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LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Naval Air Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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Location

Salary

$143,913 - $197,200

per year

Closes

February 4, 2026

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing the logistics and support for naval weapon systems, from planning and budgeting to ensuring everything runs smoothly throughout the system's life.

You'll lead teams to manage maintenance, resources, and innovations that keep military equipment ready for use.

It's a great fit for experienced logistics experts with a background in defense or government projects who enjoy strategic planning and problem-solving in high-stakes environments.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 or equivalent level in federal or private sector
  • Managing Integrated Logistics Support Elements across the full life cycle of weapon systems
  • Leading logistics professionals in product support analysis for acquisition and fielding
  • Understanding of IT systems acquisition, design, and operation in a system-of-systems architecture
  • Leading innovative practices for digital product support and sustainment
  • Identifying deficiencies in acquisition/fielding and creating mitigation steps for readiness
  • Managing technical directives and ship change documents

Full Job Description

You will serve as a LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST in the SYSTEMS ACQUISITION GROUP, LOGISTICS INTEGRATION DEPARTMENT of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

You will serve as the Assistant Program Manager Logistics (APML) assigned to PMA268.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or DS-05 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Managing all Integrated Logistics Support Elements across multi-level security and the total life cycle of the weapons system; 2) Leading logistics professionals in the execution of the product support analysis process across all logistics elements for acquisition and fielding; 3) Understanding of information technology (IT) systems acquisition, design and operation within a system of systems architecture; 4) Leading innovative and adaptive practices across all Logistics Support Elements to enable digital product support and sustainment of the weapon system; 5) Identifying acquisition and fielding deficiencies and creating mitigation steps to ensure weapon system readiness; and 6) Managing technical directives and ship change documents.

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 formulate the support and maintenance concepts and maintainability requirements for assigned weapon system.
  • You will determine based on technical information/funding availability the best approach for expending resources to insure an adequate logistics support posture.
  • You will manage product support integration with product support disciplines executing throughout the life cycle of naval aviation systems and equipment.
  • You will submit program budgets in response to Program Planning Budget System calls, and defend support cost information presented to the program manager and to higher levels within DoD.
  • You will exercise resource responsibility and authority over support budgets through the NAVAIR Budget process.
  • You will direct the efforts of the logistics specialists in accomplishing Logistics Support Analyses and producing planning documentation (e.g. Integrated Logistics Support Plans, Maintenance Plans, Test and Evaluation Master Plans, etc.).

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/29/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/29/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12873187-26-SRD