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Posted: March 25, 2026 (2 days ago)

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PAINTER LEADER (MIXED TRADE)

Naval Air Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$35.77 - $41.72

per hour

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SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of workers in painting and related maintenance tasks at a naval facility, focusing on planning workloads, supervising daily operations, and ensuring safety while performing hands-on work.

A good fit would be someone with strong leadership skills and practical experience as a skilled tradesperson in areas like painting, sandblasting, or equipment cleaning, who enjoys guiding others in a team setting.

It's ideal for those who thrive in a structured environment like the military, where attention to detail and following procedures are key.

Key Requirements

  • Ability to lead or supervise teams, including planning workloads based on employee capabilities
  • Journeyman-level knowledge and skills in at least one trade: rubber worker, sandblaster, or equipment cleaner
  • Experience demonstrating proper work methods, explaining processes, and setting work pace
  • Skill in reviewing and spot-checking work in progress to ensure instructions are followed
  • Commitment to enforcing safety and housekeeping rules in a work environment
  • Hands-on ability to work alongside teams on maintenance, repair, and overhaul tasks
  • Qualifications meeting OPM Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Painter Leader (Mixed Trade) in the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Production Department of FLTREADCEN EAST.

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: The Ability to Lead or Supervise: 1) Planning the division of workload accordingly, based on the employees' availability, ability, and capability, 2) Reviewing work in progress and upon completion, ensuring that instructions have been properly executed, 3) Ensuring that safety and housekeeping rules are followed.

4) A journeyman level knowledge of at least one of the following trades: rubber worker, sandblaster, or equipment cleaner.

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 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 demonstrate proper work methods, explain unusual steps or processes, set the pace of the work and ensure the team understands all instructions, policies and procedures.
  • You will be responsible for passing on instructions from supervisors to employees.
  • You will review and spot check work in progress; upon completion you will ensure that supervisor instructions have been executed.
  • You will be responsible for ensuring that safety and housekeeping rules are followed.
  • You will work alongside teams when not engaged in resolving issues impacting production goals defined by supervisor.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/25/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/25/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12916654-26-MAF