Employment Blog: Nammo Talley, Inc.

As you are aware I'm sure, Nammo Talley has had a very busy year. We've grown and continue to grow with new contracts/business. To assist with this demand we have recently posted 2 new positions for Contract Administrators. Please read the below, and if interested apply online @ Jobing.com or http://www.talleyds.com/careers/jobindex.html.

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATORS  (2)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

·          Seeking a midlevel to senior level contracts professional.  This individual must have demonstrated experience in managing specialized and complex proposals, bids and contracts, particularly those in response to Department of Defense requirements. 

·          Analyzes solicitation and contract requirements for acceptability and recommends and drafts appropriate contractual language.  Possesses the ability to interpret clauses, special provisions, specifications and terms and conditions to ensure compliance to applicable laws and regulations.

·          Must possess working-to-expert knowledge of contracting concepts, FARs and DFARs, Uniform Commercial Code and some experience in international contracting.  Knowledge and experience with ITAR / EAR and other regulatory provisions a definite plus.

·          Experience with authoring and negotiating various types of contractual agreements. 

·          Provides written and verbal contractual guidance to company personnel and program team members and bears the responsibility for contract performance.

·          Prepares contract Certifications and Representations in accordance with regulatory requirements and provides written and verbal instructions with regard to contractual requirements.

·          Responsible for developing pricing for proposals.  Gathers and analyzes cost and estimating data for appropriate utilization in pricing proposals, must be experienced with pricing contracts and proper rate application.  Prepares contract and pricing proposals for submittal to customers in accordance with individual customer requests and company and regulatory requirements.

·          Develops negotiation strategy and leads the negotiation team on cost, pricing and contractual terms. 

·          Disseminates contract and budget requirements for company distribution and direction.  Monitors contract performance against contract requirements and reports on same. 

·          Manages the contract change process and prepares contract claims.  Provides internal direction regarding contract changes.

·          Prepares and submits written correspondence including contract/technical data transmittals to customers in accordance with contract requirements and instructions.

·          Represents company and participate in customer meetings.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND/EXPERIENCE

·          B.S. in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or equivalent level of relevant experience.  Advance degree is highly desirable.

·          Minimum 7+ years relevant experience in administration of DOD contracts and subcontracts

·          Strong knowledge of FAR, DOD procurement procedures and related regulations

·          Pricing and proposal preparation experience in DOD contracts

·          Excellent analytical, negotiating, oral and written communication skills

·          Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Applications, Excel, PowerPoint

·          Must have the ability to prepare financial spreadsheets

·          Travel as needed

·          Ability to obtain a Security Clearance and ATF approval to deal with our product

PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPEREINCE

BUYER - to serve as primary point of contact with suppliers and major subcontractors by coordinating the acquisition, management and distribution of materials and services for the company.

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR - Midlevel to senior level contracts professional. This individual must have demonstrated experience in managing specialized and complex proposals, bids and contracts, particularly those in response to Department of Defense requirements.

MACHINIST II – Sets up and operation of machine tools such as lathes, mills, and grinders to make metal parts, mechanisms, tools, and machines. Position requires proven machinist skills, including logical thinking, mechanically inclined, neat, organized, and productive.
Ideal candidate requires minimal direct supervision, is a self-starter and can communicate and work well with lead-person, peers, and engineers in a 4-person shop.

PROJECT ENGINER/WEAPONS SYSTEMS – Liaison with program management, manufacturing, production planning, quality assurance, and procurement functional organizations at Nammo Talley and key suppliers, to insure technical compliance of development systems, subsystems, components with specifications and contract requirements.

SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER – Will serve as project engineer in the Advanced Technologies Group as part of the new business “capture” team to grow and expand new and existing product lines.

TEST ENGINEER - The Test Engineer is to direct a team in conducting ballistic and environmental tests on production and development products.

If you or any one you know may be interested, please have them visit: http://www.talleyds.com/careers/jobindex.html to apply directly for any position.

