As the In-Country Program Manager, you will support our ship repair and technical assistance team. You will supervise, mentor, and train assigned personnel. You will assign tasks, evaluate performance, identify training needs, and listen to and resolve issues and conflicts. As the In-Country-Team Leader, you are expected to maintain a good working relationship with Egyptian Navy counterparts in a dynamic work environment. This is an unaccompanied billet, but the selected candidate can have family member(s)/dependent(s) with them in Egypt at the selected candidate’s own expense.

Essential responsibilities and daily duties include:  

• Interact frequently with Flag Level Egyptian Naval Officers and senior NAVSEA representatives. Operate tactfully in a politically and culturally challenging enviornment.

• Provide oversight and direction to in-country functional managers in the areas of IT, Planning, Technical Assistance, and Industrial Shipyard Management to successfully meet all contractual obligations. 

• Cooperate and collaborate with various CONUS project managers to develop strategies and policies to successfully execute contractual requirements on time and on budget.  

• Develop detailed program reports, Plan of Action Milestones (POAM)s, and site-specific policy and procedural documents. 

• Plan and execute weekly meetings with NAVSEA program managers via VTC and teleconferences. 

• Manage and provide recommendations for proposed special projects, upgrades and resource management. 

• Provide executive level oversight for long term projects and system upgrades, including budgetary, manpower, and long-range planning. 

• Participate, as a key member, in Work Definition Conferences, Arrival Conferences, Departure Conferences, Docking Conferences, and all other meetings and conferences germane to the FOTS program management. 

• Supervise and remain accountable for all matters concerning the performance and quality of support provided to the Egyptian Navy and NAVSEA as related to the in-country team. 

• Record comprehensive lessons learned throughout all phases of training and technical support and develop new processes and procedures to improve services. 

• Support business opportunities to grow and strengthen Amentum's presence in the country and region. 

• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other technical area. 

• 15 years of maritime experience with increased levels of responsibility, including maritime engineering. 

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.  

• Ability to work independently with limited supervision. 

• Ability to help identify program risk and work with CONUS Program Management to mitigate and resolve program risk. 

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing and work with a wide variety of functions and levels of management. Must be proficient in English.

• Ability to obtain a Country Clearance and Base Pass authorization. 

• Ability to possess a current passport at least two years after arrival in Egypt. 

• Ability to travel CONUS and OCONUS. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• 20 or more years of maritime experience with increased levels of responsibility and specific maritime engineering experience.  

• A former US Naval Officer (USN or USCG). 

• Project Manager Professional (PMP) Certification. 

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.