Planning and Test Engineer

Amentum is actively seeking a Planning and Test Engineer under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) PMS 326 Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) contract.

Compensation & Benefits

The work location will be remote with travel to OCONUS locations.

Hiring Salary Range: 120,000-130,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data).

This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com.

Essential responsibilities and daily duties include: 

• Develop comprehensive maintenance plans and estimates for labor and materials for FFG-7 class ships, Cyclone PCs, and other FMS vessels in major maintenance availabilities such as Drydock Selective Restricted Availabilities (DSRA), Selective Restricted Availabilities (SRA), and other extended maintenance periods.

• Collaborate with the Amentum CONUS Team, In-Country Teams, Port Engineers, and foreign navies to provide timely planning support including testing requirements and integration activities for FMS case ships and craft.

• Become the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for maintenance planning and execution management.

• Collaborate with engineering and logistics personnel to develop solutions to planning and execution issues in depot maintenance.

• Develop and maintain the master Integrated Test Plan (ITP) for ships in major maintenance availabilities.

• Validate and assess testing requirements for ships in major availabilities.

• Ensure the requisite quality assurance (QA) is observed and documented.

• Maintenance planning may include both corrective maintenance of installed systems and modernization/system upgrades to FMS platforms.

• Work in a Strong Matrix, Projectized environment, for multiple customers.

• Develop actionable recommendations to complete maintenance availabilities meeting schedule, cost and quality goals.

• Develop lessons learned for maintenance and testing execution.

• Provide timely and comprehensive inputs for various Monthly Status Reports. 

Minimum Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of increasing engineering management responsibility is required, including at least 2 years of USG ship or submarine construction or repair/overhaul experience obtained using quality assurance analysis techniques, test evaluation procedures, or test support requirements.

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment. 

• Ability to obtain an active US Passport. Ability to travel CONUS AND OCONUS, as required.

• Ability to obtain a secret US government clearance. Note: US citizenship is required to obtain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications 

• 10 or more years operation, maintenance, and repair experience with USN shipboard systems found on ships and submarines.

• Experience in maintenance planning role for ships or submarines (this may be concurrent with above experience).

• Experience in shipyard work environment as technical lead, oversight, or on-site support lead. 

• Additional quality, technical, and project-based certifications (NDT, Fiber-optic, Lean Six Sigma, CAPM, OSHA 10 Maritime, Navy Maintenance/leadership certs, etc.).

• Knowledge and experience of shipyard maintenance processes, SOVT, testing, availability execution, corrective actions, rip-outs, and installations.

• Prior experience as a USN/USCG E-6 or above.

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