Joint Exercise Planner

Saic; Sumter (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Joint Exercise Planner to join our team at Shaw AFB in South Carolina. The role focuses on developing training objectives, MSEL, and coordinating comprehensive exercise designs from concept to execution.

The position requires independent work ethic, experience with JTIMS/ARTIMS/JMSEL, and the ability to coordinate multiple planning conferences and site surveys, including liaison with partner nations and embassies. Security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Must operate independently, executing the commander’s intent with limited oversight.
• Candidate has served at an operational level HQ with working knowledge of JTIMS, ARTIMS, JMSEL development, FBE development, and orders development at tactical/operational levels.

Responsibilities

• Develop TOs, MSEL, and coordinate exercise design per milestones.
• Plan and coordinate CDC, IPC, MPC, FPC, MSEL conferences, and pre-deployment site surveys.
• Develop and coordinate exercise control group operations, MSEL database, ECG communications plan, and trainings.
• Provide administrative support including presentations, liaison with partner nations/embassies, and personnel movement/billeting.
• Lead development of training objectives and the Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) during exercise development.

Skills

Independent worker

Operational planning

Education

Bachelor's + 15+ years

Master's + 13+ years

PhD/JD + 10+ years

Tools

JTIMS

ARTIMS

JMSEL

MSEL database

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Joint Exercise Planner to join our team at Shaw AFB in South Carolina..

Job Responsibilities

• Develop the proposed Training Objectives (TOs), Master Scenario Events List (MSEL), and coordinate the development of the overall exercise design in accordance with exercise milestones.
• Plan, coordinate, and facilitate concept development conferences (CDC), initial planning conferences (IPC), middle planning conferences (MPC), final planning conferences (FPC), master scenario event list (MSEL) conferences, and pre‑deployment site surveys.
• Develop and coordinate exercise control group operations including: develop and manage the master scenario event list (MSEL) database; train and manage the exercise control group; facilitate the daily MSEL review; and develop the exercise control group (ECG) communications plan. Develop and coordinate exercise control group operations.
• Provide administrative support to assigned exercises, including developing necessary presentations, coordinating with partner nation/U.S. embassy for necessary assistance, and coordinating for personnel movement and billeting.
• During the development phase of your exercises, you will be expected to lead the training audience in the development of training objectives.
• These objectives will create the foundation for the exercise and drive the development of the scenario.
• Additionally, you will be expected to lead the development of the Master Scenario Event List (MSEL).

Qualifications

• Must possess the ability to operate independently, executing the commander’s intent with limited oversight.
• Candidate will also have served at an operational level headquarters and has a working understanding of JTIMS, ARTIMS, JMSEL development, Field Budget Estimate (FBE) development, and orders development at the tactical and operational level.

Required Education

• Bachelors and fifteen (15) years or more of related experience; Masters and thirteen (13) years or more experience; PhD or JD and ten (10) years or more experience.
• Additional experience accepted in lieu of degree.

Clearance

• An active secret security clearance is required.