Job Specifications
Naval base newport, RI
$120,000 - $190,000 PA
19 hours ago
Full Time
Entry Level
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ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
You will serve as the Weight Handling Equipment (WHE) Program Manager (PM) in the Facilities Branch of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The NT-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-13 and GS-14.
- 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.
Requirements
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: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1600/equipment-services-series-1670/ 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.