Supervisory Program Manager

Full Job Description

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Platform Infrastructure and Acquisition Division (PIAD) with one vacancy in Silver Spring, MD.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards.

This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

This experience need not have been in the federal government.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations 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.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

To qualify at the ZA-5 or GS-15 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-4 or GS-14 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Providing management and oversight for acquisition programs for marine vessels; Planning and executing a program budget to include evaluating costs and schedules for marine vessel acquisitions; Developing plans or strategies to support lifecycle management for marine vessels; and Planning, evaluating or leading projects or teams such as assigning work, setting priorities, or providing feedback on work assignments.

Major Duties:

As a Supervisory Program Manager, you will perform the following duties: As the Deputy Director of Ships, direct and oversee the Platform Infrastructure and Acquisition Division (PIAD) ship programs by providing exceptionally difficult research for marine vessel acquisition, construction, logistics, and industrial costing programs.

Collaborate with program and mission managers, ship sponsors, design agents, shipyards, contractors, and regulatory bodies in the design and construction process for ships.

Develop long-range strategic program management goals which the organization adopts to ensure long-term viability for ship acquisitions.

Oversee and execute a wide range of technical analyses, engineering and arrangement studies to determine the suitability, feasibility and reasonableness of modifications required to extend a platforms life or the design of proposed new platforms.

Serve as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) by managing budgets and coordinating with Resources Management Division.

Conduct periodic quality assurance reviews to ensure execution of goals are met and that program cost, schedules, and project quality factors have been appropriately balanced to reduce program cost growth and schedule slippages.

Direct the preparation, compilation, review, analysis, and submission of all program data required for the programming and budgeting of various ship acquisitions.

Represent PIAD at various internal/external meetings, conferences and events.

Provide overall continuity, ensuring commitments to customers and partners are met and an effective program execution achieved.

Confer with senior leaders, and managers at various levels to establish mission requirements and objectives, plan for accomplishment, review status and progress, provide management guidance and direction, and provide recommendations and advice on policy matters.

Provide the full range of supervision and direction to a subordinate staff.

Plan and assign work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.

Develop performance plans and evaluate work performance of subordinates.