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PRODUCTION CONTROLLER

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

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$74,678 - $97,087

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GS-9 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves planning and coordinating complex repairs and maintenance for naval ships in a Navy maintenance center, ensuring projects run smoothly from technical specs to material needs.

It suits someone with hands-on experience in shipbuilding or repair who can handle detailed planning and problem-solving in a team setting.

Ideal candidates are organized detail-oriented professionals familiar with military or industrial maintenance operations.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience in ship repair and planning processes (GS-09 equivalent for inservice applicants, GS-10 for outside applicants)
  • Knowledge of electrical, electronics, hydraulic, structural, and mechanical systems on ships
  • Experience coordinating quality requirements for ship repairs and availabilities
  • Familiarity with General Specification for Ship Overhaul (GSO) and Navy maintenance procedures
  • Ability to develop technical work specifications using tools like Navy Maintenance Data Base-revised (NMD-r)
  • Skills in analyzing material requirements, lead times, and costs for ship projects
  • Experience reviewing engineering drawings, material specs, and test procedures

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PRODUCTION CONTROLLER in the WATERFRONT OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT (CODE 300) of SOUTHEAST REG MAINTENANCE CTR SERMC.

FOR INSERVICE APPLICANTS (Permanent competitive service within the DoW or Former permanent DoW federal employee): Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 applying knowledge of ship repair and planning processes.

Experience coordinating the quality requirements associated with availabilities and required ship repairs.

Experience applying practical knowledge and understanding of the components and subsystems as well as a sound working knowledge of electrical, electronics, hydraulic, structural and mechanical systems.

FOR OUTSIDE APPLICANTS: (Those not in the Permanent competitive service within the DoW and not former permanent DoW employee): Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 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 applying knowledge of ship repair and planning processes, procedures, automated programs and materials needed to plan for current or future production control requirements for maintenance, repair, and inspection of naval vessels.

Experience coordinating the quality requirements associated with availabilities and required ship repairs.

Experience applying knowledge and understanding of requirements contained in General Specification for Ship Overhaul.

(GSO) Experience applying practical knowledge and understanding of the components and subsystems as well as a sound working knowledge of electrical, electronics, hydraulic, structural and mechanical 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 Per OPM: if there is no position in the normal line of progression in an organization that is one grade lower than the position being filled: 1 year experience at the second lower level is creditable for inservice applicants.

However, for outside applicants, 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower level is required.

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 select, adapt, interpret and apply guidelines and practices to provide and prepare technical procedures required to execute ship availability projects.
  • You will develop project technical work specifications that are contractually binding using the Navy Maintenance Data Base-revised (NMD-r).
  • You will provide technical planning to execute highly complex ship availabilities involving both modifications and extensive repairs.
  • You will act as the Planning Subject Matter Expert (SME) on assigned projects, coordinate the planning of repair and alteration work assigned.
  • You will serve as a technical consultant for "make/buy" decisions.
  • You will provide analysis of material requirements, delivery lead-times, suitable material substitutions and fabrication costs.
  • You will facilitate timely identification and settlement of technical issues related to Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ).
  • You will review a variety of engineering drawings, material specifications and test procedures pertaining to the assigned complex projects for technical adequacy and Quality Assurance requirements.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/12/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/12/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12879701-26-MJR