LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Pacific Air Forces
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LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Naval Air Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$146,631 - $197,200
per year
Type
Closes
January 16, 2026
GS-12/13 Pay Grade(Career Ladder)
Entry salary: $74,441 | Full performance (GS-13): up to $115,079
Career ladder: Start at GS-12 and advance to GS-13 with experience.
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 leading logistics efforts to keep naval missile systems running smoothly, from planning budgets and contracts to overseeing maintenance and training for weapons like over-the-horizon missiles.
You'll guide a team in the Surface-to-Surface Missiles office at a Navy facility in California, ensuring everything from supply chains to failure analysis supports mission readiness.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in defense logistics who enjoys strategic planning and working with technical teams in a government setting.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12/13 level or equivalent in logistics management for defense systems
- Leadership in technical meetings such as SETRs, TIMs, ILSMTs, and (N)ILAs
- Creating and managing sustainment budgets, including identifying risks and communicating to leadership
- Developing and overseeing contracts like CSS, CLS, or PBL for weapon procurement and sustainment
- Defending and prioritizing budgets in POM, RDT&E, BAM, and O&M accounts
- Experience in lifecycle sustainment planning, cost analysis, maintenance oversight, and supply support
Full Job Description
You will serve as a LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST in the SUSTAINMENT GROUP, SUSTAINMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS DEPT of NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV CHINA LAKE.
You will be responsible for PRODUCT SUPPORT MANAGEMENT of the Over-The-Horizon weapon system Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DS-05) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience includes duties related to the following: 1) Providing logistics leadership in technical meetings, such as SETRs, TIMs, ILSMTs, and (N)ILAs; 2) Creating sustainment budgets, identifying and communicating unfunded readiness impacts and risks to Program and OPNAV leadership; 3) Creating and managing CSS, CLS, and/or PBL contracts for weapon procurement and/or sustainment; 4)Defending, justifying, and prioritizing POM, RDT&E, BAM, and/or O&M,N accounts.
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 provide overall guidance and leadership to the logistics support staff within the Surface-to-Surface Missiles Technical Project Office (TPO).
- You will be accountable for missile/All Up Round Sustainment Program Management, including lifecycle sustainment plans, modeling to optimize availability, relatability, cost-analysis to validate strategies, and product support arrangements.
- You will provide oversight of efforts pertaining to intermediate and depot level maintenance, technical documentation reviews, fleet interfaces, maintenance and failure trend analysis, training curriculum, and cataloging and supply support.
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