Exercise Planner

MANTECH • Doral, FL

16h • Onsite

About The Position

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Exercise Planner to join our team in Doral, FL. This role is responsible for ensuring operational readiness and response capabilities through the development, execution, and evaluation of comprehensive plans and exercises. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of operational planning methodologies, exercise design principles, and evaluation techniques, enabling them to create realistic and challenging training scenarios that effectively simulate real-world events. The role involves meticulous planning and design of exercises, including conducting needs assessments, developing exercise control plans and scenarios, and coordinating with participating organizations. Additionally, the Exercise Planner will contribute to the development and maintenance of Operational Plans, Contingency Plans, and Crisis Response Plans, working closely with Government stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and operational requirements. During exercise execution, they will manage and control activities, provide real-time feedback, and facilitate after-action reviews to capture lessons learned and identify areas for improvement. The role also requires analyzing exercise data and feedback to identify training gaps and operational deficiencies, recommending and implementing corrective actions to enhance overall readiness. Up to 30% travel is required both CONUS and OCONUS.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, military science, or a related field or 4 years of additional experience may be exchanged in lieu of a required bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of experience with operational planning and/or exercise design.
• Demonstrated experience in operational planning and exercise design, with a focus on developing and executing complex exercises and training events.
• Proven experience working within a government or military operational environment, collaborating with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of operational planning methodologies (e.g., Joint Planning Process, MDMP) and exercise design principles (e.g., HSEEP).
• Must have an active Top Secret with SCI eligibility

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, military science, or a related field.
• Experience with Government exercise planning tools and systems (e.g., JTIMS).
• Relevant certifications in exercise planning or emergency management (e.g., Certified Exercise Planner (CEP), Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP)).
• Plans and Exercise experience at a DoD Combatant Command (e.g., SOUTHCOM, NORTHCOM, CENTCOM, CYBERCOM, INDOPACOM, EUCOM, AFRICOM, STRATCOM, TRANSCOM, SOCOM, SPACECOM) or a Component down to an O-6 Level Command is desired.
• Graduate of a military Intermediate Level School, Top Level School, and or a certified school trained planner school (e.g., SAW, MAWS, JAWS, WTI)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring operational readiness and response capabilities through the development, execution, and evaluation of comprehensive plans and exercises
• Provide meticulous planning and design of exercises, including conducting needs assessments, developing exercise control plans and scenarios, and coordinating with participating organizations
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Operational Plans, Contingency Plans, and Crisis Response Plans, working closely with Government stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and operational requirements
• Exercise execution, they manage and control activities, provide real-time feedback, and facilitate after-action reviews to capture lessons learned and identify areas for improvement
• Analyze exercise data and feedback to identify training gaps and operational deficiencies, recommending and implementing corrective actions to enhance overall readiness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree