Senior-Level Program/Project Manager

Sayres is a leader in defense support services to the DOD. Our 300 program support experts empower our customers' senior leadership with long term planning and analytics, insightful decision making, and day-to-day operations. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Sayres has offices in California, Maine, and Alabama. Sayres and Associates has been providing excellence in service to the Federal Government since 2001.

Sayres is seeking an experienced Senior-Level Program/Project Manager with a current SECRET clearance, verifiable in DISS in San Diego, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Provide on-site representatives in support of PMS 321 as a Combat Systems (C/S) Hull Manager for the LCS platform.


• Assist the PACFLT government planning managers in developing availability work packages. Requires understanding of Naval Service craft, C/S, HM&E systems, work requirements, availability planning systems, CNO avail timelines and procedures.


• C/S Hull Manager will provide on-site support for maintenance and modernization, LCS-class issues, Fleet Introduction, maintenance planning and execution, Planning Yard, PARMs and Configuration Management and Control issues.


• Coordinate SEA 21 program issues and concerns with the Regional Maintenance Centers (RMC).


• Assist PMS 321 in coordinating technical issue resolution and providing liaison between ships, port engineers, TYCOMs, SEA 21, planning yards, PARMs, In-Service Engineering Agents (ISEAs), and support activities. Assist in design, advance planning, and execution of CNO availabilities.


• Assist in monitoring ship change design, planning and execution.


• Support conduct of engineering investigations and ship checks.


• Assist in tracking, researching, and supporting ILS efforts.


• Assemble data provided by RMCs, NSAs, ships, shipyards, PYs, and other waterfront sources for reports to the program office.


• Create executive summaries, charts, graphs, and other products that convey barge availability status, execution status, and updates to issue resolutions.


• Provide technical and management support to resolve planning, design, material, or other issues for ships in availabilities.


• Support end of availability actions, including but not limited to, work package closure activities, and message preparation.

Preferred Specialization:

DoD/DoN procedures and Policies (DoD 5000 process); DoD/DoN contracting; experience communicating with SES/Flag level personnel; supervisory; ship building experience; Foreign Military Sales; Military Sealift Command procedures and processes

Qualifications & Clearance Requirements

Minimum Skill Sets of Qualified Candidates

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Management discipline


• 10 years program management, Government technical management, or Industry business management, with 10 years in DoD/DoN program management


• Secret Clearance verifiable in DISS


• Project Management Professional (PMP) for 10 years

Preferred Skill Sets of Qualified Candidates

• Master's degree in Engineering or Business Management discipline


• Project Management Professional (PMP) for 15 years


• 15 years program management, Government technical management, or Industry business management, with 10 years in DoD/DoN program management

The position description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform position-related tasks other than those stated in this description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

At Sayres, our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers' expectations.

We offer a broad spectrum of technical, engineering and administrative services including acquisition, financial and program management; fleet synthetic training; logistics; ship construction engineering; systems engineering and integration; wargaming; test and evaluation; security, counterintelligence and policy analysis.

Sayres is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.

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