Senior Aviation Logistics Lead — Airspace & Ops Planning

Life Cycle Engineering; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits (affordable plans)

Life Insurance

401(k) & ESOP

Paid vacation & holidays

Education & development

Job summary

Life Cycle Engineering is seeking a Senior Aviation Logistics Specialist in San Diego to lead planning, coordination, and execution of military aviation training and expeditionary operations. You will coordinate with FAA, DoD, and local authorities to manage airspace requirements and logistics across MAGTF and expeditionary environments.

The role requires an active DoD Secret clearance, 10+ years in military aviation ops, and strong written/briefing skills.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in aviation management, logistics, military studies, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in military aviation operations or a related field.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Experience supporting Marine Expeditionary Units, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces, amphibious operations, or distributed operations.
• Knowledge of the Marine Corps Planning Process, Joint Planning Process, operational planning, exercise design, and training-readiness management.
• Working knowledge coordinating with FAA airspace structures, Special Use Airspace, altitude reservations, NOTAMs, and civil-military airspace coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to produce clear written products, briefing materials, schedules, reports, and executive-level communications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Willingness to travel frequently to military installations and airports.
• Ability to work extended or irregular hours during exercise planning and execution periods.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain exercise plans, schedules, coordination products, site surveys, briefing materials, and after-action documentation.
• Support aviation operations planning across MAGTF, expeditionary, amphibious, maritime, and distributed environments.
• Assist units with operational concepts, mission profiles, airfield requirements, training objectives, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate with FAA, DoD, installation, and local authorities on airspace requirements, including SUA and NOTAMs.
• Maintain awareness of the National Airspace System and civil-military coordination requirements.
• Coordinate aviation risk management and identify airspace, weather, safety, and security risks.
• Support deconfliction of military aviation activities with civilian air traffic and airport operations.
• Develop and coordinate logistics support for mobilization, staging, sustainment, redeployment, and retrograde operations.
• Plan and track requirements for fuel, ground support equipment, ramp space, hangars, maintenance, transportation, and security.
• Coordinate airfield, ramp, and infrastructure support with installation personnel, airport authorities, vendors, and exercise participants.
• Track facilities, property, equipment, cost estimates, funding inputs, and accountability actions.
• Identify permitting, access, environmental, security, and facility constraints; elevate issues requiring formal authority.
• Participate in planning conferences, execution meetings, and post-exercise reviews.
• Establish and maintain relationships with military commands, FAA reps, and private-sector providers.
• Translate operational requirements into taskings, schedules, resource needs, and decision points.
• Track stakeholder commitments, approvals, and interdependencies.
• Resolve routine coordination issues and elevate matters requiring policy or contractual decisions.
• Represent the organization professionally in meetings with stakeholders.

Skills

Military aviation ops

Airspace coordination

FAA coordination

MS Office

Written communications

Education

Master's degree in aviation management, logistics, or related field

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Life Cycle Engineering is seeking a Senior Aviation Logistics Specialist in San Diego to lead planning, coordination, and execution of military aviation training and expeditionary operations. You will coordinate with FAA, DoD, and local authorities to manage airspace requirements and logistics across MAGTF and expeditionary environments.

The role requires an active DoD Secret clearance, 10+ years in military aviation ops, and strong written/briefing skills.