Journeyman Acquisition Specialist

Evans Inc.•California, MD

18d•$132,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position is contingent upon contract award. Evans is seeking a Journeyman Acquisition Specialist to join one of their growing contracts supporting the U.S. Navy. We are seeking someone to support development, coordination, and tracking of SBIR acquisition and program documentation. This role will augment staff by maintaining accurate program records, assisting in evaluation activities, and supporting procurement package preparation under the guidance of Senior Acquisition Specialists and Government PMs. Location Details: This role requires 5 days on-site/week at the Naval Air Station in Pax River, MD.

Requirements

Active DoD Secret clearance (or ability to obtain).
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field plus 6 years of experience; or
Associate’s Degree plus 10 years’ additional relevant work experience may be substituted.
3–10 years of experience in DoD acquisition or contracting.
Strong analytical, writing, and communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced defense environment.
Experience supporting federal acquisition, contracting, or program administration activities.
Familiarity with SBIR/STTR processes, or demonstrated ability to rapidly learn DoD acquisition tools and workflows.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to track actions, documentation, and deadlines across multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Assist in preparing procurement documentation for SBIR Phase I and II awards, including drafting SOWs, Acquisition Plans (APs), Acquisition Strategy Reports (ASRs), Procurement Initiation Documents (PIDs), funding documents, contract awards, agreements, and Acquisition Program Baseline Agreements (APBA); assembling PR package components, coordinating signatures, and updating trackers.
Support evaluation events by preparing materials, scheduling reviewers, maintaining evaluation calendars, and documenting meeting notes.
Update and maintain SBIR program data within PMDB, STAIRS, SharePoint/FlankSpeed environments, and local Government repositories.
Track debrief requests and coordinate scheduling, documentation, and response routing.
Support SBIR program reviews, PMRs, and internal planning meetings by preparing agendas, slide decks, and meeting summaries.
Maintain program documentation libraries, SOPs, templates, and process guides.
Provide administrative and analytical support for data calls, metrics reporting, and cross-SYSCOM information requests.
Assist in maintaining compliance with Navy records management, CUI handling policies, and security protocols.
Assess program procedures, practices, philosophies, and documentation for compliance with specifications, contracts, and mission requirements.
Attends, participates, supports analyzes, provides input, develops, prepares and reports on briefs, point papers, reports, correspondence, meetings, conferences, and review boards.
Support Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).