--- title: 'Operations Planner at ENSCO, Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/operations-planner-ensco-inc-colorado-springs-colorado-c79v6tdyeanj' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Operations Planner at ENSCO, Inc. - **Company:** ENSCO, Inc. - **Location:** Colorado Springs Colorado, United States - **Compensation:** $91k–$121k - **Posted:** 2026-08-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ensco/jobs/5397506008 ## Job description For more than 50 years, ENSCO has been providing leading-edge engineering, science and advanced technology solutions to governments and private industries worldwide. ENSCO prides itself in creating and applying advanced technologies for mission success. We provide systems engineering, integration, and advanced technology services to transform the future safety, security, and resiliency of critical missions on the ground, in the air, in space, and in the information systems that connect these domains. [Learn more about ENSCO.](https://www.ensco.com/) Position Description Job description ENSCO Inc. is a diverse engineering and technology company that provides engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions supporting mission success, safety, and security for government and commercial customers worldwide. We are seeking an Operations Planner to work directly with Government mission leaders responsible for generating, presenting, and sustaining forces for competition, crisis, and conflict in a contested space environment. The position turns strategic intent, evolving threats, supported-command demand, and operational feedback into executable campaign plans, force-readiness priorities, decision packages, and fielding actions. The planner will connect current operations to future capability decisions by integrating mission planning, operational intelligence, cyber defense, training, logistics, infrastructure, continuity, and transition considerations. The focus is decision velocity: expose operational risk early, define measurable knowledge points, preserve viable options, and accelerate mission-ready capability while Government decision owners retain all formal authority. Primary Responsibilities - Translate intent into planning products. Draft objectives, tasks, milestones, measures, decision points, risk statements, execution matrices, and briefing content that move strategic priorities into coordinated action. - Support force readiness and presentation. Integrate mission demand, threat updates, personnel, training, equipment, logistics, and resource data to identify readiness gaps, preparation priorities, and force-package risks. - Maintain campaign integration. Coordinate inputs across operations, intelligence, cyber, communications, logistics, training, infrastructure, security, and partner teams; track dependencies and surface conflicts early. - Advance mission resilience. Develop and update continuity products, Primary/Alternate/Contingency/Emergency options, essential-service dependencies, infrastructure risks, and reconstitution actions for mission-critical operations. - Turn feedback into action. Capture operational and exercise lessons, analyze deficiencies, update action and decision logs, and connect validated findings to training changes, capability outcomes, learning events, and early-fielding priorities. - Build concepts and exercises. Draft concepts of employment, mission threads, exercise objectives, scenarios, evaluation criteria, and after-action products aligned to evolving threats and joint or combined operations. - Produce decision-ready analysis. Develop option summaries, readiness dashboards, schedule and resource views, risk assessments, and concise recommendations centered on mission effect, time-to-field, integration complexity, and operational sustainability. - Run disciplined planning rhythms. Prepare agendas and read-aheads, support planning events, capture decisions, assign and track actions, maintain version control, and keep products aligned to Government priorities and schedules. - Support rapid capability transition. Help define operational-use objectives, user feedback plans, acceptance evidence, training and infrastructure needs, and transition actions for new or improved mission capabilities. - Grow professional judgment. Seek feedback, challenge assumptions with evidence, communicate emerging risk early, and take increasing ownership of complex work under senior planner direction. ## Qualifications Required - Bachelor's or advanced degree in operations research, national security studies, military strategy, aerospace studies, political science, intelligence studies, emergency management, logistics, business, engineering, data analytics, or a closely related discipline, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience; equivalent applied experience may be considered where contract and grade requirements permit. - Relevant experience in operational planning, mission operations, readiness, exercises, logistics, intelligence, cyber operations, continuity, emergency management, or a comparable defense or national-security environment. - Demonstrated ability to independently own a defined planning workstream, integrate multiple stakeholder inputs, maintain accurate planning artifacts, and deliver coordinated products on schedule. - Ability to research complex mission topics, identify operational gaps and dependencies, analyze data, and develop clear findings and recommended actions under senior planner direction. - U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret security clearance at time of hire. - Working knowledge of operational planning, campaign design, force readiness, force generation, joint or combined operations, and execution in a contested environment. - Ability to integrate operational, intelligence, cyber, communications, logistics, training, infrastructure, sustainment, and continuity inputs into coherent planning products. - Ability to translate strategic objectives into lines of effort, measurable outcomes, decision points, milestones, risk views, and executable actions. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft concise plans, decision papers, briefings, and action-focused meeting products for Government leaders. - Ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-driven hybrid environment and coordinate across Government, operational, acquisition, technical, security, and industry stakeholders. - AN ACTIVE DOD SECURITY CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION FOR WHICH, YOU MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN ## Qualifications Desired - Experience with space mission operations, space control, command and control, satellite operations, mission management, or another high-consequence contested-domain mission. - Experience supporting a service component, combatant-command mission, joint task force, combined force, or comparable operational headquarters. - Experience with deliberate or crisis-action planning, exercise design, readiness reporting, force presentation, mission-type orders, or concept-of-employment development. - Experience with continuity of operations, mission assurance, Primary/Alternate/Contingency/Emergency planning, critical-infrastructure resilience, or operational reconstitution. - Exposure to rapid capability maturation, competitive prototyping, operational acceptance, early fielding, portfolio trade-space decisions, or transition from demonstrated capability to