SUPERINTENDENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST (PS) in Cornholme

You will serve as a SUPERINTENDENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST (PS) in the Operations Department (Code 300) of Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

Duties:

• Initiate changes in program emphasis, manpower ceilings, budget requirements, and organization structures.
• Approve schedules including design, planning, procurement, and production for projects and appraise progress against these schedules.
• Continuously review cost and work progress reports to anticipate and/or initiate corrective action prior to exceeding cost limits or failing to meet production schedules, ensuring only authorized work is undertaken.
• Direct a large workforce through an Assistant Project Management Specialist, line supervisors, and subordinate staff, ensuring all nuclear work and adherence to safety, cost, technical, quality, and schedule standards.
• Respond to and coordinate the technical direction, advice and guidance received from and through shipyard technical organizations.
• Determine personnel required, establish basic priorities and work sequences, and maintain a balanced workload among subordinate units through proper distribution of work projects and allotment of manpower, equipment, and materials.
• Perform supervisory duties to include hearing/resolving complaints, hiring, reassigning, promoting, disciplining, setting performance standards, appraising performance, and approving awards and bonuses for subordinate supervisors and others.
• Promote management programs such as safety, cost reduction, productivity improvement, and energy conservation.
• Be willing and able to climb ladders and scaffolding.

Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be deemed suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy must pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Up to the closing date, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level.
• Within the Department of Defense, the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement is subject to 5 U.S.C. § 3326.
• Males born after 12‑31‑59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty.
• Must wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously during the work shift.
• Position may require travel to CONUS and OCONUS sites, including remote or isolated sites; travel on military and commercial aircraft may be required for extended periods.
• Supervisors must review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct per 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications:

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS‑13 grade level or pay band in federal service, or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

• Experience with shipyard nuclear and non‑nuclear production trades operations, production planning and control, ship systems engineering, ship system testing, material management, equipment, facilities, schedule control, quality control, budget and cost control, and safety practices and procedures.
• Experience in production control including requisitioning, storage, delivery, inventory, and material handling.
• Experience in budget control, personnel management, and cost control including direct labor, material costs, equipment costs, and shipyard operations overhead costs.
• Experience with ship repair planning, work execution, and performance monitoring as an authority on the planning and execution of ship overhaul or inactivation/recycling work that includes all phases of nuclear and non‑nuclear ship repair and overhaul, as well as experience managing major projects.
• Experience with Advanced Industrial Management (AIM), Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis, Performance Measurement and Control system (PMC), and regulations concerning cost and other programs necessary to evaluate project performance fully.
• Experience with submarine and surface craft maintenance and repair practices, systems testing, and Subsafe requirements.
• Experience directing and managing the accomplishment of all phases of a large‑scale industrial ship maintenance program, involving direction through trade supervision.
• Experience monitoring, organizing, and delegating tasks for projects performed by subordinate personnel.