ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

• You will maintain contact with senior leadership, in-house and from supporting agencies and reports directly to the CO on WHE safety matters or issues related to evaluation by higher agency.
• You will manage daily tasking for WHE personnel and prioritize NAVFAC service-provider tasking for a supervisory GS-13 counterpart and their staff.
• You will coordinate directly with Navy Crane Center (NCC) for technical support requirements and pre/post-evaluation responses for annual audits done at NUWCDIVNPT, Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, Seneca Lake and Bugg Springs, Florida.
• You will manage all aspects of WHE compliance/safety with NAVFAC P-307, NSTM-589 and NUWCDIVNPTINST 5100.14 (Series) Management of WHE and update the later as required.
• You will be the command designated Certifying Official for P-307 shore-based cranes, NSTM-589 shipboard cranes and torpedo recovery program, and crane trackage-each under separate designation authority.
• Directly leads tasking of NT-04 Equipment Specialist and contractor admin support.
• You will lead/facilitate face-to-face coordination with Crane Operators to ensure all guidance, directives, and lessons are understood and followed.
• You will verify NAVFAC personnel are providing effective support for maintenance, inspection, and engineering services and address any performance issues with NUWC/NAVFAC leadership.
• You will prepare budgets for labor, material, maintenance/inspection service support contracts, recapitalization, and demolition requirements.
• You will evaluate, prioritize and articulate modernization or resourcing requirements.
• You will use innovative process improvement mindset to reduce cycle time, cost, and inefficient use of resources, including maintaining a lean, "right-size" WHE inventory based on sustainment costs, usage, and reliability metrics.
• You will be responsible for sustainment of WHE Management Information System, a multi-user Access-based interface for multiple reports.
• You will lead/direct actions to ensure cranes remain in safe operating order and are certified or restored to service promptly to mitigate any mission impact.
• You will independently address complex operational WHE repair or restoration issues that require creative solutions, with limited guidance/support required from WHE Subject Matter Experts (SME) in outside agencies.
• You will foster a positive safety culture to reduce future accidents through effective reporting of findings to establish potential issues/trends and to promote operator training/proficiency, mentoring, trending, and follow-on actions.
• You will act as Designated Certifying Official, ensuing timely certification of cranes, hold service provider accountable for effective maintenance, inspection, and crane history jacket record keeping.
• You will be the SME for sign-off and observation of complex lifts requiring Standard Operating Procedures and effective surveillance often of unique lift requirements.
• You will manage cadre of rigging gear Custodians/Inspectors via Operational Rigging Inspection System Program and provide effective oversight to ensure unauthorized rigging gear is removed from service.
• You will lead prioritization, scope development and acquisition of new crane upgrade requirements. This includes modernization, replacement, alteration, or disposal of cranes and timely processing of Crane Alteration Requests through NCC.

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to work outside.
• You will be required to climb and work at heights.
• You will be required to lift/carry 15-44 pounds.
• You will be required to kneel, bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees while working.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-4 (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: Weight Handling Equipment experience, knowledge and technical expertise with operations, maintenance, inspection and monitoring/surveillance of Category 1 through 4 cranes, and ensuring compliance with NAVFAC P-307 requirements.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:
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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.



There is no education substitution for this position.



The salary range shown above represents all of the positions within the band, including high grade positions. This is not a high grade position; therefore, the salary may be limited to a GS-13 Step 10 (currently $156,715).

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application:?1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.