Operations, Training & Quality Manager

Amentum is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Operations, Training & Quality Manager to support a mission-critical logistics program in Northern Virginia. This position serves as a key operational leader responsible for coordinating task order activities, supporting program execution, overseeing training and quality initiatives, and ensuring compliance with customer and contract requirements. The successful candidate will work closely with program leadership and customer stakeholders to drive operational excellence, workforce readiness, and continuous process improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead daily operational coordination activities and maintain situational awareness across assigned workstreams.
• Support execution of task order requirements, schedules, staffing plans, and program deliverables.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for Task Order operational updates, customer communications, and status reporting.
• Coordinate activities across customer and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless program execution.
• Develop, implement, and maintain training programs, onboarding materials, refresher training, and workforce development initiatives.
• Monitor training effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve employee performance and mission readiness.
• Establish and maintain quality assurance processes to ensure compliance with contract requirements, policies, procedures, and customer expectations.
• Conduct audits, inspections, and process reviews to identify performance gaps and implement corrective actions.
• Analyze operational and quality metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Assist with preparation of reports, readiness assessments, logistics tracking, and sustainment planning activities.
• Support milestone reviews, customer meetings, and special projects as assigned.
• Support recruiting and staffing activities, including candidate interviews, qualification reviews, and selection processes.
• Travel between customer and company locations as directed.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Project Management, Education, or a related field; equivalent experience may be substituted.
• 5+ years of experience supporting government contracts, logistics operations, program management, training, quality assurance, or a related field.
• Experience leading operational activities, training programs, quality initiatives, or workforce development efforts.
• Strong understanding of operational processes, performance management, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Excellent communication, presentation, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and reporting tools.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
• Support recruiting and staffing activities, including candidate interviews, qualification reviews, and selection processes.
• Travel between customer and company locations as directed. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications such as PMP, CPLP/ATD, Lean Six Sigma, or related credentials.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

Typical office environment with no unusual hazards, occasional lifting to 20 pounds, constant sitting while using the computer terminal, constant use of sight abilities while reviewing documents, constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communication, constant mental alertness, must possess planning/organizing skills, and must be able to work under deadlines.

Other Responsibilities:

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Compensation Details:

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid time off and holidays

• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)

• Educational reimbursement

• Parental leave

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Tax-saving options

• Disability and life insurance

• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting:

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed,  marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.