Section Supervisor II

JT4 • Edwards AFB, CA

2d • $97,000 - $125,000

About The Position

JT4, LLC provides engineering and technical support to western test ranges for the U.S. Air Force and Navy through the Joint Range Technical Services Contract (J-Tech II). This Section Supervisor II position supervises the JT4 Telemetry Acquisition Section (9941), supporting the Edwards AFB 412TW Range Division. The incumbent directly supervises a diverse team performing real-time telemetry operations, maintenance, and sustainment engineering, requiring an understanding of developmental flight test operations, range scheduling, and real-time problem-solving.

The supervisor directs staff, manages workloads and schedules, supports hiring and employee development, and ensures customer mission requirements are met within operational and budget constraints. The role oversees safety, quality, maintenance workflows, trouble tickets, and Maximo reporting. The position requires flexibility to work independently and collaboratively, and to accommodate mission needs that may include overtime, weekends, varying shifts, remote locations, and occasional overnight assignments. The employee must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance up to the Secret level.

Work is performed in office, indoor, outdoor, and field environments. Duties may involve travel to remote locations, use of a government vehicle as needed, and climbing stairs, ladders, towers, and scaffolds. The role includes occasional lifting up to 30 pounds and may involve uneven, wet, or dry surfaces and grease or oil on working surfaces. The work also involves frequent computer use, communication, and mental alertness, and may require standing, walking, sitting, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, bending, twisting, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.

Requirements

• Two to four years of technical institute or college education, or equivalent formal technical training or military equivalent.
• Five or more years of experience in a directly related technical working environment, including two or more years as a supervisor.
• Knowledge sufficient to oversee technically diverse tasks assigned to the shop.
• Practical knowledge of company policies, procedures, and practices sufficient to perform effectively as a supervisor.
• Valid state-issued driver’s license.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to accommodate mission support needs that may include overtime, weekends, varying shifts, remote locations, and occasional overnight assignments.
• Ability to perform the described physical and environmental duties, including occasional lifting up to 30 pounds and climbing stairs, ladders, towers, and scaffolds.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive practical knowledge of aircraft telemetry, RF systems, and voice/video data transmission.
• High proficiency in Maximo, purchase requisitions, tool control, logistics, safety protocols, quality control, and preventive maintenance procedures.
• Demonstrated experience with timekeeping, performance appraisals, supervisory inspections, and technical interviews.
• Experience with fiscal-year budget allocation processes (RBA/DBA).

Responsibilities

• Supervise the work performed by employees assigned to the shop or work unit.
• Set employee work schedules and account for section employees’ time worked.
• Explain or interpret company policies to subordinates.
• Evaluate and document employee performance, and recommend wage actions.
• Interview prospective employees and make hiring recommendations; participate in selecting and onboarding candidates.
• Contribute to operations and expense budgets and control costs and resources.
• Serve as a point of contact for company technical employees, managers, and customer representatives.
• Provide oversight, professional development, and workload guidance to Section 9941 staff.
• Adjust procedures and task priorities to keep work on schedule and aligned with customer mission requirements.
• Lead the team in supporting customer satisfaction, technical innovation, and warfighter needs within operational and budgetary constraints.
• Oversee compliance with safety protocols, quality assurance standards, local work cards, operating procedures, and technical manuals.
• Promote a safety culture across fixed and mobile telemetry operations.
• Supervise submission of local trouble tickets, preventive and corrective maintenance workflows, and Maximo reporting.
• Use Microsoft Office, including MS Teams, to facilitate meetings, coordinate with other Range departments, and prepare operational reports.
• Perform other related supervisory tasks and duties as directed.
• Read, understand, and implement applicable operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements.
• Travel to remote work locations as required and use a government vehicle on an as-needed basis.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, active on Day 1.
• Life insurance.
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Disability insurance.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) plan options with employer match: 50% match up to an 8% contribution, with 100% immediate vesting.
• Tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

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