Project Logistics Planner (Regional Sustainment Framework)

Deloitte • Honolulu, HI

150d • $113,325 - $188,875

About The Position

The Project Logistics Planner supports Deloitte’s AI & Engineering team and Government & Public Services practice in operationalizing the Department of Defense Regional Sustainment Framework across the USPACOM area of responsibility. The role assesses regional logistics capabilities, develops maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) partnerships, and integrates sustainment initiatives with joint operations, theater defense plans, and security cooperation activities. It works with Joint Logistics Enterprise organizations, Service Components, Sub-Unified Commands, Defense Agencies, foreign military counterparts, and other stakeholders.

The position plans and coordinates bilateral and multilateral logistics engagements, staff talks, working groups, forums, exercises, and logistics operations. It supports the development and maintenance of agreements and other security cooperation instruments, including ACSAs, MOUs/MOAs, and implementing arrangements. It also coordinates logistics capacity-building projects, Excess Defense Articles transfers, Foreign Military Sales sustainment, and partner-nation interoperability and maintenance self-sufficiency efforts.

The planner aligns sustainment activities with theater campaign, posture, and security cooperation plans, and ensures compliance with applicable statutes, DoD directives and instructions, and Joint Publications. The role conducts independent staff analysis, prepares executive-level written products and recommendations, briefs senior military leaders and foreign defense officials, and represents the Department of Defense in joint, interagency, bilateral, and multilateral forums. International and domestic travel is required 6–8 times per year, not to exceed 20% of the time. The position is part of Deloitte’s Project Delivery Talent Model, with employment tied to the project role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• Experience drafting formal staff packages, including action memoranda, bilateral agreements, and background papers, and presenting complex sustainment concepts to USPACOM leadership and international defense officials.
• At least 5 years of experience operating within a Geographic Combatant Command environment, preferably Navy, or at a sub-unified/Service Component headquarters level.
• At least 2 years of experience managing bilateral logistics portfolios, participating in bilateral military staff talks, or executing Security Cooperation/Security Assistance programs such as ACSA, FMS, or Cooperative Logistics Supply Support Arrangements.
• At least 2 years of experience applying security cooperation management tools such as G-TSCMIS/Socium and logistics databases such as AGATRS.
• Experience using tasker management systems such as ETMS2, LOGCOP, AI tools such as Claude or Maven Smart System, and other essential IT systems to perform work.
• At least 1 year of experience in the defense industrial base, product support strategies, depot-level maintenance processes, and global commercial MRO networks.
• Ability to travel internationally within the USPACOM area of responsibility and domestically 6–8 times a year, not exceeding 20% of the time.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product.
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships.
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others.

Nice To Haves

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct high-level logistics capability assessments and facilitate partner engagements.
• Draft bilateral agreements and integrate regional MRO initiatives into joint operations, security cooperation activities, and theater defense plans.
• Collaborate across Joint Logistics Enterprise organizations and with foreign military counterparts.
• Operationalize and execute the DoD Regional Sustainment Framework within the area of responsibility.
• Identify, assess, and leverage regional, bilateral, and multilateral MRO capabilities to strengthen forward-deployed sustainment resilience.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute bilateral logistics staff talks, working groups, forums, and multinational exercises with regional allies and partners.
• Support drafting, negotiation, and maintenance of bilateral logistics instruments, including ACSAs, MOUs/MOAs, and implementing arrangements.
• Align regional sustainment initiatives with the Theater Security Cooperation program and synchronize logistics posture across theater campaign, posture, and security cooperation plans.
• Coordinate logistics capacity-building projects, Excess Defense Articles transfers, and Foreign Military Sales sustainment to support partner interoperability and maintenance self-sufficiency.
• Ensure regional sustainment plans, bilateral arrangements, and security cooperation activities comply with applicable DoD directives, instructions, Joint Publications, and statutory authorities.
• Draft staff products, including executive summaries, information papers, action memoranda, and talking points; deliver executive-level briefings to General/Flag Officers and foreign defense dignitaries.
• Plan and coordinate logistics operations supporting mission requirements, including the Multinational Logistics Branch and Plans & Exercise Division (J45).
• Coordinate logistics activities with Service Components, Sub-Unified Commands, Defense Agencies, subordinate commands, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate interagency implementation of DSCA 5105.38-M (SAMM) and applicable Title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 16 security cooperation programs.
• Apply and interpret applicable statutes, DoD directives and instructions, and Joint Publications, including DoDI 4000.19, DoDI 5132.03, JP 4-08, and JP 4-0.
• Integrate logistics policy, doctrine, and statutory compliance across assigned lines of effort.
• Conduct strategic, independent staff analysis; develop recommendations and products; and represent DoD in joint, interagency, bilateral, and multilateral forums.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package for project delivery-focused professionals.
• May be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program.
• Broad range of employee benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development, including on-the-job learning, formal development programs, leadership opportunities, and mentorship.

What This Job Offers

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