Essential Job Duties:
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Lead by example in modeling the safety behaviors and attitude expected by Amentum.
- Ensure employee compliance with EHS policies and requirements through frequent visual verification. Actively engage with employees to understand and address the factors contributing to non-compliance.
- Bridge the gap between Work-as-Imagined and Work-as-Done by actively spending time on the floor with the intentional purpose of collaborating with the team to identify and eliminate operational error traps.
- Participate in injury management, incident investigation, cause analysis, and corrective action implementation.
- Actively demonstrate to all direct reports that safety is a living part of operations and not a standalone action.
- Influence supervisors and frontline employees to pause production for safety concerns without fear of retaliation or adverse impact on operational metrics.
- Recognize employees for their work contributions regularly through informal and formal recognition.
- Responsible for the general management of all aspects of the site operation.
- Provide hands-on management of plant operations through direct, on-the-floor engagement and supervision of staff.
- Drive site production targets and operational excellence while organically stewarding a commitment-based safety culture.
- Manage daily plant operations and ensure plant and organizational objectives for customer satisfaction, productivity, Quality Management System and financial budgets are achieved.
- Perform daily GEMBA walks with the local leadership team.
- Drive post-incident and near-miss case reviews with a focus on organizational learning and system improvement, moving beyond "human error" as a root cause.
- Provide significant input for functional areas including, but not limited to, Other Direct Cost (ODC) budgeting, staff budgeting, accounting, program cost schedule, and financial analysis.
- Manage facility profit and loss (P&L), HR functions, and equipment logistics by integrating safety into every capital and operational decision.
- Provide significant input for analyzing operating expenses including facility and equipment repairs, overtime and purchasing.
- Prepare and analyze facility performance data on a daily basis to ensure plant financial and operational objectives are achieved.
- Handle operational issues and escalate to Program Management Office (PMO) or customer, as needed.
- Maintain maintenance, vendor, and facility contracts.
- Ensure compliance with government requirements such as FAR, CFR, ASTM regulations.
- Ensure compliance with Statement of Work and contractual requirements.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g. OSHA, EPA, DOL), company policies, procedures, standards, instructions, ethics policy and EEO/AA.
- Approve all hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, exempt employee performance evaluations and salary actions.
- Communicate with staff, PMO, the customer and other sites to ensure production effectiveness.
Minimum Requirements:
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Bachelor’s degree and 4 years management experience with demonstrated understanding of safe plant operation, or 8 years equivalent experience in warehouse management, EHS in operations environment, or industrial operations.
- Computer proficiency required
Desired Qualifications:
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Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Good organizational skills.
- Experience in developing, reading and analyzing financial reports, budgets and P&L statements.
- Prior experience working in a continuous improvement environment (Lean, 6S).
- OSHA 30-Hour certificate is preferred upon hire but will be required within 3 months.
- Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) certification preferred upon hire but will be required within 12 months.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB) and Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) certifications will be required within 18 months of hire.
Compensation Details:
$90,000-$120,000
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:
07/01/2026 - 08/01/2026
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.
