SUPERVISORY CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY CONTRACT SPECIALIST in the CONTRACT AND LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT (CODE 400) of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

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 GS-14 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 directing the full range of contract procurement and administration actions, including source selection decisions, sole source justifications and approvals, contract awards, issuance of contract modifications, pre-award surveys, cost and price analysis, technical analysis of contractor's performance, resolution of contract disputes.

* Experience managing and coordinating activities in order to maintain the status of, and to control various contractual actions occurring concurrently to ensure that these actions take place in a timely manner.

* Experience negotiating (including face-to-face dealings) complex business transactions that include detailed cost and price analysis using recognized statistical techniques.

* Experience utilizing the Standard Procurement Systems (SPS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as they relate to the electronic acquisition process, as well as the Federal Procurement Data System - New Generation (FPDS-NG), Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) and Electronic Data Exchange.

* Experience planning and assigning work to be accomplished by subordinates, evaluating performance of subordinates, giving advice, counsel or instruction to individual employees on both work and administrative matters, and identifying training needs of employees supervised.

* Experience applying detailed price and cost analysis principles and basic accounting practices related to contract proposal evaluation and contract administration.

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:

• You will serve as a Contracting Officer with unlimited signatory authority and as principal acquisition advisor to the Shipyard Commander, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
• You will direct the full range of contract procurement and administration actions.
• You will delegate, review, approve, and coordinate the work and work products of subordinate Contracting Officers, Contract Specialist, Purchasing Agents, Contract Officer Representatives, and other contract administrators.
• You will plan, develop and establish long and short range procurement and contracting plans, strategies, and approaches for overall ship repair and acquisitions and life cycle programs.
• You will provide advice, coordinate and approve work performed by the Navy and contractor program participants, including cost estimating, cost accounting and establishment of award fees and life cycle costing.
• You will ensure that manpower and material costs are directly linked to program/mission objectives, that expenditures remain within approved budget levels, and that positions and/or organizational structures promote maximum efficiency and economy.
• You will perform other duties as assigned.