies for senior leader situational awareness
  • Work complex problem sets from initial identification to potential solution paths
  • Coordinate and collaborate with functional Team Leads as needed
  • Prepare and present executive briefings, status reports, dashboards, meeting materials, and decision support documentation.
  • Assist Team Leads in monitoring project risks, issues, and obstacles; identify mitigation strategies and elevate concerns when appropriate.
  • Initiate recurring meetings, working groups, and strategic planning sessions involving Government and contractor personnel.
  • Support enterprise-level initiatives, process improvement efforts, and organizational planning activities.
  • Recommend guidance and strategy for both short and long-term team success
  • Communicate and integrate across the headquarters and subordinate units to execute workflow and resource analysis

Administrative & Program Coordination Responsibilities:

  • Manage and maintain action item trackers in support of Government leadership and program objectives.
  • Attend relevant senior leader engagements and be able to identify innovative and more efficient solutions
  • Prepare, review, edit, and distribute correspondence, reports, briefing materials, executive summaries, and decision support documentation.
  • Monitor and manage organizational taskings to ensure timely responses and completion of assigned actions.
  • Maintain program databases, trackers, dashboards, and metrics used to monitor project and organizational performance.
  • Support the development, coordination, staffing, routing, and approval of official Government documents, memorandums, briefings, and reports.
  • Coordinate and track information requests, data calls, staff packages, and leadership-directed actions across multiple organizations.
  • Assist with meeting preparation for senior leadership engagements, strategic planning sessions, working groups, and executive briefings.
  • Ensure program documentation is current, organized, and maintained in accordance with applicable records management policies and procedures.
  • Support travel coordination, visit planning, conference preparation, and stakeholder engagement activities as required.
  • Maintain situational awareness of organizational priorities, leadership taskings, and emerging requirements to support effective program execution.
  • Initiate communication between Government personnel, contractor staff, and external mission partners to ensure timely information flow and action resolution.
  • Generate recurring status repo
  • Title:

    COMSEC Operations Warehouse Specialist

    Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

    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: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
    • 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 designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Support: Individual will support the customer’s COMSEC Central Office of Record (COR), providing cradle-to-grave accountability and archiving of COMSEC material.
    • Manage: Manage equipment and accountable components within the customer material control system.
    • Inventory: Conduct semi-annual inventory of all COMSEC material in the organization.
    • Logistics: Deliver warehouse and logistics support.
    • Materials: Ship and receive materials as required.
    • Coordinate: Interface with external entities to coordinate transfer of material and equipment.

    Basic Compensation:

    $100,000 - $150,000 USD annually

    The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

    Work Environment:

    • Location: On-site
    • Travel Requirements: Minimal
    • Working Hours: Standard

    Qualifications:

    Required:

    • Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph
    • COMSEC: 2 or more years' experience handling / managing COMSEC materials
    • Materials: Warehouse experience to include the movement of goods and materials
    • Logistics: support and experience
    • Inventory: Experience with tracking and inventory of materials through software/databases, inventory control systems property records
    • Security: Familiarity with handling and security requirements for COMSEC material

    Desired:

    • Education: Bachelor’s Degree in related field
    • INTEL: Intelligence community experience
    • Software: Familiarity with IApp software/database
    • Skills: Detail oriented

    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.

    KBR Benefits

    KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

    Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

    At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

    KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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