Surface Maintenance Mechanic (Title 32) (Permanent)
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SURFACE SHIP PRODUCTION MANAGER
United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Virginia
Salary
$108,019 - $140,426
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-12 Pay Grade
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).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves managing the production and repair of surface ships at a naval shipyard, including planning projects, overseeing workflows, controlling budgets, and ensuring safety and compliance.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in shipbuilding or industrial production who enjoys leading teams and solving operational challenges in a high-stakes environment like the military.
It's ideal for detail-oriented professionals who can handle complex systems and improve processes to keep ships mission-ready.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in ship repair project planning, integration, scheduling, and execution for surface ships
- Knowledge of scientific management practices, including workflow, plant layout, time standards, work simplification, and safety
- Expertise in production control, covering direct labor, material and equipment costs, shipyard operations overhead, and budget management
- Familiarity with surface ship platforms (e.g., CVN, LPD, LHA), shipboard systems, and their interrelationships and operating requirements
- Experience training and managing supervisors in industrial production operations, principles, facilities, equipment, and manufacturing processes
- Understanding of labor relations, personnel management, equal employment opportunity policies, safety/OSHA requirements, and hazardous waste management
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SURFACE SHIP PRODUCTION MANAGER in the Pipe Shop (Code 960) Production Resources Department Manager (Code 901), Production Resources Department (Code 900), of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.
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: Experience performing ship repair project planning, integration, scheduling and execution strategies related to the repair/overhaul/conversion work on a Surface Ship (Platform).
Experience utilizing practices and techniques of scientific management (workflow, plant layout, time and engineered work standards, work simplification, safety), productions control (direct labor, material costs, equipment costs, and Shipyard operations overhead costs) and budget control and personnel management.
Experience utilizing Surface Ship Platforms (CVN, LPD, LHA, etc.), shipboard systems, interrelationships between ship systems and their operating requirements.
Experience training and managing other supervisors utilizing knowledge of industrial production operations, principles, practices, organizations, facilities, equipment and manufacturing processes.
Experience demonstrating effective understanding of labor relations and personnel management programs, equal employment opportunity policies and programs, safety/OSHA requirements, hazardous waste management and other similar programs.
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:
- You will ensure compliance with all standards of work established for the Surface Ship Platform.
- You will review cost and program reports anticipating and/or initiating corrective actions.
- You will analyze practices and problems to map causes and develop and implement improvements and solutions.
- You will make recommendations for addressing and correcting deficiencies.
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