Serco

Navy Missile Production Analyst - (Arlington, VA)

Serco$95K — $115K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active DoD Secret security clearance required
  • U.S. Citizenship required
  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years experience in Defense Acquisition or Naval Weapons Systems, or a Master's degree with 3+ years
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and collaboration tools
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Responsibilities

  • Provide support in missile production and systems engineering
  • Maintain oversight of missile production issues and risks
  • Assist the Production Director in technical oversight
  • Identify risk mitigations and potential production gaps
  • Coordinate budget document preparation and briefings
  • Work with missile OEM on production and budget issues
  • Support Test & Evaluation activities for missile systems
  • Facilitate integration of new missiles into ship classes

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Robust vacation and sick leave benefits
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Parental leave benefits
  • Employee Assistance Plan
Full Job Description
Position Description & Qualifications

If you love high profile and challenging projects supporting the US Navy - Serco has a great opportunity for you! This opportunity will allow you to take a leadership role in supporting U.S. Navy Weapon System production for our ships and sailors. Join an integrated government-industry team as aNavy Missile Production Analyst in Arlington, VA to provide technical expertise to management of production material and processes for high tech systems. Use your expertise and collaborative skills to positively impact our national defense and make a difference in support of the world's greatest Navy.

Serco provides technical support to its customer, a defense acquisition program management office which is responsible for the development, acquisition, production, fielding, and lifetime support of surface ship missile systems. This mid-to-senior-level position has aspects of defense acquisition production management, systems engineering, and other related skills.

This position is contingent upon your ability to maintain and transfer your DoD Secret level Clearance

In this role you will:
  • Provide support in the areas of Missile production, systems engineering and finance.
  • Maintain cognizance over missile production issues, risks, materials, and processes.
  • Assist the Production Director in maintaining technical oversight over missile production.
  • Assist in formulation of risk mitigations and identify potential gaps and shortfalls in meeting production requirements.
  • Coordinate with acquisition and financial team to assist with the preparation of budget documents, congressional briefing material, and adjudicating budget marks.
  • Coordinate with Assistant Program Managers in preparation and maintenance of missile spend-plans to include forecasted work requirements to support source-funding requirements.
  • Work with the missile OEM to understand technical and budget issues impacting missile production; coordinate with various support activities to meeting production requirements and tasking; analyze requirements, acquisition plans, and system descriptions to develop evaluations, plans & procedures, support data collection and analysis, and report status and results; understand System Engineering concepts, acquisition lifecycle framework, and technical review processes.
  • Support missile Test & Evaluation activities including requirements analysis, test scenario development, test resource planning, test planning and execution, and post-test performance assessment analysis working with the program office, OEM, Navy labs and Field Activities, and the internal program office test team.
  • Support and coordinate program office effortsrelated to integration of new production missiles into new and existing ship classes and combat systems.
  • Provide meeting support such as developing agendas, slides, and meeting minutes for production meetings; assist with technical and acquisition documentation and/or briefing development, review, and comment adjudication.
  • Use Microsoft Office skills (specifically PowerPoint, Excel, and Word), and is willing to learn other programs as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.


To be successful in this role, you will have:
  • An active DoD Secret security clearance
    • U.S Citizenship required
  • A Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Defense Acquisition, Naval Weapon Systems, Acquisition program office, or related industry experience
    • Or a Masters Degree with minimum 3 years of experience in Defense Acquisition, Naval Weapon Systems, Acquisition program office, or related industry experience
  • Excellent organizational, internal team communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office suite programs, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project
  • Experience with MS Office 365 collaborative tools such as SharePoint and Teams, and familiarity with data visualization tools
  • Ability to travel 25%

Additional desired experience and skills:
  • A Bachelor's degree in a technical or STEM discipline desired
  • TS Clearance eligibility or a prior TS Clearance is desired
  • Experience in Naval missile systems desired
  • Experience in Naval System production desired

If you are interested in supporting and working with our military and a passionate Serco team. Submit your application now for immediate consideration. It only takes a few minutes and could change your career.

Pay Transparency

Our Total Rewards package includes competitive pay, performance-based incentives, and benefits that promote well-being and work-life balance-so you can thrive both professionally and personally. Eligible employees also gain access to a wide range of benefits from comprehensive health coverage and health savings accounts to retirement plans, life and disability insurance, and time-off programs that support work-life balance. Program availability may vary based on factors such as contract type, location, hire date, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Salary range: The range for this position can be found at the top of this posting. This range is provided as a general guideline and represents a good faith estimate across all experience levels. Actual base salary will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to, the scope of the role, relevant experience, job-related knowledge, education and training, key skills, and geographic market considerations. For roles available in multiple states, the range may vary to reflect differences in local labor markets. In addition to base salary, eligible positions may include other forms of compensation such as annual bonuses or long-term incentive opportunities.Benefits - Comprehensible benefits for full-time employees (part-time employees receive a limited package tailored to their role):

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Robust vacation and sick leave benefits, and flexible work arrangements where permitted by role or contract
  • 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Optional coverages that can be purchased, including pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
  • Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
  • Employee Assistance Plan


To review all Serco benefits please visit: https://careers.serco-na.com/us/en/about-us.

Serco complies with all applicable state and local leave laws, including providing time off under the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act for eligible Colorado residents, in alignment with our policies and benefit plans. The application window for this position is for no more than 60 days. We encourage candidates to apply promptly after the posting date, as the position may close earlier if filled or if the application volume exceeds expectations. Please submit applications exclusively through Serco's external (or internal) career site. If an applicant has any concerns with job posting compliance, please send an email to: [redacted].

About Serco

Serco Group plc is a British company providing public services. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company has four divisions: Health, Justice and Immigration, Transport, and Defence, and operates across the UK and Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Serco primarily provides public services to governments, including the operation of prisons and hospitals, defence and aerospace services, and transport services. The company also provides IT and consultancy services to the public sector. Serco has been involved in a number of controversies, including allegations of overcharging the UK government and mismanagement of contracts.
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1988

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