Senior Aviation Logistics Specialist

Position Summary

The Senior Aviation Logistics Specialist supports the planning, coordination, and execution of military aviation training and expeditionary operations. This role integrates aviation logistics, airspace coordination, infrastructure planning, safety, and stakeholder engagement in support of Marine Expeditionary Units, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces, and related aviation organizations. The position works across military commands, federal agencies, civilian airport authorities, and private-sector partners to coordinate training events, resolve operational constraints, and ensure readiness.

Essential Functions and 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.
• Affiliate with units with operational concepts, mission profiles, airfield requirements, training objectives, and supporting documentation.
• Cook with FAA, DoD, installation, and local authorities on airspace requirements, including SUA, ALTRVs, NOTAMs, TFRs, and parachute operations.
• Maintain awareness of the National Airspace System, military training routes, air traffic procedures, and civil-military coordination requirements.
• Coordinate aviation risk management and identify airspace, weather, safety, environmental, security, and operational risks.
• Support deconfliction of military aviation activities with civilian air traffic and commercial 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, communications, security, lodging, and other resources.
• Cook with 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 and escalate issues requiring formal authority.
• Participate in planning conferences, execution meetings, synchronization sessions, and post-exercise reviews.
• Establish and maintain productive working relationships with military commands, installation staff, FAA representatives, air traffic organizations, civilian airport authorities, state and local government offices, and private-sector providers.
• Cook with working groups, planning conferences, site visits, stakeholder engagements, and executive-level briefings.
• Translate operational requirements into clear taskings, schedules, resource needs, and decision points.
• Track stakeholder commitments, approvals, open actions, and interdependencies.
• Resolve routine coordination issues and elevate matters requiring policy, command, regulatory, or contractual decisions.
• Represent the organization professionally in meetings involving military, federal, state, local, and commercial stakeholders.

Required Education, Skills, and Experience

• Master's degree in aviation management, logistics, Military studies, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in military aviation operations, or a related field.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Experience supporting Marine Expeditionary Units, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces, amphibious operations, distributed operations, or related training environments.
• Knowledge of the Marine Corps Planning Process, Joint Planning Process, operational planning, exercise design, and training-readiness management.
• Working knowledge of and experience coordinating with FAA airspace structures, Special Use Airspace, altitude reservations, Notices to Air Missions, temporary flight restrictions, parachute operations, 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.
• Ability to travel frequently to military installations, commercial airports, training areas, and other operational locations.
• Ability to work extended, weekend, or irregular hours during exercise planning and execution periods, when required.

Preferred Education, Skills and/or Experience

• Experience supporting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations, stand-in-force concepts, maritime operations, tactical air control, unmanned aircraft systems, or distributed aviation operations.
• Experience supporting live-fire training, ammunition coordination, range operations, flight simulation, or aviation training systems.
• Experience with aviation maintenance logistics, aviation supply, parts accountability, repair-station operations, or aircraft sustainment.
• Experience with cost estimating, budget tracking, resource allocation, schedule management, or performance reporting.
• Current TS/SCIMarine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, or equivalent career-level PME from another military service.
• Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Intermediate Level Education, or comparable intermediate-level military education.
• JPME I/II Certified Aviation Manager (CAM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), FAA Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107).

Physical Demands and Expectations

• Regular physical activity to include walking, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting (up to 30 pounds), and standing;
• Occasional prolonged sitting;
• Ability to speak, read, hear, and write with or without assistance;
• Ability to use phone and computer systems, copier, fax, and other office equipment.

About Life Cycle Engineering

LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is a privately held, employee-owned company with an emphasis on "doing the right thing the right way", which applies to the way we treat our customers and employees. We are proud to have been recognized as a "Best Place to Work" in Engineering and in many states and local communities in which we work!

Our mission is to enable people and organizations to achieve their full potential. As a professional services organization, our mission is focused on our clients' people and organizations. It is our company's cornerstone belief that we will not lead the industry in assisting our clients unless we excel at helping our own people and teams reach their full potential.

We are a strengths-based organization focused on turning individual talents into strengths and then turning individual strengths into organizational performance that supports our clients' success. We offer a wide range of benefits including:

• Affordable Medical/Dental/Vision Plans for employees and their families;
• Free Employee Life and Disability Insurance, with supplemental coverage options available;
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Savings Account options;
• Company matched 401(k) & company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP);
• Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave;
• Continuing Education and Professional Development programs at all levels;
• Flexible Schedules and Relaxed Dress Code;
• Employer-sponsored events, social collaboration, and open communication;
• Free access to an extensive online training library, including certification prep;
• Bonus Program for outstanding contributions, Employee Referral Program, numerous Recognition Opportunities, and more…

*Benefits may vary by business unit and location.

Life Cycle Engineering is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, application for or service in the military or status as a disabled veteran or veteran, because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation, and any other status protected by applicable state or federal law.