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ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$85,447 - $133,142

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GS-11/12 Pay Grade(Career Ladder)

Entry salary: $62,107 | Full performance (GS-12): up to $96,770

Career ladder: Start at GS-11 and advance to GS-12 with experience.

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading production control efforts for manufacturing projects in a naval facility focused on energetic materials, including managing procurement, tracking deliveries, and ensuring timely project execution.

A good fit would be someone with experience in coordinating resources and solving complex issues under tight deadlines, ideally from a technical or administrative background in government or manufacturing settings.

The role emphasizes training others and monitoring inventory to support the department's mission.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-09/11 level or equivalent, overseeing procurement processes like funding, work orders, deliveries, and returns for maintenance and repair projects
  • Ability to execute production control on multiple projects, meeting deadlines with little notice
  • Skills in resolving complex issues, establishing guidelines, procedures, and training junior specialists
  • Experience managing procurement tasks, including coordination, monitoring funding, materials, and resource allocation
  • Proficiency in monitoring inventory for general and project-specific needs in a manufacturing department
  • Knowledge of preparing procurement packages, requests for bids, and tracking vendor deliveries for on-time performance
  • Ability to collaborate with internal organizations to ensure seamless procurement processes from submission to delivery

Full Job Description

You will serve as an Administrative/Technical Specialist (Lead Production Control Specialist) in the Operations Support Division (M3), Energetics Manufacturing Technology Department (M) of NAVSURFWARCEN IH DIV.

This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The NT-04 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to the GS-11/12.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-03 (GS-09/11 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: overseeing procurement processes (e.g.

funding, work orders, managing deliveries, processing returns) to prepare project plans for Maintenance and Repair of Energetic Operation Process Systems and Equipment.

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. Major Duties:

  • You will serve as the lead production controller responsible for executing production control on various projects in support of the Operations Support Division and Energetics Manufacturing Technology Department's mission.
  • You will be required to meet project deadlines with little or no advance notice.
  • You will resolve complex issues; establish guidelines, practices and procedures, and train junior level specialists.
  • You will have control of procurement related tasks in which the size, complexity, and importance require coordination, constant monitoring, and resource management (to include funding and materials).
  • You will monitor general and project specific inventory within the Energetics Manufacturing Department.
  • You will prepare procurement packages required for the procurement of items and services by utilizing available procurement methods and will present them to the procurement department for award.
  • You will prepare requests for bids and submit to prospective vendors and track vendor delivery progress to ensure on time deliveries.
  • You will work with internal organizations to ensure procurement actions move seamlessly through the procurement system, closely monitoring the status of prioritized orders from the time an action is submitted through to the delivery to the end user.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/10/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/10/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12900474-26-ELL