Baseline Availability Work Package Manager

MANTECH; Cornholme; On-site; GBP 73,964 - 96,153; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a motivated Baseline Availability Work Package (BAWP) Manager to join our team in Portsmouth, VA. This onsite position involves managing Navy Maintenance planning and ensuring material readiness for surface ships.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of relevant experience in Navy Maintenance or Modernization, holds a Bachelor’s degree, and is proficient in Microsoft Office. Additionally, Navy maintenance experience and a PMP certification are preferred.

This role requires strong leadership capabilities and effective communication skills, as well as the ability to manage complex organizational structures.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in Navy Maintenance or Modernization Availability Planning.
• Experience managing personnel as a team leader or equivalent.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Access).

Responsibilities

• Support Baseline Availability Work Package (BAWP) Division at SURFMEPP.
• Ensure Class Maintenance Plan (CMP) requirements are scheduled and tracked.
• Utilize Maintenance and Ship Work Planning (M&SWP) to ensure CMP database accuracy.

Skills

Team management

Microsoft Office applications

Navy Maintenance Planning

Program Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management, Business or Scientific related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Database Management Systems (3M OARS, VSB)

Job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Baseline Availability Work Package (BAWP) Manager to join our team at SURFMEPP in Portsmouth, VA. This is a onsite position. The Surface Maintenance Engineering, Planning, Program (SURFMEPP) maintains, monitors, and refines Class-wide and Individual-Ship Maintenance Plans for all non-nuclear surface ships to ensure material readiness for the projected service life, develop life‑cycle strategies to address system upgrades, and fully implement the Class Maintenance Plan into each surface ship's maintenance schedule and availability planning process. SURFMEPP is headquartered at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA.

Responsibilities

• Follow detailed process guides to support Baseline Availability Work Package (BAWP) Division at SURFMEPP.
• Work with all members of the Maintenance Team to ensure Class Maintenance Plan (CMP) requirements are scheduled, tracked and completed in accordance with periodicities established by the respective Technical Warrant Holder.
• Utilize Maintenance and Ship Work Planning (M&SWP), Validation Screening and Brokering (VSB) system, and Open Architectural Retrieval System (OARS) to ensure the CMP database is accurate.
• Track all SURFMEPP Maintenance and Availability Reporting Tool (SMART) milestones associated with the established end-to-end process outlined in the Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual.
• Plan and conduct comprehensive studies and reviews of subjects that often are several organizational levels deep. Studies may involve a major management function (e.g., manpower, ship maintenance planning, etc.) or significant segments of several major management functions.
• Develop new or substantially modified plans for organizational structures, work processes or management systems, which strongly influence or change the way the subject, process or organization studied integrates with other agencies, activities, offices, etc.
• Recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and economy of managing organizations and employees and utilizing resources to accomplish mission objectives within the cognizant Navy command, field activity and/or contractor manufacturing facilities that are participating in the command's programs/projects.
• Prepare oral and written presentations that clearly define the best course of action for management to follow in achieving mission objectives.
• Draft and recommend concise charts and graphs covering a variety of problem subjects to support the views presented and to gain the understanding of and cooperation of persons involved.
• Review and comment on varied management plans and proposals relating to areas of analytical responsibility.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in Navy Maintenance or Modernization Availability Planning.
• Bachelor's degree in Management, Business or Scientific related field.
• Experience managing personnel as a team leader or equivalent.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Access).

Preferred Requirements

• Navy maintenance experience.
• Master's degree in Management or Business related field.
• Program Manager Professional (PMP).
• Database Management System experience with 3M OARS, VSB and/or NDE.
• MS Office experience with particular focus on intermediate MS Excel skills.
• Experience with Ship or Industrial Repair Maintenance.
• Metric and Database Development.

Clearance Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship and a US Secret Clearance is required.

Physical Requirements

• Lift and carry 50 pounds.
• Extensive time in stationary position.
• Climb and descend stairs.
• Be able to communicate professionally with ManTech employees and ManTech clients.
• This position frequently communicates with co‑workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.