sustained operations. - Experience using data visualization, readiness measures, portfolio scorecards, digital planning tools, modeling, or analytic methods to improve decision speed and quality. - Professional military education, joint planning education, or credentials in operational art, campaign planning, emergency management, project delivery, or acquisition management. - Experience preparing staff products such as plans, annexes, execution matrices, decision logs, action trackers, read-aheads, briefings, or after-action reports. - Experience supporting an operational exercise, readiness assessment, mission rehearsal, fielding event, or continuity validation event. - Current Top Secret or TS/SCI eligibility. Required Certifications: None U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes Security Clearance Required: Secret Employment Type: Regular Full-time Background Check Type: 7 Year Pre-Employment Drug Screen Required: None Position Contingent Upon Contract Award: Yes Salary Range $91,000—$121,000 USD REAL ID Requirement This position may require the ability to access to U.S. federal facilities. In accordance with the Department of Homeland Security’s enforcement of the REAL ID Act, as of May 7, 2025, individuals must present a REAL ID-compliant form of identification or an acceptable alternative to gain entry. For a list of acceptable forms of identification, please click here. ## Benefits At ENSCO, a positive working environment and a competitive salary are only part of the reason for choosing a career here. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that creates a stimulating and supportive environment where you can thrive - visit [ensco.com/careers/benefits](https://www.ensco.com/careers/benefits) to learn more. Export Control and Licensing This position may involve access to technology or technical data that is controlled under U.S. export control laws and regulations and the release of which to a non US person may require an export license from the U.S. Government. Privacy Your data privacy is important to ENSCO. Please [click here to view our privacy policy](https://www.ensco.com/legal). California residents can [click here to view your California privacy rights](https://www.ensco.com/legal#caprivacy). ## EEO Statement ENSCO, Inc. and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers– veterans, disability ## About ENSCO, Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: ENSCO, Inc. is a privately held engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions provider serving government and private industries in aerospace, national security, rail, and cybersecurity. - **Entity Type**: Private (privately held) - **Headquarters**: Vienna, Virginia, USA - **Founded**: Not publicly available (over 50 years in operation) - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Aerospace, rail (surface transportation), national security, cybersecurity - **Target customers**: Government agencies (federal, state, local), commercial entities in transportation, defense, space, and critical infrastructure - **Mission**: “Providing leading-edge engineering, science and advanced technology solutions to governments and private industries worldwide” in mission-critical environments where safety, security, reliability, and resilience are paramount. ## Products & Services - **Aerospace Systems Engineering & Integration**: Launch safety, satellite control systems, simulation, independent verification and validation, FAA regulatory support, commercial launch safety. - **Rail Inspection Technologies**: Advanced rail inspection sensors, high-resolution imaging, autonomous inspection systems, rolling stock inspection, and operation of the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado. - **Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Training**: Training for security professionals and critical infrastructure leaders to assess drone threats and enhance air domain security. - **CBRNe Warning & Protection Systems**: Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive detection and decision systems used by highly protected facilities. - **Cybersecurity Offerings**: Elite cybersecurity services including CMMC Level 2 certified capabilities, risk management, and security assessments. - **Human Machine Interface (HMI)**: IData® Tool Suite and IGL® products for commercial, military, and general aviation. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue >$190 million (as stated on company website); 750+ employees - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available (privately held; no external funding rounds disclosed) - **Growth Signals**: - Acquisition of K Labs, Inc. to expand railway inspection technology - Achieved CMMC Level 2 cybersecurity certification - Recognized as a Top Workplaces USA for six consecutive years (2021–2026) by Energage - Received HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Award and VETS Indexes 4-Star Employer designation ## Competitive Advantages - **Longevity & Trust**: Over 50 years of delivering mission-critical solutions to government and commercial clients. - **Diversified Expertise**: Operates across aerospace, rail, national security, and cyber – rare breadth in a single mid-sized firm. - **Specialized Facilities**: Operates the Transportation Technology Center (TTC), a unique rail testing and training facility. - **Certifications**: CMMC Level 2 certification demonstrates strong cybersecurity posture, a key differentiator for government contracts. - **Veteran-Friendly Culture**: Strong commitment to hiring and retaining veterans, with multiple awards and certifications (V3, HIRE Vets, VETS Indexes). ## Strategic Focus - Expanding use of the Transportation Technology Center to support additional government and commercial entities. - Growing counter-drone (C-UAS) training and security offerings. - Advancing cybersecurity services and maintaining CMMC compliance to win more defense and federal contracts. - Continuing to innovate in autonomous rail inspection and HMI technologies. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Employee-focused culture of respect, growth, and family-friendly policies. Recognized as a Top Workplaces USA and Top Workplaces in Technology Industry. - **Work Flexibility**: Many positions offer flexible schedules (4/10s, 9/80s), hybrid or remote work options. - **Benefits**: - Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000/year; professional certification courses paid up to $7,000/year - 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% from first year - Paid parental leave, flexible PTO, and ability to borrow up to 40 hours upon hire - Comprehensive health, dental, vision, HSA with employer contributions up to $2,900/year - Employee Assistance Program, wellness incentives, gym discounts - **Veteran Hiring**: Proud V3-certified company, HIRE Vets Gold Medallion, VETS Indexes 4-Star Employer – active veteran recruitment and retention programs. - **Internship Program**: Paid internships with 401(k) eligibility, capstone projects presented to senior management. - **Mission-Driven Work**: Employees contribute to solving some of the world’s most complicated challenges in national security, transportation safety, and space. ## Sources 1. [ENSCO About Page](https://www.ensco.com/about) 2. [ENSCO Careers Page](https://www.ensco.com/careers) 3. [ENSCO Benefits Page](https://www.ensco.com/careers/benefits) 4. 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