WATERFRONT PROJECTS MANAGER
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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WATERFRONT PROJECT MANAGER
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$107,446 - $139,684
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-13 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves managing ship repair and overhaul projects at a naval facility in Japan, focusing on coordinating resources, controlling costs, ensuring quality, and meeting timelines for non-nuclear ship systems.
A good fit would be someone with experience in project management within shipbuilding or defense industries, who can handle complex budgets and technical compliance.
Note that medical and dental care is very limited in the location.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent in directing waterfront business efforts, including cost control, quality oversight, milestone management, contract strategies, and coordination for ship overhaul, repair, modernization, and testing
- Ability to establish resource priorities and assess impacts of rescheduling on project objectives and timelines
- Skills in analyzing shipbuilding/repair processes to ensure compliance with technical requirements
- Experience determining resource requirements to balance workloads and prevent production delays
- Proficiency in developing cost estimates by analyzing business costs such as contracts, production, and testing
- Capability to analyze budgetary effects on program objectives for proper fund allocation
- Willingness to work in Japan with limited access to medical and dental care
Full Job Description
You will serve as a WATERFRONT PROJECTS MANAGER ofNAVAL SHIP REPAIR FACILITY . ***ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.
Please see Additional Information section below.*** This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number: ST-12927516-26-MCM. Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Directing the business efforts (cost control, quality oversight, milestone management, contract strategies and coordination/integration) of waterfront business and planning services to support the overhaul, repair, modernization, and testing of all non-nuclear ship systems.
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 establish resource priorities, assess impacts rescheduling work on overall project objectives and timelines.
- You will analyze shipbuilding/repair processes to assess compliance with technical requirements.
- You will determine resource requirements to balance workloads and alleviate production delays.
- You will develop cost estimates for sponsors by analyzing business costs (e.g., contract costs, production costs, or testing costs).
- You will analyze the potential effects of budgetary action on program objectives to ensure proper allocation of funds can be met.
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