Supervisory Interdisciplinary (Supervisory Senior Project Engineer)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Posted: January 9, 2026 (6 days ago)
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Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$119,630 - $183,782
per year
Type
Full Time
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Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves leading a team in a Navy contracts department, overseeing the full process of buying goods and services for naval projects, from planning and negotiating deals to managing them after they're signed.
It's a supervisory role where you'll guide employees, ensure high-quality work, and handle complex financial and legal aspects of government purchases.
A good fit would be someone with strong experience in contracting, leadership skills, and a detail-oriented approach to following rules and optimizing costs.
You will serve as a BRANCH HEAD in the CONTRACTS DEPARTMENT of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA. Not a high-grade position; therefore, the salary may be limited to a GS-13 Step 10 (currently $155,521).
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.
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 pay band (GS-11/12 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 contract specialist leading technical and administrative contracting functions to ensure optimization for acquisition programs.
Examples of Qualifying Experience may include managing contracts and leading pre-award and post-award actions; demonstrated knowledge of the FAR, DFARS, NMCARS, and related procurement instructions and guidance; procurement vehicles, including cost plus fixed fee, time and materials, fixed price, fixed price incentive, commercial, and non-commercial; leading procurement through all phases of the procurement cycle, from acquisition planning, solicitation development, evaluation, award, and post award administration; advising technical, past performance, small business, and cost boards; performing complex cost realism analysis; leading negotiations; drafting source selection decision documents supporting the award recommendation; and performing debriefs.
Applicant must meet the following Department of Defense qualification requirements for 1102 contracting positions: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf And the title 10 requirements found here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1724&num=0&edition=prelim 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:
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