Operational Lead

About the role

Tetra Tech AMT is looking for an Operational Lead.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate instrument flight procedure (IFP) design related workgroups for major FAA projects at facilities/airports
• Develop and track project schedule in a project management software such as MS Project and identify risks and develop a risk register if necessary
• Ensure the proper staffing level and team composition is available for each project, in some cases may need to coordinate proper stakeholders on the FAA and "industry" side for IFP design related workgroups
• Act as a liaison which includes working with different stakeholders (i.e. knowing where and who within FAA to talk to) to gather and/or confirm information in support of deliverables/tasking by FAA customer
• Document, disseminate, and track meeting minutes, notes, and action items
• Coordinate, schedule, and arrange meetings including identifying conference room space as required/logistics prep
• Lead project deliverables as necessary including workgroup meetings including ensuring meeting objectives are completed
• Review procedure requests and ensure project adheres to applicable FAA Orders and processes such as supporting a technical feasibility study for all IFP requests to address items on the IFP Validation checklist (when applicable)
• Coordinate and ensure waivers to criteria are fully documented and provide an equivalent level of safety (when applicable)
• Support special projects where individual will need to leverage ATC background and expertise to provide advisory/consulting to FAA client SME
• Provide strategic planning, other programmatic, and administrative support
• Support the customer's overall business strategy, developing strategic plans and assessing tasks, programs, and system performance
• Conduct research and data analysis to inform operational and business decisions
• Prepare various status reports on a consistent basis for internal and external stakeholders
• Monitor and track project requests, approvals, and progress
• Create business process/data flow diagrams
• Prepare materials for program briefings and presentations as necessary
• Prepare materials and/or technical documentation for industry and Congressional inquiries as necessary
• Must be able to accomplish most tasks independently, with little supervision

Qualifications

• Air Traffic Control and/or air traffic management background including 5 years of management experience required
• 12+ years of professional experience, with a focus in strategic project planning and execution, life cycle acquisition planning and management, administrative, and quantitative/qualitative analysis related work experience (preferred)
• Airspace Design experience (preferred)
• Experience working in an agile software development environment (preferred)
• Proficient in the use of industry standard office software and applications (MS Office, SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree

Pay

$125,000 to $145,000 annually. Compensation is based on relevant experience and qualifications.