The Program Manager is responsible for leading and managing a complex maintenance and engineering support program focused on naval or maritime platforms. This role oversees all technical, financial, schedule, quality, and reporting activities to ensure the successful delivery of maintenance, modification, repair, and test operations conducted by multi-disciplinary teams.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities- Direct all day-to-day activities for maintenance, repair, modification, testing, and engineering support efforts.
- Serve as the primary senior liaison with internal stakeholders, customers, and senior leadership.
- Coordinate workflow, tasking, and priorities across technical teams, production personnel, quality specialists, logisticians, and subcontractors
- Ensure all work is performed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with applicable standards, certifications, and organizational policies
- Develop and maintain integrated master schedules, resource plans, staffing strategies, and operational milestones
- Allocate labor and material resources to meet operational timelines and technical requirements
- Lead workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, and performance management for assigned personnel
- Manage program budgets, track expenditures, and maintain alignment with approved funding levels
- Oversee financial forecasting, cost analysis, burn-rate monitoring, and adherence to internal financial controls
- Prepare and deliver all required program reports, status updates, and progress summaries to leadership.
- Establish and maintain robust quality control processes to ensure all maintenance and engineering activities meet required standards
- Integrate industry and organizational standards into day-to-day operations, including J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC-A-620
- Oversee compliance with welding certifications, inspection requirements, and non-destructive testing practices
- Lead internal reviews, identify deficiencies, and implement corrective actions to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes
- Ensure all work is performed in accordance with applicable safety regulations and facility policies.
- Identify program risks, develop mitigation plans, and ensure proactive resolution of technical, scheduling, or resource-related issues
- Maintain compliance with access and personnel requirements as applicable to high-security or controlled work environments
- Lead regular technical and programmatic meetings, briefings, and coordination sessions
- Maintain clear, timely communication with leadership, team members, and external partners.
- Prepare executive-level briefings, analytical reports, and deliverables summarizing program performance
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and mission focus across the team
- Other duties as related to the business functions of FWG Solutions, as assigned
Requirements & QualificationsEducation:- High School Degree Required
Licenses & Certifications:- Active Secret Security Clearance
Experience:- Nine (9) or more years supervising maintenance, repair, or modification of air-cushion vehicles, aircraft, or U.S. Navy ships.
- At least five (5) years of concurrent program management experience within an air-cushion vehicle organization or an aviation/shipboard maintenance or repair environment.
- Proven ability to lead large technical teams in a high-tempo operational or maintenance setting.
- Demonstrated experience designing and managing quality control systems and processes.
- Familiarity with the Navy 3-M (Maintenance and Material Management) System.
- Strong understanding of industry standards including J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC-A-620
- Experience overseeing or ensuring compliance with: NAVSEA welding certification requirements, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) procedures
- Ability to integrate these standards into program operations to achieve consistent, high-quality results
- Previous leadership roles supporting naval maintenance, test, or overhaul environments
- Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality systems and continuous improvement methodologies
Skills & Abilities:- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
- Experience managing budgets, analyzing costs, and overseeing subcontractor or vendor performance.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex technical work across multi-disciplinary teams.
- Ability to hold yourself and others accountable on short-term and long-term goals
- Superior organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
- High level problem-solving and communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
- Project management principles and practices
- Ability to work with various levels of personnel including senior leadership
- Use of Microsoft Office software applications to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Other:- Ability to work onsite 5 days per week with additional hours, as required
- Some travel, as required by operational needs
- This position includes physical activity, personnel must be able to work in environments with the following conditions: repetitive motion, ventilated spaces, heavy lifting, traversing ladders and inclines/declines, climbing/crawling/navigating small and confined spaces, working in kneeling positions, frequent standing, working in hot workspaces due to natural or manmade environments
This opportunity offers career development and growth, competitive compensation, and a robust benefits package with generous PTO w/ rollover, 11 paid holidays, company paid events and training, and 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
