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SUPERVISORY GENERAL ENGINEER

U.S. Pacific Fleet

Department of the Navy

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Location

Salary

$121,585 - $158,062

per year

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March 25, 2026More Navy jobs →

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 engineers to plan, coordinate, and oversee the repair, maintenance, and upgrades of Navy surface ships to keep the fleet ready for action.

You'll handle technical projects, manage staff, and work closely with shipyard teams and contractors to ensure everything runs smoothly.

It's a great fit for experienced engineers who enjoy supervising projects and have a background in ship maintenance.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in planning and coordinating ship maintenance, repair, and modernization
  • Professional Engineer status with expertise in non-nuclear surface ship equipment
  • Supervisory skills including guiding personnel, approving leave, planning work, and resolving complaints
  • Ability to develop and coordinate ship availability work packages and Plans of Action and Milestones
  • Strong coordination across organizational lines with shipyard departments, headquarters, and contractors
  • Experience in quality assurance, contract administration, specification preparation, and advanced planning for ship projects

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Supervisory General Engineer in the Engineering and Planning Department at San Diego Detachment 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.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: experience as a Professional Engineer planning and coordinating ship maintenance repair and modernization of surface ships and overseeing segments managed by subordinates (e.g.

quality assurance, contract administration, specification preparation, and advanced planning) to ensure conformance and fleet readiness.

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 AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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 offer technical, supervisory, and managerial responsibility for project work in connection with overhaul, alteration, repair, maintenance, and testing of non-nuclear equipment of surface ships.
  • You will perform duties of the Project Engineer including extensive coordination across organizational lines within shipyard departments and with various Headquarters and contractor representatives.
  • You will responsible for guiding, coordinating, monitoring and reporting, on a project basis, the Engineering and Planning effort being carried out for specific ships or projects.
  • You will develop and coordinate the development of non-nuclear ship availability work packages.
  • You will provide supervisory and administrative duties to assigned personnel such as approve leave, plan work, give advice, counsel, or provide instructions, and resolve complaints
  • You will work with assigned Project Management personnel to develop a Plan of Action and Milestones to guide Engineering and Planning Department efforts for successful project completion

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/12/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/12/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12907054-26-LAJ