[Hiring] Site Lead @Leidos

Role Description

Leidos has a direct placement for a Leidos Airport Site Lead to provide technical and project management support to the Security Equipment Deployment Services (SEDS) for the TSA Deployment and Sustainment Division (DSD). This position encompasses the full project lifecycle management as the site lead/project manager.

• Site surveys/validations
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Coordination and communication
• Report development
• Drawing review/comment
• Construction management/oversight
• Schedule development and tracking
• Applying for and closing out local/state construction permits
• Subcontractor oversight
• Installation oversight
• Test witness
• Project sell-off/close-out of security systems related to checkpoint equipment deployments at federalized airports throughout the United States

The position will support the TSA SEDS program to maintain, upgrade, and move the established airport security system to the next generation of capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of experience or Master’s Degree and 6 years of experience. Eight years of additional related experience may be substituted for a BA/BS degree.
• Three (3) years of Project Management experience, two (2) years of which occurred in an airport.
• Demonstrated experience as a Project Manager (preferably construction management) with on-time, on-budget projects.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders on a single project.
• Experience in planning and the formulation of design alternatives and solutions for construction projects.
• Management experience on work performed by field staff and sub-contracting firms.
• Experience in resolving compliance issues with federal, state, and local authorities on design specifications.
• Thorough understanding of airport construction practices, processes, standards, and their impact on project activities.
• Familiarity with the Checkpoint Requirements and Planning Guide (CRPG) for Checkpoint operations.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently with a cross-functional team.
• TSA vetted (current or in the past).

Requirements

• Provide project planning, coordination, and technical advice to facilitate checkpoint security screening equipment installations, removals, and relocations.
• Keep the CP DC informed on project progress and issues to avoid negative impacts to schedule, cost, and/or performance.
• Inform the CP DC and the TSA Design Team of any new airport/airline projects.
• Conduct site surveys of potential projects as directed by the CP DC.
• Coordinate, monitor, and report project schedule activities and execution between stakeholders.
• Attend internal and external TSA meetings as required.
• Assess progress against the project schedule and report any variances that may create risk to schedule, cost, or performance.
• Track project activities related to installation of checkpoint security screening equipment.
• Coordinate shipments of screening equipment with peripherals and FF&E with all project stakeholders.
• Ensure Equipment Request order forms (ReMAG) are created or updated once project scope is finalized.
• Submit a Test Readiness Notification (TRN) to the CP DC 10 days prior to testing.
• Provide a detailed hourly schedule for each day of deployment at least two weeks prior to onsite work.

Benefits

• Up to 75% travel to airport locations as assigned.
• Some work may require non-standard work shifts (during evening or weekends) to accommodate TSA requirements.

Company Description

At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.