Thank you,

Eric Ehlers

Human Resources Specialist/Staffing

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Nammo Talley Inc., Mesa, Ariz., won a $380940 federal contract from the US Air Force Materiel Command, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

We are hiring currently

IN MESA, AZ: BUYER / CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR / SR. PROJECT ENGINEER / TEST ENGINEER / MACHINIST / PROJECT ENGINEER-WEAPONS SYSTEMS

IN DAVIDSVILLE -PA: MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

APPLY TODAY AT http://www.talleyds.com/careers/jobindex.html

The M72A7 LAW, is a man-portable, shoulder launched rocket designed to destroy armored vehicles and covered enemy fighting positions.

The Group has increased its sales by 14%. Sales totalled 3 130 MNOK compared with 2 745 MNOK in 2007. The pre-tax profit for 2008 amounted to (NIBT) 375 MNOK compared with 361 MNOK in 2007.

The first ten years since the formation of Nammo, the company has gradually developed from being a strong Nordic player, to an international competitive and well recognized supplier of ammunition and missile products.

In 2008, 68% of the sales went to customers outside the Nordic region (Finland, Norway, Sweden). These sales covers 33% other Europe, 29% USA/Canada and approximately 6% in the Far East/Australia. 

Nammo continues to sharpen its focus on high-tech niche products in a customer oriented market.

“Due to the financial crises the future is more uncertain than the previous years, but we still have to maintain and utilize what we have learned in the past. We will continue to cooperate and build teams across boarders, be focused on the customers requirements, be close to the home market and be flexible to adjust the organization to market trends, says President & CEO, Edgar Fossheim.”

Nammo has recently signed a Demil contract with the Norwegian Armed Forces for demilitarization of their stock of 52.000 e.a. of 155mm Improved Conventional Munitions (ICM).

The contract is a result of the Oslo Convention and the Ban on Cluster Munitions, signed by 94 Nations in Oslo on 3 December 2008. The fact that the Norwegian Armed Forces takes this fast action will influence on the other signing nations of the Oslo Convention.

The disposal of the ICM's has started today, 30 April 2009, at Nammo's Demil facility at Løkken Verk outside Trondheim in Norway. The contract is foreseen to be completed by 31 July 2010.

"For Nammo it is of utmost importance that Norway, as one of our three Nordic Home Markets, signs this contract with us and chooses a secure and environmental friendly demilitarization method. I hope that we in the future also can assist the Norwegian Armed Forces with their disposal of other stocks of old and obsolete ammunition types", says Reijo Bragberg, Executive Vice President of Nammo's Demil Division.

Nammo has a world leading expertise in industrialized and eco-friendly demilitarization of conventional ammunition in general and cluster munitions in particular. On behalf of several NATO customers, the Group has demilitarized several million sub- munitions from cluster munitions in the facilities in Norway, Sweden and Germany, over the past ten years.

The Nammo Group

The Nammo Group is an international defense group specialized in design and production of ammunition products, shoulder fired weapon systems, missile and space propulsion systems and demilitarization services. The Nammo Group employs 1800 people in 7 countries.

If you are interested in positions with Nammo Talley, please visit our website at http://www.talleyds.com/careers/jobindex.html

By Edward Gately, Tribune

April 15, 2009

A decades-old family business, a locally owned fast-food restaurant and a military contractor were given awards by the Mesa Chamber of Commerce Wednesday for their charitable efforts to help the community.

The annual Mesa Chamber Awards Luncheon recognizes businesses that have shown an interest in the community beyond the normal course of doing business, said Charlie Deaton, the chamber's president and CEO. This year's winners are:

• Thompson Auto Repair & Towing, small business award.
• Chick-fil-A at Riverview, mid-size business award.
• Nammo Talley, large business award.

"These are businesses who are serving on various boards, whether they're chamber or other agency boards, nonprofit boards like the United Way and Feed the Family, those things that make a business a little different than someone who just simply is out to make a profit," Deaton said.

Nammo Talley's 550-acre campus in northeast Mesa develops, tests and manufactures a wide range of propellant-based products. Employees there have always been self-motivated to help the community, said Steve Wagner, president.

