Summary:

Island Creek Associates, a professional services firm, is currently seeking a Program Manager to support Naval Air Warfare Center- Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Cost and Scheduling Analysis Department at Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS PAX) in Lexington Park, MD.

ANY CANDIDATES SELECTED WILL BE OFFERED CONTINGENT EMPLOYMENT PENDING AWARD OF CONTRACT.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Program Manager will provide program/project management support services. Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Acts as the overall lead, manager, and administrator for the contracted effort.
• Serves as the primary interface and point of contact with Government program authorities on technical and program/project issues.
• Oversees contractor execution of the contract requirements.
• Manages acquisition and employment of program/project resources.
• Provides effective and timely customer communications and coordination of analysts’ project activities.
• Includes front-end team organization, assistance in providing methodology and general project approaches/concepts, schedule and cost management of the project, technical reviews of in-process and completed products.
• Manages and allocates/prioritizes resources for simultaneous activities or projects.

Desired Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

Required Education:

Must have, as a minimum, a BS/BA degree in Business, Engineering, Science (Physics or

Chemistry only) or Mathematics.

Required Experience:

Must have at least ten (10) years of system acquisition experience performing the duties and responsibilities demonstrated above. At least seven (7) of the ten (10) years must have been weapons or information system acquisition cost analysis, financial management or project management related experience demonstrating progressively more responsible assignments.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position with work normally performed Monday-Friday between 7AM-5PM local time.

Travel:

Travel between 25% and 50% of the time is expected for this position.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position does include supervisory responsibilities.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance:

This position is subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information at the Secret Level. Ideal candidates will currently possess an Active DoD Secret Clearance; however, candidates with US Citizenship and the ability to obtain a DoD clearance will be considered. Must be able to receive a Government Common Access Card (CAC), access Government systems, and receive a security clearance.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch; talk or hear and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Island Creek Associates Overview:

Island Creek Associates, LLC is a Maryland-based small business, certified as 8(a), EDWOSB/WOSB, and SDB, with a focus on supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) and state contracting opportunities. We provide expertise in a variety of diverse competencies including engineering analysis, research/development, program/project management, logistics, financial services, information technology services, facilities engineering, and space planning.

Our Team:

Our team members are often recognized for their dedicated work and success in helping our customers achieve their mission. Supporting and caring about our team members brings out the best in all of us. The Island Creek culture and our upbeat employees make us one of the best small businesses to work for.

EO/Affirmative Action Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at applicant.accessibility@icassoc.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Accommodation requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.