SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST
Naval Air Systems Command
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SUPERVISORY ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$119,630 - $155,521
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 to plan and oversee testing programs for electrical and mechanical systems on Navy submarines and surface ships, ensuring everything runs smoothly and safely.
It requires supervising projects, evaluating decisions, and assigning tasks while staying updated on technical details.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in ship maintenance or engineering who enjoys managing teams in a high-stakes naval environment.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in managing test programs for electrical or mechanical systems on surface ships or submarines
- Knowledge of technical manuals, directives, and reports for maintenance, overhaul, modification, and testing of nuclear and non-nuclear submarines and surface ships
- Familiarity with shipboard systems, work control, requirements, system testing, shipboard safety, and Subsafe re-entry control
- Ability to evaluate technical decisions for effectiveness and keep management informed on project statuses, personnel, or procedural issues
- Skills in analyzing project scope and assigning tasks to functional shops or codes
- Supervisory experience in a federal or equivalent public/private sector role
Full Job Description
You will serve as a Supervisory Engineering Technician in the Engineering and Planning Department of PSNS and IMF.
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 managing the proper sequencing and execution of test programs involving electrical or mechanical systems of surface ships or submarines.
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 keep the Head, Production Test Engineering and Planning Division informed on the statuses of all project assignments on any personnel, organization, or procedural problems which require of management.
- You will evaluate technical decisions for overall effectiveness.
- You will analyze the nature and scope of projects and make assignments to functional shops or codes as necessary.
- You will use knowledge of technical manuals, directives and reports associated with maintenance, overhaul, modification, and testing of nuclear and non-nuclear submarines and surface ships.
- You will use knowledge of shipboard systems, work control, requirements, system testing, shipboard safety and Subsafe re-entry control.
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