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SUPERVISORY ENGINEER/ SCIENTIST or MANAGER
Naval Sea Systems Command · Posted 13 days ago
Hybrid Naval Base Newport, RI $101K – $197K Apply by Sep 15, 2026 General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences ENTJENTPINTJINTP Engineering
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You will serve as a Supervisory Engineer/Scientist or Manager in the Ocean and Physical Sciences Branch (C7543) of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI. Salary: ND-4: $101,375-156,715; ND-5: $142,452-197,200 This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15 and the ND-4 encompasses GS-12 and GS-13.
What You'll Do
- →You will hire and maintain (as their first line supervisor) a knowledgeable branch who utilize effective processes to accomplish their tasks, meet the needs of customers, and provide high-quality products.
- →You will identify resources, develop priorities that are aligned with department guidance, and assign all work in support of project tasking and in accordance with those priorities and provide technical and management oversight for project tasking.
- →You will review and comment on significant technical products and account for product development and accurate costing on all tasks assigned to your branch.
- →You will act as a consultant on difficult technical issues, to provide leadership for the development and implementation of comprehensive technical and process solutions.
- →You will maintain awareness of branch employees’ progress with respect to product development plans and proactively intervene as soon as risk factors become evident.
- →You will develop a skilled workforce by collaborating with employees on Individual Development Plans, career plans, facilitating appropriate training opportunities, and mentoring via career guidance discussions/technical assistance/overall support.
- →You will conduct performance appraisals (develop performance standards, conduct periodic performance reviews, complete midyear and end-of year reviews), review/ approve (as appropriate) timecards, leave requests, branch correspondence as required.
- →You will develop near-term and far-term branch goals that support higher-level organizational goals and communicate these goals to employees an effectively utilize project and department resources to achieve those goals.
- →You will identify technical skill shortfalls and skill imbalances to be addressed via personnel development, hiring, and contracting, and develop and execute a detailed knowledge sharing and transfer plan to address those shortfalls and imbalances.
- →You will foster innovative solution opportunities related to branch objectives and work with the CHENG, Chief Scientist, Strategy Lead, and Business Office to develop and execute plans.
- →You will address all safety, environmental, Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA), mandatory training, and other action items and data calls.
- →You will ensure that technical and business processes are operating effectively and address any issues as they arise.
- →You will be responsible for the development and execution of appropriate contracting strategies and the development of Technical Insertion (TI) packages based on input from TPM's, to provide resources via the Code 70 Technical Services Contract.
- →You will be responsible for ensuring the stewardship of personnel, material and financial resources that maximize capability delivered for test and evaluation.
Requirements
- ✓For the ND-0801, Professional Engineering Series: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.
- ✓Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
- ✓OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
- ✓Office of Personnel Management.
- ✓For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.
- ✓OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above).
- ✓At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
- ✓All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 16919f35-acde-4e57-b6e2-fd4f12663bfc
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