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Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$87,061 - $190,627

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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 is for a branch manager overseeing teams that handle missile systems and launchers for the Navy, focusing on planning resources, guiding technical work, and ensuring weapons are ready for use when needed.

It involves leading people, managing budgets, and improving processes to support military operations efficiently.

A good fit would be someone with experience in defense projects, strong leadership skills, and a knack for problem-solving in high-stakes environments.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at NT-04 (GS-11/12 equivalent) for NT-05 level, including analyzing resource needs, workload planning, and resolving issues to deliver weapons on time
  • For NT-04 level, one year at NT-03 (GS-09/10 equivalent) facilitating command goals and resource execution for timely weapon delivery
  • Experience in program resource guidance, oversight, planning, and technical direction for a branch
  • Skills in personnel management, including hiring, training, performance evaluation, and handling union relations
  • Knowledge of budgeting, compliance, and adjusting operations for emergencies while maintaining quality
  • Familiarity with missile systems like Standard Missile, Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM), Tomahawk, and MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)
  • Ability to develop work processes to improve productivity and meet management objectives

Full Job Description

You will serve as a BRANCH MANAGER in the SURFACE LAUNCH MISSILE DIVISION (E80), SENSORS WEAPONS & LAUNCHERS DEPARTMENT of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, located in Seal Beach, CA.

This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number: ST-12913647-26-CJM. Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement.

For the NT-05: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 (GS-11/12 equivalency) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: analyzing and evaluating resource requirements to develop and monitor workload planning and execution and resolve any issues or constraints to efficiently provide the right weapon in the right condition and at the right time for the warfighter.

For the NT-04: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-03 (GS-09/10 equivalency) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: facilitating command objectives and resource execution to efficiently provide the right weapon in the right condition and at the right time for the warfighter.

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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/electronics-technical-series-0856/ 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 program resource and execution guidance, oversight and responsibility, planning, technical direction, and personnel management for the assigned branch.
  • You will maintain responsibility and accountability for resources, adhering to established regulations, guidance, policy and procedures in the execution of the mission of the assigned division.
  • You will understand and facilitate management goals and command objectives, and develop improvements or design new work processes and procedures to improve productivity and value added from fleet products.
  • You will adjust work operations to meet emergency or changing program or production requirements utilizing available resources with minimum risk to the quality of work accomplished and the negative effect to resources.
  • You will be responsible for management of union relationships, overall Branch customer satisfaction, resource budgeting and execution, and management of compliance items within the Branch.
  • You will manage positions and pay, selection and assignment of employees, employee training and development, management-employee communications, evaluation on performance, utilization of incentives, and administration on leave and timekeeping.
  • You will provide technical leadership and guidance to personnel conducting the processes or planning associated with either Standard Missile, Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM), Tomahawk, and MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) workload.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/1/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/2/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12925739-26-CJW