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SUPERVISORY INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER/OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST

Naval Air Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$143,913 - $197,200

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GS-12/13 Pay Grade(Career Ladder)

Entry salary: $74,441 | Full performance (GS-13): up to $115,079

Career ladder: Start at GS-12 and advance to GS-13 with experience.

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 analyze costs, schedules, and performance for naval air weapons systems, using tools like earned value management to support government acquisition projects.

It requires supervising multi-disciplinary teams, solving technical issues, and briefing leaders on progress.

A good fit would be an experienced engineer or analyst with strong leadership skills and a background in defense or project management who enjoys coordinating complex technical work.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-12/13 level or equivalent in supervisory industrial engineering or operations research analysis
  • Knowledge of earned value management (EVM) concepts, principles, and methods for air weapons systems
  • Expertise in contractor schedule analysis and government schedule development for acquisition strategies
  • Ability to provide technical direction and leadership to multi-disciplined teams
  • Strong communication skills for briefing earned value and schedule analysis to various leadership levels
  • Experience planning work, assigning tasks, and evaluating subordinate performance
  • Familiarity with operations research or industrial engineering theories related to EVM

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Supervisory Industrial Engineer or Operations Research Analyst in the Systems Acquisition Group, Cost and Analysis Department of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12/13 grade level or pay band DP-04 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional SUPERVISORY INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER OR OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST performing duties such as: 1) Applying knowledge of the concepts, principles, and methods of earned value, contractor schedule analysis, and government schedule development for air weapons systems/subsystems and acquisition strategies; 2) Providing overall technical direction and leadership to multi-disciplined teams and coordinating functions between various groups to complete earned value, contractor schedule analysis, and government schedule development products; 3) Communicating earned value, contractor schedule analysis, and government schedule development briefs at various leadership levels.

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 AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ 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 and prepare performance plans covering work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and determine schedules for completion of work.
  • You will assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
  • You will resolve technical problems, review work, and provide answers to employees and supervisors’ questions.
  • You will be responsible for ensuring the quality of analyses and other products developed for assigned program/project.
  • You will maintain working knowledge of the latest operations research or industrial engineering theories, methods, and techniques associated specifically with Earned Value Management (EVM) and related professional disciplines.
  • You will accomplish other duties as assigned.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/11/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/11/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12905572-26-LR