MANAGER

Full Job Description

You will serve as the head of the Design Division for the Compatibility Test Facility (CTF) of NSWC PHILA DIV. The Secretary of War has ordered a hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions.

This position is subject to the DoW hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 pay band (GS-12/13 grade level equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer leading multidisciplinary teams through direct supervision, team leadership, or project management to achieve mission objectives; evaluating employee performance, delivering constructive feedback, and mentoring staff to sustain or enhance high performance levels; assessing applicants for division vacancies by conducting formal resume reviews, leading interview panels, and scoring candidates in compliance with merit system principles; organizing workflows, managing communications efficiently, and prioritizing tasks to maintain project momentum and meet deadlines; applying work control processes to ensure documented, approved, and safe execution of activities in test facilities or onboard ships without disrupting planned operations; demonstrating knowledge of organizational policies and instructions, including equal employment opportunity (EEO), absence and leave, disciplinary procedures, recruitment, relocation, retention, position classification, mission readiness, and cybersecurity programs; operating in schedule-driven settings to minimize delays and mitigate risks; and utilizing systems engineering processes to support design, integration, or sustainment of complex systems.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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 develop and implement an organizational vision, which integrates program goals, priorities and other factors.
• You will manage and direct high graded employees to meet the organization's mission, vision and goals.
• You will manage resources (manpower, financial, facilities, materials, contracts, etc.) to accomplish the organization's mission.
• You will advise the Commander and Technical Director on technical issues affecting NSWCPD and to provide guidance to the Navy, academia, the intelligence community, NAVSEA and Warfare Centers.
• You will demonstrate professional knowledge of and experience in strategic, tactical and organizational planning for a complex multi-mission Research, Development, Test and Evaluation and in-service engineering.