SUPERVISORY INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIST (SHIPBUILDING)
United States Fleet Forces Command
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SHIPBUILDING SPECIALIST
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$102,246 - $132,923
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-11 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves overseeing the repair, overhaul, and modernization of Navy ships to ensure they meet safety standards and contractual requirements, including planning work, inspecting sites, and managing contractor costs.
It's ideal for someone with hands-on experience in ship maintenance or construction who enjoys working on-site in a naval environment and has a detail-oriented approach to quality and safety.
The role supports the U.S. Pacific Fleet in California, focusing on keeping vessels ready for operation.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent in ship overhaul, repair, or modernization inspections and planning
- Knowledge of Navy ship maintenance policies for material and operational readiness
- Ability to perform specification planning, including estimating, material sourcing, and monitoring repairs on surface and support vessels
- Skills in conducting shipboard safety inspections and recommending corrections for unsafe conditions
- Experience reviewing and evaluating contractor proposals, negotiating costs, and monitoring cost control systems
- Proficiency in coordinating on-site reviews for personnel protection, safety program compliance, and contract specifications
- Familiarity with contractor systems for cost estimating, budgeting, purchasing, and resource planning
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SHIPBUILDING SPECIALIST in the WATERFRONT OPERATIONS DIVISION of SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER. This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number:ST-12874186-26-JAP.
Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing inspections and planning evaluations of ship overhaul, repair or modernization to determine compliance and quality of contractual specifications or requirements.
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 perform the specification planning to include estimating and material sourcing, evaluations, surveillance, and monitoring of all repairs, overhauls, alterations and conversions of surface and support vessels.
- You will carry out Navy ship maintenance policies to ensure material and operational readiness.
- You will plan and coordinate on-site reviews for the evaluation of personnel protection/prevention and safety program compliance with established procedures, contracts and specifications.
- You will make shipboard safety inspections and make recommendations to correct unsafe conditions.
- You will use output of contractor systems and procedures for cost estimating, labor and overhead, budgeting, purchasing and resource planning.
- You will review and evaluate contractor proposals to provide input or negotiate labor and material costs.
- You will monitor contractor cost control systems during contract performance and recommend cost approval or disapproval or negotiate corrections.
- You will conduct technical advisory reviews of contract specifications to evaluate contractor estimates.
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