Contract Manager-Red Flag

Milsup LLC; Nellis Air Force Base Census-Designated Place (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Milsup LLC at Nellis Air Force Base is seeking a Contract Manager to oversee contract performance and exercise full authority on daily operations. The role requires strong organization, planning and formal writing skills, plus the ability to lead in a high‑stakes military environment.

You will coordinate with the contracting officer, ensure compliance, and supervise a team of at least 12 personnel, with a clean Secret clearance and a background in engineering, math, or science.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Science desired with five years military aircrew experience.
• Must possess highly developed organizational, planning and management writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Thorough knowledge of tactical air operations and related mission areas.
• Understand combat aircraft systems, EW, ranges, threat systems and scoring.
• Maintain strong command of English language and technical report formatting.

Skills

Organizational skills

Planning skills

Management writing

Oral communication

Project management

Workflow scheduling

Prioritization

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Science

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Science is desired with five (5) years military aircrew member experience

Training And Experience

The Contract Manager (CM) shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person, and an alternate or alternates, with similar qualifications, who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent, shall be designated in writing to the Contracting Officer not later than the post award conference. The CM or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract.

General Skills

Must possess highly developed organizational, planning and management writing skills, oral communication skills, project management skills, ability to schedule workflow, prioritize, delegate, meet deadlines, and be multi-task oriented.

Computer Skills

Proficient in performing office automation duties on government information systems using current software platforms such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Security Clearance

Must possess and maintain a Secret clearance

Duties And Responsibilities

• Thorough knowledge of tactical air operations, including roles, missions, tactics, and aircrew terminology, knowledge of specific mission areas such as counter-air, counter-land, counter-information strategic attack, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), command and control (C2), etc., and how these mission areas relate to each other.
• General knowledge of composite force employment procedures and tactics, as well as comprehensive understanding of EW, tactical ranges, threat simulators and target scoring systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of combat aircraft systems and their use in counter-air, counter-land, and counter-information missions, a working knowledge (technology, capability, systems, limitations, etc.) of combat aircraft and weapons used in combat air operations by U.S., Allied, and Coalition forces knowledge of U.S., Allied, and threat surface-to-air and air-to-air weapons, their employment tactics and capabilities.
• A good overall command of the English language and knowledge of formatting and style used in technical reports,

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBLITY

12+ personnel

Note

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, skills, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirement of the job change.

The order of duties and responsibilities listed in this job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties and responsibilities in any order of importance relative to each other.