Site Activation Lead

Travel: Up to 80% travel required
Two-week site deployments at FAA facilities nationwide
Return home between deployments (schedule varies based on rollout plan)

Schedule: Must be able to support overnight / 3rd shift operations during deployments
 

• Coordinate planning, staffing (Leidos and sub-contractors), and provide daily status of the site survey and implementation directly with Leidos and FAA Program Management Office personnel.
• Organize and Coordinate deployment activities among internal Leidos stakeholders such as Hardware Engineering, Network Engineering, Test, Quality Assurance and Configuration Management and FAA stakeholders such Implementation Lead and FAA facility leadership.
• Coordinate staffing to accommodate waterfall deployment workload. Will be a combination of Leidos and sub-contract staffing efforts.
• Generate and develop sub-contract roles, staffing, expectations.
• Develop and maintain an integrated schedule which includes each system location beginning at site survey to the conclusion of Contractor maintenance responsibilities of Site Acceptance and associated drawing and documentation approval by the Government.
• Track both FAA and Leidos site survey action items to completion prior to on site implementation window.
• Oversee checkpoint meetings and preparation of multiple contract required drawings and documentation related to Site Survey and Implementation.
• Oversee and provide technical expertise to multiple teams performing site survey, hardware procurement, rack build and hardware packaging for shipment, system installation and site acceptance testing.
• Resolve site survey and implementation conflicts as they arise and escalate to Leidos Management
• Coordinates post installation operations and maintenance support at sites based on FAA requests.
• Cost Account Management skills to oversee budget and schedule within program office parameters.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 10+ years of professional experience
• Experience conducting a site survey in an operational facility for rack-based IT equipment and desktop PCs
• Experience installing rack-based IT equipment and desktop PCs in an operational 24/7 facility concurrent with operations
• US citizenship required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to demonstrate a commitment to personal and corporate excellence, ethical behavior and integrity
• Prior experience in a technical leadership role that requires significant coordination across multiple functional areas. Prior experience with cost accounting / earned value management/ownership Planning and Cost estimating experience
• Experience in team building, customer focus
• Travel required up to 80%

• Previous National Air Space (NAS) and FAA site survey and hardware installation experience in FAA operational facilities such as ARTCCs, TRACONs and Air Traffic Control Towers
• Familiarity with Air Traffic systems, FAA personnel structure, and FAA operation support.