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Naval Sea Systems Command

SUPERVISORY ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Department of the Navy · Naval Business Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Salary
$117,284 - $180,178 per year
Pay grade
NT-5
Schedule
Full-time
Appointment
Permanent
Opened
Oct 26, 2026
Closes
Nov 4, 2026
Remote
No
Telework eligible
Yes
Openings
1
Security clearance
Secret
Promotion potential
None
Announcement
ST-13098821-27-REM

Who may apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) · Individuals with disabilities · Internal to an agency · Land and base management · Military spouses · Special authorities · Veterans

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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

  • 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.

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.

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