MANAGER
What you'd do
You will serve as a MANAGER in the Littoral & Mine Warfare Systems Department, Fleet Readiness & Sustainment Division of NAVSURFWARFCTR PANAMA CITY DIVISION. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The full performance level of ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to the GS-14 and GS-15.
Major duties
You will oversee all engineering, software development, and software maintenance activities related to the Legacy Mine Countermeasures systems, including performance optimization, troubleshooting, and maintenance. You will provide expert guidance and support on in-service engineering to ensure sustained safety, reliability, and combat readiness of Branch systems. You will provide system installation, maintenance oversight, performance certification, and the development of engineering upgrades and Engineering Change Proposals to address evolving mission requirements throughout the system's operational life. You will oversee technical support activities provided to Foreign Military Sales partners, including customization and integrating systems, post-delivery testing, performance certification, tactical training, and continuous lifecycle support. You will monitor project execution including cost, schedule, and performance. You will apply knowledge of project management to assist project managers in identifying and resolving technical and project management challenges. You will provide the full range of supervisory duties for a branch of approximately 30 personnel. You will set performance standards and expectations; manage performance assessments and payouts; identify and address performance and conduct issues; facilitate career development and mentoring; and establish and execute the branch's hiring plan. You will identify and analyze problems; make timely, sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; and commit to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals. You will communicate clearly and concisely, in both oral and written form, and effectively interact with both internal and external stakeholders to provide information and to identify and resolve problems. You will provide expert advice, mentorship, and assistance to branch project managers, engineers, computer scientists, technicians, and staff. You will collaborate across organizational boundaries (branches, divisions, departments) to address project and resource challenges.
What you need to qualify
This is an Interdisciplinary position that can be filled by the 0801 (General Engineering) or the 1550 (Computer Science) series. The series that the selected applicant will be placed into depends on their qualifications. In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 pay band (GS-12 and GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional engineer or scientist providing leadership for the engineering, software development, in-service engineering, or lifecycle sustainment for complex combat or weapon systems (e.g., MCM sensor and effector payloads). Examples of qualifying experience include: (1) Managing program execution, including cost, schedule, performance, risk management, the implementation of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and depot-level maintenance; (2) Leading of team of 10+, providing input for performance management, hiring, mentoring, or conflict mediation; (3) Providing technical support, to include briefing executive stakeholders (SES and Flag-level), on system capabilities, project status, and strategic initiatives. 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 IOR for the 0801 Series IOR for the 1550 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.
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