Joint Engineer Operations Planner

Overview

Nakupuna Consulting is part of a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO)-owned family of companies comprising large and 8(a) small businesses. Our mission is to create and implement elegant solutions to the government’s most challenging problems while increasing economic opportunities for the Native Hawaiian community. Over the past 10 years, Nakupuna has become a leader among NHOs and through our successes, the Nakupuna Foundation has given over $11MM to the Native Hawaiian community.

Nakupuna Consulting is looking for a Joint Engineer Operations Planner. This position is part of a team that supports the USINDOPACOM Alpha contract. As a Joint Engineer Operations Planner, you will serve as a critical member of the INDOPACOM J44 Engineering Division, supporting the assessment and planning of combat readiness, force laydown, and joint engineer capabilities across the Indo-Pacific theater. You will leverage your experience in joint operations to develop engineer support plans and annexes, provide technical analysis for contingency, crisis action, and current operations planning, and support the development of Joint engineer support concepts for theater-wide force posture.

Responsibilities

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

• Provide analytical engineer assessments and recommendations for operational planning teams, crisis action teams, and current operations activities.
• Conduct analysis of force laydown concepts to identify facility and engineering requirements needed to meet Joint operations effects.
• Analyze and provide recommendations to J44 senior leaders for the employment and conduct of engineer activities throughout the Indo-Pacific theater.
• Develop Joint engineer support plans that are integrated with the INDOPACOM family of plans (OPLANs, CONPLANs, Theater Campaign Plan, Logistics Support Plan).
• Develop processes and business rules to track and assess engineer operations and activities throughout the Indo-Pacific theater.
• Support the drafting, coordination, and approval of plans and orders for subordinate commanders, external agencies, and INDOPACOM staff.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 7 years of experience supporting and planning military operations.
• 3 years of experience working in the INDOPACOM AOR.
• Experience supporting Joint military operations, including force laydown and engineering support.
• Knowledge of service component relationships with higher-level commands and subordinate task forces.
• Ability to conceptualize, develop, and staff courses of action to orchestrate the employment of Joint Engineer capabilities throughout the AOR.
• Bachelor’s degree.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience supporting military engineer operations.
• Experience with joint planning to support Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) initiatives.
• Experience with drafting Joint Orders, tasking orders, and operations orders.
• Experience as an Action Officer.
• Ability to qualify for JPME-I.
• Master’s degree.
  
  

Work Location: Work is performed in Honolulu, HI

Clearance: Active TS/SCI security clearance required. Must be a U.S. citizen.

Physical Requirements: The ideal candidate must at a minimum, be able to meet the following physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Ability to perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, and fingers.
• Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergencies.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and work on a computer.
  
  

The Nakupuna Companies use a market-based compensation strategy to ensure that our employees are compensated within applicable market ranges commensurate with multiple factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, and position location. The projected compensation range for this position is $85,000.00 to $140,000.00 (annualized USD). The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Nakupuna Companies total compensation package for employees.