SHIPBUILDING SPECIALIST
Department of the Navy - Agency Wide
OlderPosted Jan 2
✓ Fresh Listing
Posted: January 29, 2026 (0 days ago)
This job was posted recently. Fresh listings typically have less competition.
SHIPBUILDING SPECIALIST
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
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, contractual requirements, and operational readiness.
You'll inspect work sites, review contractor proposals, monitor costs, and recommend fixes for any issues.
It's a great fit for someone with hands-on experience in ship maintenance or construction who enjoys problem-solving in a technical, team-oriented environment.
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 and procedures
- Ability to perform specification planning, including estimating, material sourcing, and evaluations
- Skills in conducting shipboard safety inspections and ensuring compliance with safety programs
- Experience reviewing and negotiating contractor proposals for labor, material costs, and budgets
- Proficiency in monitoring contractor cost control systems and recommending approvals or corrections
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SHIPBUILDING SPECIALIST in the WATERFRONT OPERATIONS DIVISION of SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER.
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.
Check your resume before applying to catch common mistakes