"When you live and work in the community, you really have a responsibility to be part of that, and that's what the key is with our community program," he said. "(During a recession) there's actually a bigger responsibility on the part of companies to reach out and support the people around you who may not be in the best of times."

(MMD Newswire) April 16, 2009 -- Nammo Talley, Inc. announces successful implementation of an earned value management system that was initiated to support two contracts requiring earned value. Earned Value Management (EVM) is a project management technique for measuring project progress in an objective manner. EVM has the unique ability to combine measurements of scope, schedule, and cost in a single integrated system.

Nammo Talley announces successful implementation of an earned value system that is process based and maps to roles within the organization.

"We did enough research internally to know that earned value is more than just a few simple calculations provided by some off the shelf software, states Jim Speer, IT Director of Nammo Talley, Inc. Earned value is the culmination of project management disciplines and best practices. This management discipline called EVMS (Earned Value Management System) allows for quality output of project performance data. With the help of Tampa based 748 Inc, we were able to implement an earned value application with role based processes to support this system. Additionally, we feel we made a great investment in that we're able to bid all jobs that require earned value reporting or even an EVMS certification qualification for jobs over $50 million."

"As a supplier to Raytheon and the US Marine Corps of the next generation SMAW (Shoulder Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon), Nammo Talley exceeded the threshold of $20 M in this program, states Nick Duke, SMAW Program Manager. Earned Value was required by the DOD due to this threshold and we needed a system and processes in place to support this requirement. 748 Inc trained us to get a basic understanding of earned value, configured applications and provided custom process and application training. The end result of this work boosted the maturity of project management in our organization and lead to a very successful Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) with the Marine Corps and Raytheon."

"As a supplier to Boeing on their CMS (Counter Mine Strike) program earned value management is required, states Rebecca Cote, CMS Program Manager. We needed to not only get a system in place quickly, but we also needed to understand how to support it throughout the organization. 748 Inc got us up to speed very quickly. They also assisted us in prepping for the IBR with Boeing. As a result, the IBR was a great success."

748 Inc provides professional consulting services to government contractors, engineering and construction, energy firms, transportation industries that are in need of project management and earned value management ANSI / EIA 748 compliance.

“In tough economic times, contributions to the United Way of Lowndes County have been down, but the organization — in its 55th year — was able to distribute about $310,000 to the agencies it serves.

The fundraising goal for the United Way has been $600,000 for the last few years, but the goal wasn’t met this year, due to weather-related disasters and economic downturns, said Executive Director Jan Ballard, noting the United Way allocations committee worked with a budget of about $210,000 and was forced to use reserve funds for allocations to agencies served by the United Way of Lowndes County.

“But we did have some very good campaigns with many of the businesses and industries enabling us to allocate funds at the level we did this year,” she added.

“We’re no different than any other organization,” said Jim Wilson, the outgoing president of the United Way of Lowndes County Executive Committee. “When we have a downturn in our economy, we see a downturn in contributions. This year, we were unable to level-fund (our agencies), but we’re hopeful as the economy rebounds, so will our contributions. These funds are important to a lot of people.”

During its annual luncheon Thursday, the United Way of Lowndes County recognized several individuals and businesses for their contributions to the community.

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Community Matters awards

Receiving the Community Matters Award for contributions of between $1,000 and $4,999 were Brunini, Grantham, Grower and Hewes, PLLC, city of Columbus employees, Lowndes County employees, BancorpSouth, Mitchell, McNutt and Sams, P.A., J.C. Penney No. 1829, Galloway-Chandler-McKinney Insurance, Columbus Air Force Base, Citizens National Bank, Recovery House, Wal-Mart No. 495, Atmos Energy, Ellisville State Schools Community Programs, Nammo Talley and Rhett Real Estate.”

Nammo Talley Inc is proud to assist the United Way and be a part of the community.

If you are interested in a career opportunity with Nammo Talley, please visit our website at:http://www.talleyds.com/

This is due to our growth, excellent leadership and solid values. As we grow, the need for quality personnel also grows. I've listed below all available positions as of today, with full job descriptions.

