The Logistics & Sustainment Department is seeking a Depot Operations Manager to establish, lead, and continuously improve depot maintenance and sustainment operations supporting advanced defense systems across the Land Systems portfolio. Initially assigned to the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) program and subsequent persistent surveillance programs, this position is designed as an enterprise capability that will expand to support additional programs as mission requirements evolve.
The Depot Operations Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and integrating depot activities including induction, inspection, repair, overhaul, modification, testing, configuration management, inventory control, production scheduling, and equipment return to operational readiness. The position serves as the operations manager for depot execution while integrating engineering, product support, field services, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, technical publications, and training into a unified sustainment capability.
The successful candidate will build disciplined processes, establish repeatable operational standards, develop a high-performing workforce, and deliver a scalable depot capability supporting system readiness throughout the product lifecycle.
Primary Responsibilities Depot Operations Leadership
- Lead all depot maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification, reset, refurbishment, and modernization activities.
- Establish and execute depot operating procedures, work instructions, and standardized business processes.
- Direct production scheduling and workload balancing to achieve customer commitments for cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance.
- Manage equipment induction, diagnostics, repair, testing, acceptance, packaging, shipment, and return-to-service activities.
- Ensure depot operations comply with contractual requirements, company policies, and applicable government regulations. Sustainment Integration
- Integrate depot operations with Product Support, Field Services, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Publications Operations, and Training & Curriculum.
- Coordinate engineering changes, technical directives, maintenance procedures, and configuration management activities.
- Support development and execution of Life Cycle Sustainment Plans, Product Support Strategies, and Integrated Product Support activities.
- Participate in Integrated Product Teams and customer technical reviews. Operational Planning
- Develop depot production plans, workforce requirements, facility utilization plans, and resource forecasts.
- Establish depot performance metrics and monitor throughput, turnaround time, schedule adherence, backlog, labor utilization, inventory accuracy, and quality performance.
- Identify operational risks and implement corrective actions to improve efficiency and readiness.
- Support proposal development through labor estimates, Basis of Estimate (BOE) inputs, depot concepts, and sustainment planning.
Directs all aspects of day-to-day Depot sustainment and production operations while maintaining staffing priorities.
- Successfully manage and lead a team of 14 professionals in the repair and manufacture of FAA hardware, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
- Facilitate cross-training initiatives to create a versatile and adaptable workforce capable of handling diverse electronic repair and manufacturing challenges.
- Effectively manage resources, including personnel, equipment, and budget, to ensure optimal utilization and maximum efficiency.
- Prepare and present comprehensive rep orts on repair depot and manufacturing performance, highlighting key achievements and areas for improvement.
- Successfully collaborated with project managers and finance teams to refine ROM estimates, ensuring alignment with organizational budgetary constraints.
- Conduct thorough life cycle cost analyses for electronic equipment, provide valuable insights for decision-makers and influence procurement strategies.
- Provide timely and transparent financial data, facilitating informed decision-making at both operational and executive levels.
- Proficient in preparing Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates for prospective projects, providing stakeholders with preliminary cost projections.
Asset and Materiel Management
- Ensure accountability of Government Furnished Property (GFP), Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), and company assets.
- Oversee warehouse operations, inventory management, repairable assets, spares, and material flow throughout depot operations.
- Coordinate with supply chain personnel to ensure material availability aligns with production schedules.
Leadership
- Build, mentor, and lead a multidisciplinary workforce supporting depot operations.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, safety, collaboration, and technical excellence.
- Develop standardized training and qualification requirements for depot personnel.
- Provide regular operational updates and performance assessments to department and program leadership.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience. Equivalent military or industry experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Experience leading depot maintenance, production, logistics, sustainment, manufacturing, or repair operations supporting Department of Defense programs.
- Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Knowledge of Integrated Product Support (IPS) principles and lifecycle sustainment.
- Experience with production scheduling, workforce planning, and operational resource management.
- Experience managing government or commercial property accountability.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting Integrated Air and Missile Defense, radar, missile, command and control, or other complex defense systems.
- Previous experience supporting IFPC or comparable Army weapon systems.
- Knowledge of DoDI 5000.91, Product Support Management, and Life Cycle Sustainment Planning.
- Experience using enterprise business systems such as Costpoint, Solumina, ProVM, SAP, Windchill, Teamcenter, JIRA, or equivalent tools.
- Lean Six Sigma certification.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- DAU Life Cycle Logistics certification.
- Prior military maintenance, logistics, sustainment, or depot leadership experience.
- Experience supporting proposal development and Basis of Estimate preparation.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Depot maintenance operations
- Production planning and scheduling
- Logistics and sustainment management
- Repair and overhaul operations
- Configuration management
- Supply chain integration
- Inventory and warehouse management
- Government property accountability
- Integrated Product Support
- Root cause analysis
- Continuous process improvement
- Workforce development
- Cross-functional leadership
- Executive communication
- Customer engagement
Success in this Role
The successful candidate will establish an enduring depot capability that:
- Delivers safe, efficient, and repeatable depot operations.
- Improves equipment readiness and turnaround times.
- Integrates seamlessly with Product Support and Field Services.
- Provides standardized processes that can be applied across multiple Defense Systems programs.
- Develops a skilled workforce capable of supporting future growth and emerging customer requirements.
- Strengthens enterprise sustainment capabilities through disciplined execution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
About the Logistics & Sustainment Department The Logistics & Sustainment Department delivers integrated logistics and sustainment capabilities that enable programs to field, operate, maintain, and sustain mission-critical defense systems throughout their lifecycle.
Mission: Deliver integrated logistics and sustainment capabilities that enable our programs to field, operate, and sustain systems across the lifecycle.
Purpose: Build and develop our people and capabilities to deliver reliable, scalable support aligned to program needs. Operating Philosophy: Develop. Integrate. Deliver. – Precision Sustainment at Scale. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
November 13, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
