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Posted: January 28, 2026 (3 days ago)

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COMBINED TRADES SUPERVISOR

U.S. Pacific Fleet

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$43.41 - $50.66

per hour

Closes

February 3, 2026

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of trade supervisors in a naval shipyard's nuclear production office, where you'll plan work schedules, assign tasks, and ensure everything runs smoothly with tools, materials, and safety standards.

It's ideal for someone with hands-on experience in trades like maintenance or repair who has successfully managed teams in a fast-paced, technical environment.

The role requires strong organizational skills and the ability to coordinate with various departments, especially in a high-stakes setting like a military shipyard.

Key Requirements

  • Ability to supervise through subordinate supervisors (screen-out element)
  • Experience planning and assigning work on immediate and long-range bases, considering resources like personnel, equipment, and materials
  • Skill in establishing work requirements, deadlines, priorities, and sequences for teams
  • Knowledge of identifying training and qualification needs for subordinates
  • Experience maintaining liaison with management personnel across departments, including production and nuclear directors
  • Proficiency in ensuring maintenance of historical logs and work control documents (e.g., lagging requests, discrepancy reports)
  • Quality-level knowledge and skills in trades and labor occupations per OPM guidelines

Full Job Description

***ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.

Please see Additional Information section below.*** You will serve as a COMBINED TRADES SUPERVISOR II in the NUCLEAR PRODUCTION OFFICE of PSNS and IMF.

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying.

Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below.

This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job.

Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible.

The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO SUPERVISE THROUGH SUBORDINATE SUPERVISORS.

Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations.

Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements 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 plan overall work assignments on an immediate and long-range basis in accordance with established schedule requirements taking into consideration available supervisors, workers, equipment, facilities, materials, and tools.
  • You will establish, assign, and explain work requirements to subordinate supervisors, setting deadlines, priorities, and sequences to be followed for work operations.
  • You will identify training and qualification needs of subordinates.
  • You will maintain liaison with key management personnel in all Shipyard department, offices, and divisions, including Production Resources Shop Process Managers, Nuclear Directors, and other supervisors.
  • You will ensure that any required historical logs are maintained and that all work control documents (i.e., lagging requests, inter-shop work requests, discrepancy reports, etc).

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/28/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/28/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12873942-26-WFG