Naval Systems Maintenance Analyst

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career customer-oriented Naval Systems Maintenance Analyst to join our team in Portsmouth, VA. This is an Onsite position.

The Surface Maintenance Engineering, Planning, Program (SURFMEPP) maintains, monitors, and refines Class-wide and Individual-Ship Maintenance Plans for all non-nuclear surface ships to ensure material readiness for the projected service life, develop life-cycle strategies to address system upgrades, and fully implement the Class Maintenance Plan into each surface ship's maintenance schedule and availability planning process. SURFMEPP is headquartered at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk assessment, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Performs analyses at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, modernization and disposal.
• Ensures the logical and systematic incorporation of maintenance requirements into total availability solutions within technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Coordinates and standardizes cost data collection and reporting for SURFMEPP. Distributes, collects, and provides analysis for cost relate data requirements to departments, coordinating and assisting with the consolidation of cross-departmental data calls.
• Tracks standard jobs associated man-day estimates at the hull level
• Provides process change recommendations resulting from analysis of performance measures and metrics using standard jobs and end of availability close-out data.
• Develops, maintains and analyzes maintenance cost history/trend data for all surface ships.
• Provides process improvement recommendations to Engineering Department to improve maintenance planning and execution.
• Provides data analysis training to Port Engineers for use in developing Maintenance and Modernization Business Plans (MMBP's) and Planning Board for Maintenance
• Gathers, assembles, analyzes data and produces, graphs, charts, trends and models based on assessment and analysis of data in consideration of Total Ownership Costs (TOC).
• Develops presentations, benchmarks, etc.
• Recommends metric target/goals for improvement based on data analysis.
• Tabulates and analyzes cost data.
• Provides support to the Department as required to include providing a weekly cost analysis brief.
• Makes recommendations using metrics as it relates to successful completion of ship Repair Maintenance availabilities and Business operations of a Naval Repair Facility (Shipyard or RMC)
• Represents the organization in meetings and conferences with government and private sector representatives, both at government and private sector installations in and out-conus, to collect cost data or conduct or identify training needs.
• Receives visitors from other installations and private industry to explain to them the continuous maintenance production methods and techniques

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Degree or a GED
• 5+ years of professional experience in Navy Maintenance or Modernization Availability Planning including experience with Navy/Military Maintenance Database Programs
• Experience speaking in front of Senior Military and Government Officials and large audiences, utilizing great customer interaction
• Experience with Microsoft Office Programs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Naval organization, programs, missions and functions of the Department of the Navy, NAVSEA, stakeholders (e.g. Type Commanders, fleet units, repair yards, private sector organizations, etc.)
• Experience with Six Sigma and Root Cause analysis skills
• Skill in organizing and making presentations, orally and in writing, which persuade or influence managers to accept proposals and recommendation and in composing complex problem oriented correspondences, and PowerPoint presentations
• Experience analyzing data and determine feasible and best alternatives and make recommendation using metrics as it relates to successful completion of ship repair Maintenance availabilities and the Business operations of a Naval Repair Facility
• Ability to represent the organization in meeting and conferences to explain programs, collect cost data, identify, and address stakeholder training needs

Clearance Requirements:

• US citizenship and a current or active Secret clearance

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to transport and lift up to 30 lbs.
• Ability to climb up to four (4) flights of stairs, planks or galley ways
• Crawling and maneuvering in confined spaces or bilge areas, if required
• The person in this position must be capable to go onboard a ship in an operational and industrial environment
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual