SURTASS Field Support Team Manager

Leidos Defense is seeking a Field Support Team (FST) Manager to support operations in Virginia Beach VA.

Program Overview:
The Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) mission delivers on-demand mobile active and passive maritime surveillance capabilities in support of Joint and Naval Task Force commanders. Utilizing advanced towed acoustic sensor systems SURTASS vessels are engineered for extended independent operations in remote maritime environments.

Position Summary:
The SURTASS Field Support Team Manager will lead a team of intermediate-level technicians responsible for the installation retrofit testing maintenance and repair of SURTASS systems across all assigned vessels. This role ensures operational readiness and technical excellence in support of mission-critical maritime surveillance activities.

Primary Responsibilities.

• Manage staffing qualifying training and execution of Intermediate level maintenance of all SURTASS mission systems

• Maintain the FSTs in a state of preparedness that shall ensure the Government a readiness posture capable of responding to SURTASS operational tasking routine preventative maintenance and expeditious repair of failed equipment both CONUS and OCONUS in port and at sea

• Generate reports for SURTASS mission systems status as directed by the Government

• Identify maintenance knowledge gaps for contract personnel and author curriculum to address deficiencies

• Development and maintenance of the Maintenance Integrated Master Schedule

• Monitor certifications and performance ensuring adherence to standards policies guidelines and contract requirements

• Enforces quality standards throughout all elements of program performance identifies non-conformities and participates in corrective actions

• Develop plan coordinate and integrate related requirements to support operational needs

• Develop briefs procedures and processes

• Identifies programmatic risks and opportunities and develops solutions to achieve mission

• Interfaces with customers and program stakeholders

Basic Qualifications.

• Must have at least an Associate Degree in Computer Science Electronics Technology or be a graduate of US Navy electronics C school or equivalent civilian electronics technical school. Curriculum must have dealt directly with industrial maintenance troubleshooting and repair of secure networks and communications systems navigations systems and sonar surveillance systems.

• Ten (10) years of progressive work experience in a Navy life cycle sustainment program with personnel supervision responsibilities and familiarity with C4I technologies and sonar maintenance.

• Must have at least five (5) years of supervisor experience that includes:

  • Manpower planning

  • Shipboard technical support management

  • Maintenance scheduling for in-port periods

  • Administration of personnel performance and qualification currency

  • Task management scheduling reporting and tracking FST technical requirements described in this SOW

  • Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

  • 5 years of experience in the operation maintenance and/or repair of complex Navy Systems.

  • Experience working with teams in a dynamic complex operational environment

  • Top Secret clearance is required to start

Preferred Qualifications.

• Eight (8) years of combined experience in the maintenance and repair of SURTASS PROCESSING Subsystems SURTASS COMMs subsystems and/or SURTASS arrays. Experience in all three of these areas versus one or two is highly desirable.

  • SURTASS PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM includes: ICP UNIX LINUX Windows ORACLE COMPOSE GCCS-M GPS (Commercial and MIL-STD)

  • Bathythermograph/Sound Velocimeter Mechanical and Ring Laser Gyro TTTS and/or PC Test Set;

  • SURTASS COMMs SUBSYSTEM includes: SHF UHF SATCOM and LOS HF

  • NOW IFF SECURE VOICE and DATA CRYPTOs CMS EKMS KMI SIPRNET

  • ADNS/CFCP and/or NIPRNET; iii. SURTASS ARRAYS includes: TL-29A Twinline and Single line LFA CLFA and/or HFM3.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.