AFRICOM Logistics Planner - Clearance Required

LMI seeks an AFRICOM Logistics Planner to support a Department of War (DoW) mission partner with theater logistics planning aligned to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) requirements. The planner translates operational needs into coordinated sustainment plans for autonomous systems, support equipment, and other mission-critical capabilities. The role integrates supply, maintenance, distribution, deployment support, and readiness across geographically dispersed locations. The ideal candidate understands joint logistics planning, works effectively across government and industry organizations, and develops practical recommendations for resource-constrained operating environments.

This position requires an active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. The position requires work on-site in Tampa, Florida and travel to support planning and field activities at operational, storage, exercise, test, and industry locations.

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• Develop theater logistics estimates, support concepts, and sustainment plans for AFRICOM-focused operations, exercises, demonstrations, and contingencies.
• Translate operational requirements into supply, maintenance, transportation, storage, prepositioning, and field-support needs, with clear priorities, timelines, and dependencies.
• Prepare logistics inputs to operational plans and orders; assess supportability, resource gaps, constraints, and risk, and recommend courses of action.
• Plan sustainment for autonomous platforms, payloads, batteries, spare parts, control systems, and support equipment from initial fielding through repair, replacement, and recovery.
• Coordinate logistics requirements with combatant command and Service staffs, United States Transportation Command, operational units, program offices, vendors, and support providers.
• Integrate deployment, reception, staging, onward movement, resupply, and redeployment requirements with transportation and distribution specialists.
• Assess maintenance capacity, parts availability, replenishment lead times, storage requirements, and asset visibility to identify readiness shortfalls and sustainment priorities.
• Support multinational and host-nation logistics coordination through authorized government channels; account for access, customs, regulatory, and support-agreement constraints.
• Coordinate with transportation, safety, security, and export-compliance specialists on movement and support of sensitive equipment, lithium batteries, and other regulated cargo.
• Maintain logistics status products, readiness assessments, schedules, risk registers, and action trackers; brief leaders on support requirements and unresolved decisions.
• Develop contingency logistics options for disrupted distribution, limited infrastructure, and changing operational requirements; capture lessons learned and update support plans.

• Bachelor's degree in transportation, logistics, supply chain management, operations, business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Four or more years of experience in military logistics planning, sustainment, transportation, deployment and distribution, supply, maintenance, or a closely related field.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience developing or executing logistics support plans for military operations, exercises, deployments, or operational equipment.
• Working knowledge of joint or Service logistics planning and the relationships among supply, maintenance, distribution, storage, transportation, and operational readiness.
• Ability to assess logistics requirements, resource availability, lead times, and supportability risks and translate findings into executable plans and recommendations.
• Experience coordinating across…