Senior Aviation Lead

ECS Tech Inc•Ft. Rucker, AL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Everfroth ECS is seeking an Aviation Lead to work on-site at Ft Rucker, Alabama. The Aviation Lead provides overall program leadership, strategic oversight, and execution management. The individual is accountable for the successful planning, coordination, and execution of aviation training system activities supporting initial entry, advanced, and sustainment flight training objectives.

Requirements

Active Secret Clearance
Instructor Pilot or Maintenance Test Pilot
Army Aviator Experience: UH-60M
Bachelor’s degree in aviation, Engineering, Program Management, Systems Engineering, or a related field
8+ years of experience supporting aviation, flight training, or DoD program management efforts

Responsibilities

Directing program execution, leading program reviews, technical interchange meetings, and stakeholder engagements.
Managing acquisition and contract execution activities in coordination with Government stakeholders.
Overseeing risk management, concurrency planning, and issue resolution to ensure training continuity, safety, and readiness.
Ensuring effective cross-functional integration among aviation engineering, training, logistics, test, safety, cybersecurity, and acquisition teams.
Coordinating Subject Matter Expert (SME) involvement.
Reviewing and approving key program deliverables, including Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASPs), maintenance plans, test and evaluation plans, device accreditation and qualification documentation, and training system performance metrics.
Overseeing performance tracking and reporting.
Ensuring compliance with Army aviation training standards and contractual requirements.
Providing executive-level briefings and decision support to Government leadership.
Responsible for high-level planning, compliance, and delivery of all program objectives in support of safe, effective, and operationally relevant flight training.