Indo-Pacific Transportation Lead

Amentum; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a dynamic Transportation Manager to oversee planning, coordinating, executing, and optimizing transportation operations to support distributed logistics and sustainment activities for SOCPAC at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.

The role requires coordinating across air, surface, maritime modes; ensuring timely movement of personnel, equipment, supplies, and cargo, with emphasis on resilience, visibility, and compliance in a high-demand, CONUS/OCONUS environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in logistics-related field with relevant experience.
• 8+ years Army/theater-level logistics experience.
• 5+ years transportation, distribution, or logistics experience.
• Familiarity with USINDOPACOM and Indo-Pacific priorities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day transportation operations supporting RSO and JTDC logistics activities.
• Plan and coordinate movement of cargo, equipment, supplies, and personnel across the Indo-Pacific.
• Coordinate transportation requirements across air, surface, maritime, and commercial modes.
• Develop transportation plans, movement schedules, routing options, and contingency plans.
• Coordinate with Government transportation, logistics, supply, distribution, and operational stakeholders.
• Maintain visibility of transportation requirements, movement status, capacity, and delivery timelines.
• Identify transportation constraints, bottlenecks, and vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies.
• Support distributed and contested logistics operations designed to improve resilience and reduce operational signatures.
• Coordinate with commercial transportation providers and logistics partners as required.
• Monitor transportation performance against established schedules, requirements, and performance metrics.
• Support transportation forecasting, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
• Develop and maintain transportation SOPs, processes, reports, and operational documentation.
• Support exercises, experimentation, modernization, and contingency planning activities.
• Provide transportation expertise during planning sessions, working groups, exercises, and operational events.
• Leverage available logistics information systems and data to improve transportation visibility and decision-making.

Skills

Strategic transportation leadership

Distributed Indo-Pacific logistics

Cross-functional collaboration

Policy & compliance understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field

High School Diploma w/ 10+ years experience

Job description

Amentum is seeking a dynamic Transportation Manager to oversee planning, coordinating, executing, and optimizing transportation operations to support distributed logistics and sustainment activities for SOCPAC at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.

The role requires coordinating across air, surface, maritime modes; ensuring timely movement of personnel, equipment, supplies, and cargo, with emphasis on resilience, visibility, and compliance in a high-demand, CONUS/OCONUS environment.