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LIFTING AND HANDLING SUPERVISOR

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

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Location

Salary

$100,371 - $130,488

per year

Closes

January 26, 2026

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves supervising teams that inspect and test heavy lifting equipment, like cranes, at a naval shipyard to ensure safe and efficient ship repairs.

You'll plan work schedules, solve coordination issues between teams, and recommend improvements to processes.

It's a good fit for someone with experience managing industrial operations in a technical or manufacturing environment, especially in government or defense settings.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including planning, coordinating, and overseeing work in a technical area
  • Knowledge of weight handling equipment testing, inspection methods, procedures, materials, and record-keeping for industrial ship repairs
  • Experience in project management, quality control, cost control, schedule control, and workflow techniques for inspection operations
  • Ability to recommend corrective actions and coordinate solutions between shop and project teams
  • Proficiency in administrative and personnel management, including supervision
  • Participation in long-, intermediate-, and short-range planning, determining workload capacity, and adjusting priorities to meet milestones

Full Job Description

You will serve as a LIFTING AND HANDLING SUPERVISOR in the INSPECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRAINING DIVISION, LIFTING AND HANDLING DEPARTMENT of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

GS-12 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience planning, coordinating, and overseeing all work performed within area of responsibility.

Experience recommending corrective actions, coordinating solutions of problem between the shop and crane project teams, and managing analysis of data using quality control techniques to determine most efficient methods or processes.

Experience applying knowledge of weight handling equipment testing, inspection methods, procedures, materials, processes, and record keeping procedures using in supporting major industrial ship repairs, facilities, plants and equipment.

Experience applying knowledge of project management, quality control, cost control, schedule control, and work flow control techniques related to weight handling inspection operations in support of ship repair projects.

Experience applying knowledge of administrative and personnel management and supervision.

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 and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1600/equipment-facilities-and-services-series-1601/ 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 be responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing all work performed within the assigned area of the Inspection and Test Branch.
  • You will brief management and recommend corrective action in the development of possible solutions to problems with execution of shop processes and problems of coordination between the shop and crane project teams.
  • You will participate in the long, intermediate, and short-range planning of the shop's work.
  • You will determine workload capacity and make adjustments to work priorities in order to comply with established milestones and changing work conditions.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/16/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/16/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12866300-26-ARM