BIRDPA77110 - Facility Security Officer - BIRD

Fairbanks Morse Defense • Pascagoula, MS

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Fairbanks Morse Defense | Bird-Johnson Propeller Company LLC is seeking a highly skilled Facility Security Officer (FSO) to join our team in a mission-critical role that directly safeguards the integrity, compliance, and security of our operations and national defense-related work. Reporting to the Senior Management Official (Site Head), the FSO serves as both an Industrial Security Subject Matter Expert (SME) and a federally designated Facility Security Officer responsible for ensuring the highest standards of protection for classified information, cleared personnel, and facility operations.
This is a highly visible and essential onsite position based in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where the FSO plays a central role in maintaining the company’s Facility Clearance (FCL) and ensuring uninterrupted compliance with federal security requirements that enable our defense mission. The successful candidate will be responsible for initiating and maintaining employee security records, delivering security education programs, and leading efforts to protect against insider threats and safeguard classified information across all levels of the organization.
In this role, the FSO is a key driver of operational security readiness—overseeing security self-inspections, maintaining continuous compliance with government regulations, and providing timely, accurate reporting to both Corporate leadership and government security authorities. This position is essential to ensuring trust, accountability, and security integrity across all classified and controlled activities, directly supporting the company’s ability to execute its defense contracts and protect national security interests.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3–5 years of relevant experience
• Valid FSO Program Management for Safeguarding Facilities certificate or ability to earn one within six months of employment
• Thorough working knowledge of the NISPOM and other relevant, current, and changing DoD security guidance
• Familiarity and ability to utilize the following with minimal assistance: NBIS (National Background Investigative Services; through either the eAPP or Agency portals) NISS (National Industrial Security System) DISS (Defense Information System for Security) eMASS (Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service) NCAISS (NISP Central Access Information Security System) Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, OneNote) Envoy Visitor System
• US Citizen
• Possession of an active security clearance of SECRET or higher or the ability to obtain one

Responsibilities

• Creates, updates, and maintains procedures to fulfill requirements of the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) as set forth in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information (NISPOM). Implements operational, personnel, and physical security plans.
• Oversees and maintains personnel and facility clearances, continually working to right-size scope and level of cleared personnel and facilities to optimize research outcomes. Directs annual comprehensive security assessments.
• Manage and initiate personnel clearances and process visit access requests in a timely and accurate manner, clearly and professionally communicating with staff to ensure efficient, accurate, and compliant execution of clearance and classified work-related tasks.
• Develops and manages prime and subcontract DD-254's.
• Serves as a main participant and leads preparation in DCSA Security Vulnerability Assessments and Continuous Monitoring engagements. Conduct periodic self-inspections in accordance with 32CFR117 and research security policies as required by DCSA.
• Investigates, reports to DCSA industrial security representative, and documents security infractions and violations.
• Superintends security education and training: Connects with researchers to maintain awareness of security-training needs; engages with federal security community to uphold expertise on new risks, trends and requirements; builds or procures training, briefings, and security educational opportunities. Arranges for required briefings to cleared personnel.
• Directs and handles administrative security operations, including thorough tracking of classified and security-related documents, to include proposal, project, facility, and contract related documents connected with prime and sub-contract forms (e.g., DD254, etc.), in coordination with grant and contracting office. Maintains digital and physical documents in a secure, organized, efficient manner. Safeguards and inventories classified material in a detail oriented, compliant manner.
• Implements, refines, and helps develop security procedures: Oversight of badging and access control; handling of classified visit requests, classified courier needs, and data transmittal. Possesses working knowledge of federal requirements for foreign, U.S. government, and cleared visitor monitoring.
• Provides clear, professional, frequent communication to cleared personnel and general staff about requirements and updates within the security program. Produces high-quality communication free of grammar or formatting errors. Builds repertoire and trust with staff.
• Establishes, implements, and maintains cleared personnel processes, including onboarding/offboarding; adverse HR actions; internal investigations; foreign travel and outside engagements.
• Coordinates with Global Research Security Officer to ensure Personnel Security and Facility Security during international engagements.
• May travel locally and nationally to conferences & meetings to perform job-specific tasks.
• Coordinates occasional disposal of classified or sensitive material.

Benefits

• Fairbanks Morse Defense offers a competitive benefits package including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances, and 401k retirement plan with employer match. In addition, we offer paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level