Amentum is a leading provider of integrated global mission services to the U.S. Government and its allied partners. For over Sixty years, Amentum has provided training, logistics, operations and maintenance services to support complex missions for customers around the world. Amentum employs approximately 50,000 people in over 70 countries supporting some of the most meaningful and exciting missions in the world.
In this role, the Pre-Employment Coordinator will provide critical support to an international team of Talent Acquisition, Human Resources and Security team members. In this role, you will use your administrative, customer service and coordination skills to process the pre-employment actions for our candidates. The goal of our Pre-Employment team is to provide a world-class experience to all of our candidates while following company policies, procedures and team guidelines.
As a Pre-Employment Coordinator with Amentum, you will provide a wide range of support including but not limited to:
- Processing candidates compliantly and tracking candidate activity through Amentum’s Talent Acquisition System of Record and processes including initiating, coordinating and adjudicating background checks, drug screens, medicals, security clearance processing, facility accesses, local country immigration and emigration regulations.
- Liaising with other functional departments including Security, HR, and Operations to ensure all pre-employment requirements are met as expeditiously as possible.
- Independently managing a high volume of new hires’ activities. Follow complex workflows applying standard operating procedures and policies to ensure a consistent application of Company Policies and Procedures, legal compliance and contract specific requirements.
- Documents actions and outcomes in multiple systems working within established Service Level Agreements.
- Develop an understanding of the business and organization structure, aligning requests to TA objectives.
- Assisting with various Talent Acquisition and Security projects as needed.
- Assisting with travel coordination activities as needed.
- Perform other qualified duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or Marketing or related area is required. Equivalent years of relevant work experience will be considered in lieu of education.
- Two years of experience with Workday in a recruiting department preferred; other relevant experience may be considered.
- Adaptability, working independently, time management and business acumen.
- Prior experience working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Flexibility to work across international time-zones.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, presentation skills, and team skills.
- Experience using MS-Office suite [Word, Excel and Power Point] is required.
Desired:
- Experience with Task Order staffing and DoS or DoD contracts a plus.
- Strong knowledge of government contract pre-employment, deployment, and travel strategy and understanding of security clearances.
- Language Skills:
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees at all levels.
• Ability to speak, write, read and comprehends English. - Reasoning Abilities:
• Proficiency with MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Power Point required.
• Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and propose solutions.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently.
Other knowledge, skills and abilities:
- Extremely flexible, with the ability to work through stressful situations in a professional manner.
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Cross- cultural sensitivity and international perspective necessary.
- Ability to develop strong trusting relationships in order to gain support and achieve results.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and details in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
“Amentum is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace”
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Marketing, or a related area, or equivalent relevant work experience
- Experience using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Ability to work independently, adapt, manage time, and demonstrate business acumen
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
- Flexibility to work across international time zones
- Well-developed written, verbal, presentation, and teamwork skills
- Ability to speak, write, read, and comprehend English
- Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and propose solutions
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
- Ability to work professionally through stressful situations
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and cross-cultural communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and details in a dynamic environment
- Two years of Workday experience in a recruiting department
- Experience with Task Order staffing and Department of State or Department of Defense contracts
- Knowledge of government contract pre-employment, deployment, and travel strategy
- Understanding of security clearances
Amentum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Amentum and has not been reviewed or approved by Amentum.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision plans and multiple PPO/HSA options. Mental health support via an employee assistance program and other wellness resources is also included in the benefits mix.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with employer matching. Profit-sharing contributions and immediate or near-term vesting in some cases further strengthen the retirement value proposition.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are presented as solid for the sector, including tiered PTO accrual by tenure and a set of paid holidays. Role-dependent flexible or remote work options and leave programs add to perceived work-life support.
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What We Do
Amentum is a premier global technical and engineering services partner supporting critical programs of national significance across defense, security, intelligence, energy, and environment. We draw from a century-old heritage of operational excellence, mission focus, and successful execution underpinned by a strong culture of safety and ethics. Headquartered in Germantown, Md., we employ more than 20,000 people in 48 states and 28 foreign countries and territories. Visit us at amentum.com to explore how we deliver excellence for our customers’ most vital missions.







