SUPERVISORY ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Summary

You will serve as a BRANCH HEAD in the MACHINERY RESEARCH LOGISTICS & SHIP INTEGRITY DEPARTMENT (C/30), LIFE CYCLE LOGISTICS ENGINEERING & READINESS DIVISION (C/31), TECHNICAL MANUAL READINESS BRANCH (C/314) of NSWC PHILA DIV.

Duties

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• You will perform technical management of Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical Technical Manual projects and programs by analyzing technical scope and adequacy of products and services.
• You will perform organizational and administrative management of the Branch, including tactical and strategic planning, developing resources and capabilities, formulating budgets, managing funding, and negotiating with sponsors.
• You will set, direct, and determine the critical aspects of long-range plans for Life Cycle Logistics updates to Technical Manuals for aircraft carriers, submarines, and surface ships.
• You will direct and manage program execution including oversight of cost, schedule, delivery, and life cycle support of Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical materiel data across aircraft carriers, submarines, and surface ships.
• You will perform supervisory duties such as monitoring and evaluating performance, establishing priorities, assigning work, adjusting workload, and advising and counseling subordinates.
• You will lead, mentor, and direct a technical and administrative staff and provide for their training and development.
• You will market branch capabilities to potential customers and sponsors and establish and maintain effective contacts with internal and external customers at all management and technical levels.
• You will resolve complaints, effect disciplinary action, and develop employees by hiring, promoting, and rewarding Branch personnel.
• You will apply knowledge and understanding of Navy's Technical Authority, including Engineering Agent Assigned Life Cycle Management (LCM) and In-Service Engineer (ISE) roles and responsibilities.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• All requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 pay band (GS-11/12 grade level equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Setting, directing and determining the critical aspects of long-range plans for elements of aircraft carriers, submarine and surface ship Life Cycle Logistics updates to Technical Manuals.
• Coordinating and integrating the work of NSWCPD technical communities and higher-level program authorities to evaluate and determine the critical support aspects of logistics provisioning support for Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) Technical Manual Lifecycle updates.
• Providing long-range planning, directing and managing program execution and executing the programs, functions and operations that includes oversight of cost, schedule, delivery and life cycle support of HM&E materiel data across aircraft carriers, submarines and surface ships.
• Monitoring and evaluating performance, establishing priorities, assigning work, adjusting workload, and advising subordinates.
• Leading, mentoring, directing a technical and administrative staff and providing for their training and development.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Navy's Technical Authority, including understanding of Engineering Agent Assigned Life Cycle Management (LCM) and In-Service Engineer (ISE) roles and responsibilities.

Experience must also demonstrate the ability to perform technical management of HM&E Technical Manual projects/programs (analyzing and determining technical scope, developing/modifying execution plans, and ensuring quality, accuracy and adequacy of products and services) and the full range of organizational/administrative management of a branch (tactical and strategic planning, resource and capability development, budget formulation, funding management, negotiation with sponsors, marketing capabilities, and supervisory personnel actions including hiring, promoting, rewarding, counseling, and disciplinary actions).

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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