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SUPERVISORY ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Virginia
Salary
$108,019 - $140,426
per year
Type
Full-Time
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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 as a supervisory engineering technician at a naval shipyard, where you'll provide expert advice on maintaining, repairing, and upgrading ships, including nuclear ones, while managing projects and schedules to keep everything on track.
It's ideal for someone with hands-on experience in ship engineering who enjoys solving complex technical problems and guiding others in a high-stakes environment like the Navy.
A good fit would be a detail-oriented leader with a background in mechanical or electrical systems who can handle both technical details and team coordination.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in technical/engineering guidance for naval vessel maintenance, repair, construction, and overhaul
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical documents for complex nuclear and non-nuclear ship systems and alterations
- Technical knowledge of electrical, electronic, mechanical, and structural systems, including their installation, operation, and interfaces
- Experience executing complex administrative, technical, or professional work impacting project success
- Skills in defining problems, developing project planning approaches, and managing subordinate work including priorities and timelines
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain necessary security clearance for naval shipyard work
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SUPERVISORY ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the Engineering and Planning Department, working directly for the Chief Engineer (Code 240) at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA.
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: Experience providing technical/engineering guidance and advice in detail for complex maintenance, repair, construction, and overhaul of a variety of naval vessel classes of conventional and nuclear ships.
Experience interpreting engineering drawings and technical documents for complex nuclear and non-nuclear ship class systems and alterations.
Experience and technical knowledge of electrical, electronic, mechanical and structural systems/components and extensive practical knowledge of such systems and equipment with regard to their installation, operation, and interface with other systems.
Experience executing complex administrative, technical and/or professional work, which directly and substantially affects the successful execution of a project.
Experience defining problems and developing the best approach to the planning of projects. Experience planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, establishing priorities and timelines.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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 identify cost reductions during planning and execution.
- You will create and maintain timely, accurate, resource balanced, and achievable schedules that to support effective project execution.
- You will establish task release dates to indicate when a task is open to labor changes.
- You will verify task package release prerequisites.
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