Supervisory Operations Support Specialist
Federal Aviation Administration
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SUPERVISORY TECHNICIAN
Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$124,085 - $190,627
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-11/12 Pay Grade(Career Ladder)
Entry salary: $62,107 | Full performance (GS-12): up to $96,770
Career ladder: Start at GS-11 and advance to GS-12 with experience.
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team of technicians and support staff in managing radar systems for naval combat vessels, including planning projects, handling budgets, and ensuring smooth operations for equipment like the SPY-1 radar.
It's a supervisory role focused on technical oversight, team coordination, and efficient project execution in a military research setting.
A good fit would be someone with experience in engineering leadership, technical project management, and familiarity with defense systems who enjoys guiding teams and solving complex technical challenges.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11/12 level or equivalent in technical and engineering services for combat systems
- Proven leadership and supervisory skills in managing technical teams, including administrative, logistics, and financial oversight
- Ability to plan, direct, and coordinate staff for system design, development, testing, evaluation, and installation
- Experience analyzing workloads, objectives, and requirements for radar or weapon systems like SPY-1 Signal Processor and Antenna
- Skills in establishing efficient management practices, work methods, procedures, and assigning responsibilities to subordinates
- Familiarity with financial and administrative support tools and processes in support of defense programs
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SUPERVISORY TECHNICIAN in the SURFACE COMBATANT RADAR DIVISION (E40), SENSORS WEAPONS & LAUNCHERS DEPT E00 of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, Port Hueneme.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 (GS-11/12 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing leadership and guidance in the performance of technical and engineering services related to conducting system design studies and analyses of requirements, development, test and evaluation, installation, investigation, research, team management, and utilizing financial and administrative support tools and processes in support of combat and weapon systems and equipment programs.
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 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 provide branch managerial and supervisory functions (as a first level supervisor) to branch personnel administratively, logistics, technical and financial management.
- You will plan, direct, and coordinate a staff of technical and support personnel.
- You will analyze the workload, objectives, and requirements of the SPY-1 Signal Processor and Antenna Branch.
- You will establish efficient management practices, to determine personnel and administrative funds required and to assure the highest degree of proficiency in the development and execution of assigned projects.
- You will establish work methods and procedures that will assure the assigned functions are being properly coordinated.
- You will define and assign areas of responsibility to subordinates and establishes.
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