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SUPERVISORY ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

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Location

Salary

$90,925 - $118,204

per year

Closes

January 28, 2026

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of technicians focused on the main propulsion and electrical systems of naval ships, troubleshooting problems, ensuring equipment reliability, and coordinating with various Navy experts to keep missions on track.

It requires planning workloads, managing budgets, and advising leaders on technical issues that could affect ship operations.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in mechanical and electrical engineering for military vessels, strong leadership skills, and the ability to handle complex, high-stakes projects in a fast-paced environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent, including analyzing electronic and mechanical system malfunctions
  • Support for engineers on experimental projects and state-of-the-art research
  • Evaluating equipment modifications, test procedures, and operational legality
  • Assessing staff performance to ensure optimal team output
  • Planning work schedules, setting priorities, and developing long-term strategic goals
  • Forecasting workloads, preparing budgets, and managing resource allocations
  • Monitoring technical compliance and advising on system impacts to ship missions

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Supervisory Engineering Technician, Main Propulsion/Electrical branch in the Engineering Department of FWD DEPLOYED REG MAINT CTR DET ROTA.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying electronic and mechanical aspects of division branch systems to analyze system and component casualties and malfunctions; 2) Supporting professional engineers in performing developmental activities to work experimental projects that are without precedent and support state-of-the-art research; 3) Evaluating data to determine acceptability of equipment modifications, validity, test procedures, and legality of operation; and 4) Evaluating work performance to ensure staff selection provides optimal performance.

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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 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 plan work to be accomplished, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare work completion schedules.
  • You will be responsible for developing and implementing division long-term strategic objectives and goals for the purpose of sustainment, quality, capability and capacity to meet mission demands.
  • You will evaluate and prepare workload forecasting and budgetary submissions for the purpose of identifying division resource requirements to meet mission requirements.
  • You will monitor and maintain technical compliance of all division work through active engagement with direct reports.
  • You will assess impact of any one system or subsystem unit on an overall ship mission degradation and maintain awareness of operational commitments in the context of system reliability and readiness.
  • You will advise leadership, customers and stakeholders when conflicts exist between ship operational mission and known degradation or gaps in system certifications and capabilities.
  • You will convey information to appropriate levels of management within and outside FDRMC to ensure timely, concise and relevant information flow for the purpose of socialization of technical and administrative issues.
  • You will communicate and collaborate with the Navy’s technical warrant holders, ship design managers, Naval Shipyards, SYSCOMs, Program Sponsors, Type Commanders and In Service Engineering Agents on technical matters.
  • You will manage resources allocations to execute work within the constraints of established financial controls.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/21/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/22/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12865521-26-SAM