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Career Opportunities at DAWSON Join the 'Ohana! DAWSON is a Native Hawaiian global business enterprise serving the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal government clients while benefiting the Native Hawaiian community.  Aloha (sharing of life, embodying humility and respect) is one of DAWSON's core values. Aloha is the common spirit that bonds our 'ohana together, guiding us as we treat our employees, families, clients, and partners with trust, understanding, and compassion. We strive to live aloha every day, and we are committed to sharing aloha across the globe.  Current job opportunities with DAWSON are posted here as they become available. Check back often for new positions! Back To Openings Strategic Planner/Secret Clearance Department:
PTS - Engineering and Logistics Location:
Panama City, FL START YOUR APPLICATION Mahalo for your interest in this role! Please see the full position description below and click Start Your Application when ready. For more information about DAWSON, please visit dawsonohana.com * Salary range: $80,000 to $84,000 * Clearance requirement - Must have a Secret Clearance * Location - Tyndall AFB/Panama City FL * Travel - Role offers meaningful travel opportunities (up to 40%) supporting customer-facing and mission-critical initiatives. Summary for Strategic Planner: Position located at Tyndall AFB FL, Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC). DAWSON provides technical, engineering, and planning advisory and assistance services in support of the AFCEC, Readiness Directorate, Expeditionary Engineering Division to maximize capabilities in Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (BEEF), Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE), and expeditionary facilities/equipment/energy modernization programs. We provide Advisory and Assistance Support (A&AS) and associated deliverables in support of the AFCEC/CXX missions to include: Strategic Planning, Process Mapping, Continuous Improvement, Acquisition Support Services, Expeditionary Engineering and Emergency Services, Readiness, Pavements, and Training. Duties and Responsibilities: * Assistance and deliver strategic planning tools such as change management in business redirection and enhancement; business management techniques; identification and deployment of measurement systems; program analysis, planning and development; process mapping, benchmarking and process migration and in-depth requirements analyses. * Facilitate and support efforts to develop, establish, implement and sustain leading-edge techniques and possess the expertise and capability to use the ADP systems utilized by AFCEC, assist in the dissemination of information gained on a project or program specific basis to all Air Force programs. * Advise and assist the Government at readiness related meetings worldwide through conference attendance, delivering materials and equipment, at both CONUS and OCONUS. * Perform and deliver technical reviews of data deliverables and equipment. * Assist in maintaining spreadsheets and databases tracking current and future materials and equipment procurements ensuring all information is accurate and complete. * Provide a minimum of two (2) commercially available technology improvements and/or two (2) recommendations concerning development of new ADR technologies each quarter which evaluate government, commercially available, and emerging technologies. Education/Experience Required: Educational Level: Bachelor’s degree and 10 years in a U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering career field or minimum 20 years of experience in the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering career field. Knowledge Skills * Excellent customer service skills such as knowledge of product (Air Force Civil Engineering), patience, attentiveness, clear communication skills, time management and ability to use positive language to interact with customers on behalf of an organization. * Technically related experience in survey and remote sensing technologies, development/certification of applications and systems, SUAS and robotic operations, and Program Management/Acquisition Logistics management. * Proficiency in computer skills to work and maintain sharepoints, websites, input data and perform trend analysis using computer software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Professional. * Microsoft Office Suite, written and verbal skills; ability to research, analyze data/trends and present findings at the executive level. * Experience directly relating to technical and program management support for the modernization of ADR, BEAR, and HIPPO is highly desired. DAWSON is an Equal Opportunity/VEVRAA federal contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. DAWSON offers a best-in-class benefits program including medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) program with employer match; paid vacation and sick leave; employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; and a flexible work environment. Additionally, employees can choose from several voluntary benefits including critical illness coverage; accident insurance; identity theft coverage; pet insurance, and more. DAWSON gives preference to internal candidates. If no internal candidate meets our qualifications, external candidates will be given consideration. DAWSON’s career portal utilizes a third-party applicant tracking system that allows us to send and receive messages, along with our official DAWSON email addresses. Recruiting emails from DAWSON will only come from @dawsonohana.com or @msg.clrco.com. DAWSON will never: Ask you to send money or purchase equipment as part of the hiring process; Require you to download any apps to interview such as Teams, WhatsApp, etc.; Conduct interviews via Teams chat or messaging-only platforms; or Request banking information outside of secure onboarding steps. To verify current opportunities, use this official careers page. If you are ever unsure about DAWSON roles and communications, contact us at before taking action. START YOUR APPLICATION Visit Our Home Page © 2026 Dawson Technical Inc Applicant Tracking System Powered by