Director of Administration

S³, Inc. is a rapidly growing woman owned small business founded in 1991, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, that provides technical, programmatic, and logistic services to U.S. Department of Defense, other U.S. Government agencies, and Partner Nation militaries, co-located with Government requirements. The S³, Inc. staff is 70% veterans. The company operates under an ISO 9001/AS9100 certified Quality Management System.

S³, Inc. has wholly owned subsidiaries that expand the customer base and increase our annual growth rate: KBFS – provides aviation pilot training, heavy lift, aircraft maintenance, and related aircraft services to Government and commercial requirements IAW multiple FAA certifications; S3I – provides OCONUS FMS technical services, maintenance, and aviation platform training; S3 Arabia (S3A) a subsidiary of S3I operates with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and GLSS – provides SCA/CBA contract aviation maintenance.

S³, Inc. and subsidiaries are recruiting to expand and develop Corporate Operations to staff for contract growth and is approaching 1000 employees. At S³, Inc. we're proud to offer above industry standard benefits and encourage our team members to build a fulfilling career with our mission-focused leadership. Come work with us and let's build something great together!

S³ Inc. is seeking a Director of Administration to join our Corporate Business Operations team at our corporate HQ in Cummings Research Park, Huntsville, AL.

This is not a teleworking position. 

Military experience is a plus.

Job Description:

The Administration Department of S³, Inc. Business Operations consists of Human Resources (HR), Benefits, Recruiting, Training Development, and IT department that support contracts co-located with government customers at multiple locations, CONUS and OCONUS. The Director of Administration reports to the CAO and also manages functions of the three subsidiaries, GLSS (Logistics Maintenance CBA, SCA), KBFS (Aviation Commercial), and S3I/S3A (OCONUS Aviation Services).

Responsibilities:

• Manages overall day-to-day task of the department teams to ensure compliance to ISO/AS9100 procedures in execution for proper support to employees and management.
• Coordinates with other elements of Business Operations, develop solutions to meet the needs of the Business Units, update policies, and procedures to proactively support corporate growth, for subsidiary unit, and support routine audits by many federal agencies in accordance with their missions.  
• Ensures HR operations: (a) are compliant with all required federal laws and regulations, (b) provide a competitive fringe package, and (c) provide HR services that meet the timely needs of the Business Units. Applies metrics.
• Directs the recruitment process and the strategic plan to ensure the recruiting needs of the company are met not, only today, but into the future as the company grows. Applies metrics.
• Provides leadership for a work environment for employees that enable them to complete their respective jobs efficiently and effectively, while revamping budget compliant. Applies metrics.
• Manages the IT department staff for hardware, software, and network, classified and unclassified accountabilities within budget. Achieve and maintain CMMC.  
• Accountable performance metrics of the departments, reporting to audit requirements, both internal and external, and planning to advance automation in processes and complete utilization of the capabilities of the Admin modules of Deltek Costpoint.

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree preferred.
• 15 years total experience related to federal contractor administration, 8 years in management of which 4 years management is with a defense contracting company of greater than 500 employees.
• Defense contractor experience is required; commercial experience is not relevant for this position.

Systems Studies and Simulation, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.