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Naval Air Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
California
Salary
$121,585 - $158,062
per year
Type
Full-Time
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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).
This job involves leading a team to manage the production and support of aviation maintenance projects, ensuring everything runs on time, within budget, and meets quality standards for the Navy.
You'll oversee planning, resource allocation, and team performance while coordinating with others to deliver reliable aircraft components to support military operations.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in logistics and supervision who enjoys solving production challenges in a high-stakes environment.
You will serve as a Supervisory Production Support Specialist in the Aviation Maintenance/Material Department of FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST.
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 working knowledge of planning, logistics management, estimating, scheduling, budgeting, industrial engineering, shop capacity, and production workload control to prevent scheduling conflicts, production delays, and material shortages in support of assigned aviation program/project; 2) Formulating, documenting, and maintaining records of negotiated hours, approved costs, and expenditures to provide an accurate audit trail; 3) Determining if aircraft components need to be repaired or replaced based on financial requirements and established timelines; 4) Authorizing material ordering, tracking, receiving, and delivery; 5) Interpreting and writing reports (i.e., funding documents and expense reports) in support of assigned aircraft program; 6) Overseeing and/or assigning work assignments to subordinates, based on organizational priorities, selective consideration of difficulty and requirements of assignments, and/or capabilities of employees; and 7) Leading/supervising an integrated program team to provide coaching, conflict management, coordinate disciplinary actions and grievance resolutions, and provide career development and training support.
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 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:
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