Submarine Certification Specialist - Washington, D.C.

Position Description

Looking for an opportunity at a place you can have influence and make a difference every day? Then Serco has the right opportunity for you!

 

As the Program Analyst (Submarines), you will provide programmatic support to one of our NAVSEA customers in the Washington, DC area. Bring your expertise and collaborative skills to make an impact towards our military defense and safety of our sailors.

This position is contingent upon your ability to maintain/transfer your Secret clearance.

 

Serco is the prime on the SHAPM contract which deals with acquisition and construction of submarines. The Team Submarine concept unifies once diverse submarine-related activities into a single submarine-centric organization with the goal of eliminating traditional stovepipe structures and processes that created impediments and inefficiencies in the submarine research, development, acquisition, and maintenance communities. Team Submarine provides improved communication among the various offices that contribute to the overall success of the United States Submarine Force.

 

In this role, you will:

• Provide Engineering and Technical support coordinating all matters relating to preparation, review and approval of Ship Certification correspondence for Fast Cruise and Sea Trials, Follow-On certifications and URO certifications.
• Coordinate routing and processing of all ship certification documents for concurrence and approval signatures.
• Prepare coordinated reports, presentations and briefings in support of program actions.
• Analyzes requirements to develop program reporting including specifications, data gathering and analytical techniques, and evaluation methodology.
• Support studies, surveys, reviews, and/or research projects to evaluate program accomplishments, effectiveness, and/or compliance with meeting specific goals, objectives, rules, and regulations.
• Develop evaluation plans, metrics, procedures, and methodology as a result of studies performed.
• Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) support and assist the Government with technical analyses, inquiries, research, testing, data validation for any matters relating to US submarines.
• Maintain applicable Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&M) as directed/required.
• Interface with stakeholders to identify, assign, and track action items, leveraging initiatives to benefit submarine sustainment support.
• Collect information and provide recommendations to senior decision-makers through well-written documents.
• Communicate with various Program Office representatives within NAVSEA and other Department of Navy organization in supporting PM concerns.
• Coordinate with the technical community and develop white papers and presentations for the Government and the Navy on program status or issues impacting the program.
• Organize and maintain Program tracking files/tools on program status, actions items and issues.
• Support the team in performing additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Provide timely and efficient responses for all urgent tasking.
• Ensure program correspondence and deliverables are in accordance with Serco's Quality Assurance Program.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will have:

• An active or current DoD Secret clearance is required.
• US Citizenship
• Bachelor's Degree
  • An Associate's Degree and 2 years of additional experience will be considered in lieu of Bachelor's Degree or a High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional experience will be considered in lieu of Bachelor's Degree.
• 8 years of experience (Experience with Navy acquisition and/or In-Service Programs highly preferred)
• Strong customer, interpersonal and organizational level communication skills (written and verbal).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite programs, to include Excel and PowerPoint.
• Written communication skills (e.g., drafting program impact statements and Congressional Appeals)
• Experience leading a project and interfacing with an end item customer.
• Ability to travel at least 10% of the time.

Additional desired experience and skills:

• Active-Duty experience in submarine service (preferably SSN) is a plus.
• Recent experience in Team Submarine would be ideal.

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

 

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Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc