Technical Assistance Team Manager

Amentum is actively seeking a Technical Assistance Team Manager for International Fleet Support under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) PMS 326 Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) contract. **This is a full-time position, and the work location will be at the Egyptian Naval Base in the port of Alexandria, Egypt. **This position includes a competitive benefits package.

**Essential responsibilities and daily duties include**:

- Acts as top decision maker for all technical team matters and resolve any internal issues that arise over the technical repairs and assessment needs for the Egyptian Navy (EN) Fleet.
- Meets or exceeds customers' realistic expectations for quality, productivity, and safety on projects and repairs. Manages the customer relationship through any changes in the scope and schedule changes of the fleet to assure continuing customer satisfaction and technical repairs.
- Resolves issues daily with customers, owners, and other interested parties. Represents the company fairly and consistently when interacting with customers.
- Works closely with the EN, Production Team, and Port Engineers to estimate, plan, execute, and settle the technical needs for the EN Fleet. Provides all necessary documentation for repairs and negotiation repair periods in a timely manner. Advises the In-country Program Manager of opportunities to increase repair times and avoid delays.
- Interprets specifications, ship schematics, repair sequencing, and coordinates the various phases of the technical projects to prevent delays and avoid rework. Ensures that technical reports are properly written and approved before providing them to the in-country stakeholders.
- Writes timely and accurate reports for each job and contribute accordingly to final written specifications.
- Confers with supervision, project management staff, and project inspectors to ensure materials are identified to resolve equipment technical problems for approved repair methods.
- Plans, coordinates, and directs repair activities for assigned projects. Assures appropriate daily team staffing for technical repairs, through subordinate supervision. Oversees audits for subordinates’ reporting and monitor job progress to ensure that manpower utilization and allocation meets the job requirements. Makes appropriate changes as necessary.
- Prepares periodic management reports on work progress, materials used and costs. Adjusts work schedules as indicated by reports to ensure adherence to the work process.
- Maintains effective working relationships with craft workers, customers, and Port Engineers. Assures that issues are resolved efficiently and with mínimal disruption to the project, when complaints or disputes occur, whether directly or through managers, supervisors, or other resource.
- Leads the technical team in a postmortem review of each completed repair project and assure complete documentation and dissemination of all lessons learned to capture best practices and to avoid repeating mistakes. Ensures that lessons learned on projects are captured in the preplanning phase of new projects.
- Ensures worker safety and environmental concerns are constantly monitored, and problems are effectively resolved.
- Assess and documents overall work performance of direct reports by completion of repairs. Ensures performance documentation by managers or supervisors of all assigned technical personnel. Identifies strengths and weaknesses of technical team members and recommend specific development activities.
- Remains actively involved at an operational level in reviewing the relevant technical repairs or needs, to ensure quality and capability for performing work internally versus subcontracting to outside suppliers and vendors.
- Manages and provides oversight for the technical team and/or vendor performance on the project, including setting expectations for such groups. It is critical to the overall vessel schedule of the technical repairs that the TAT actively monitors and drives the performance standards of all those under their charge and holds them accountable.
- Monitors job progress and uses earned value management techniques to identify problem areas and forecast costs. Reports on repair performance.
- Provides timely and comprehensive inputs for the Monthly Status Report.

**Minimum Requirements**
- Associate's degree in relevant field, such as in ship/equipment repair process.
- Ten (10) years of Shipyard/Naval or relative military experience working on technical repair projects.
- Working knowledge with in-depth ship technical repairs and critical troubleshooting knowledge. Demonstrated success in planning, staffing, coordinating, and executing multi-trade, extensive, labor-intensive, multi-phased technical repairs.
- Working knowledge of technical inspection requirements for US Navy or US Coast Guard ship equipment with detailed experience in repair processes and procedures of maintenance standards and quality assurance specifications.
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