AMD Exercise Planner

KBR, Inc.; New Mexico; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is seeking an Army Air and Missile Defense Exercise Planner in the United States (New Mexico) to join our Mission Engineering team.

You will help design and execute training environments that realistically simulate Army air and missile defense operations, working across live, virtual, and constructive domains. In this role you will support exercise planning, scenario scripting, and assessment of events while coordinating with Exercise Officers through the Joint Exercise Life Cycle.

Qualifications

• US citizen with SECRET security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree or 5 years military AMD experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop exercise products for Army Air Defense commanders in live, virtual and constructive environments.
• Provide analytical support to plan, prepare, rehearse, conduct, and assess staff exercises and events.
• Coordinate with exercise officers in Joint Exercise Life Cycle planning and scripting.
• Plan and prepare exercise products to facilitate joint AMD operations.
• Develop exercise plans for managing Army, Navy and Air Force assets and review exercise documents.
• Advise on effective use of army air battle management assets and their deployment.
• Suggest inter-operation among air battle management assets and other warfighting capabilities.
• Support the Joint Training Program with planning, knowledge management, and doctrine reviews.
• Serve in the EXCON cell to synchronize Master Scenario Events List and training timelines.
• Replicate Higher Command staff elements and deliver realistic guidance and requests to trainees.
• Generate timely SITREPs and LOGSTATs for training audiences.

Skills

Strong verbal communication

Strong written communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Title:

AMD Exercise Planner

Program Summary

KBR’s Missile, Aviation, and Ground Systems (MAGS) division delivers mission engineering solutions for critical U.S. Army programs, specializing in aviation and ground systems, integrated air and missile defense, and threat and target systems. As a trusted partner of the U.S. Department of War, MAGS provides innovative, technology-driven solutions to enhance national security. With a global presence and a strong ethical framework, KBR ensures secure, effective, and mission-ready capabilities worldwide.

Job Summary

Ready to step into a role where your skills meet purpose and passion? At KBR, we’re seeking a driven Army Air and Missile Defense Exercise planner to join our team and contribute to Air and Missile Defense training. Your contributions will be instrumental in achieving an operationally relevant training environment, driving our mission of realistically portraying Army air and missile defense forces. Join a team committed to excellence, where collaboration and innovation thrive.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develops effective, robust, reliable and dynamic exercise related products that provide Army Air Defense commanders, staffs, and units the capability to train in an operationally relevant, live, virtual and constructive environment that stimulates multi-domain operations from battery to theater level.

• Provides analytical support to plan, prepare, rehearse, conduct, and assess staff exercises, table-top exercises, Mission Rehearsal Exercises, Culminating Training Events, and unit sustainment training events.

• Coordinates with and assists with exercise Action Officers as required in the various Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) events to include exercise planning, scenario development and scripting.

• Plans, organizes, and prepares exercise products to facilitate joint air and missile defense operations, including AMD capabilities, offensive and defensive counter-air operations, coalition naval capability integration, sensor system management, and data link operations.

• Develops exercise plans for managing assigned army, navy and air forces and reviews and publishes exercise documents such as Special instructions and Area Air Defense Plans.

• Advises on the effective use of army air battle management assets. Provides functional expertise and input for activating, employing, deploying, or deactivating army air battle management systems.

• Provides recommendations to create inter-operability among air battle management assets and other warfighting capabilities to enhance exercise operations and allow air defense commanders to increase responsiveness and flexibility. Advises on army weapons control capabilities, procedural control methods, and overall joint air battle management.

• Performs other tasks in support of the Joint Training Program, such as developing plans, knowledge management, doctrine review, conference support, and related administrative assignments.

• Serve as a member of the Exercise Control (EXCON) cell and direct the synchronization, execution, and tracking of Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) to maintain realistic training timelines and achieve established commander training objectives.

• Replicate Higher Command (HICOM) staff elements during operational planning and execution and deliver realistic, vertically nested guidance, orders, and information-flow requests to the training audience to simulate realistic multi-echelon.

• Represent Lower Command (LOCOM) and adjacent units within virtual-constructive simulations AND generate timely, standardized subordinate reports (e.g., SITREPs, LOGSTATs) in response to training audience injects to test the unit’s battle tracking and decision-making capabilities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must have SECRET Security clearance
• Requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or 5 years Military experience with Air and Missile Defense operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A working knowledge of Joint Planning processes, Air and Missile defense capabilities, Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) and Rapid Decision-making and Synchronization Process (RDSP)
• Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter, organized, detail oriented and able to work independently, establish priorities, organize work and maintain performance under pressure of multiple conflicting deadlines

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.