If you are interested, please visit and apply online at:http://www.talleyds.com/Talley%20Nammo%20Test%20page/careers/careers.htm.

Current opportunites are:

PROJECT ENGINEER/New Business

Will serve as project engineer in the Advanced Technologies Group as part of the new business “capture” team to grow and expand new and existing product lines.

 Responsibilities include all technical aspects of advanced programs including:

Nammo Talley acquires Composite Solutions

Last update: 5:34 p.m. EST Feb. 12, 2009

RAUFOSS, NORWAY, Feb 12, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Composite Solutions, LLC, Murray, Utah and Nammo Talley, Inc., Mesa, Arizona announced today the acquisition of Composite Solutions by Nammo Talley. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Composite Solutions has over 20 years of experience in the design and manufacture of technically challenging composite structures for commercial, aerospace and defense markets. Nammo Talley, a member of the Norway based Nammo Group since 2007, has been involved in the design and manufacture of components and systems based upon the creative application of energetic materials and devices since the 1950s.

The addition of Composite Solutions to the Nammo family expands the technical offerings that Nammo Talley can offer its aerospace and defense customer base and further diversifies the company through addition of Composite Solutions commercial customers.

Composite Solutions will continue to be led by its Founder and President, Brian Lundy, who has agreed to remain with the company. Mr. Lundy will now report to Nammo Talley's President and CEO, Steven Wegener. The company will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Nammo Talley and its operations will remain in Murray, Utah.

The Nammo Group is an international defense group specialized within design and production of ammunition, shoulder fired weapon systems, rocket motors and demilitarization. The Nammo Group has 1800 employees in 6 countries.

If you are interested in working for Nammo Talley Inc, please take a look at our career opportunities at http://www.talleyds.com/careers/jobindex.html. 

 Eric Ehlers

Human Resources Specialist/Staffing

Nammo Talley Inc

Talley Defense Systems (now Nammo Talley) line of M72 LAW and M141 Bunker Defeat Munitions has gained considerably since 2005. The usefulness of smaller LAW rockets that may not work against tanks, but are very portable and effective against fortified rooms and building strongholds, has become clearer to American forces, and to some of their allies. Talley Defense Systems larger SMAW has also gained strong recognition from the front lines, and the Marines now plan on a SMAW-II. The firm now sees Talley Defense Systems products accounting for 19.38% of production, and 16.78% of total dollars, through 2018 (2005: 5.14% of production, 5.26% of total dollars, through 2014)".

Due to expanding growth and the wealth of positive news we receive, Nammo Talley is hiring more than ever. Adding Project Engineers, Test Engineers, Machinists, Manufacturing Managers, Quality Engineering Managers and more.

So if you are interested in working for a well known highly respected defense contractor, may I suggest checking our website at: http://www.talleyds.com/careers/jobindex.html.

Eric Ehlers

Human Resources Specialist/Staffing

With all the lay-offs, down sizing and other economic trials folks are dealing with currently, I wanted to share some good news for engineers, chemists, technicians and others interested in the Defense industry.

Nammo Talley is in fact growing. Due to our unique specialization as a leader in development and production of solid propellant systems for extended range artillery ammunition, we are solid (pun intended).

Recently in the news from 'Global Defence News - which covers all the news of the defence sector, globally' stated: Nammo Talley Defense, Inc., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded a $15,460,047 firm fixed price contract for the procurement of 7,750 units of Light Weight Anti Armor Weapons rockets, M72A7, to replenish stockpiles. The M72A7, DODIC HA29, is a man-portable, shoulder launched rocket designed to destroy armored vehicles and covered enemy fighting positions. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., (70 percent); Camden, Miss., (16 percent); and Davidsville, Pa., (14 percent), and is expected to be completed by Apr. 2011.

This is just one of several contracts we are currently undertaking. We are growing, and need quality people. Please visit our site at http://www.talleyds.com/careers/jobindex.html or contact me directly.

Let's make someone's career!

Eric Ehlers