MANAGER

MANAGER

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Panama City Naval Surface Warfare Center, Florida

Salary Range: $125776 - $192331 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as a Manager in the Contracts Department of NAVSURFWARFCTR PANAMA CITY DIVISION. You will serve as Contracts Deputy Department Head. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. NT-06 is equivalent to GS-14/15.

Major Duties:

• You will communicate complex financial strategies and budgetary information to diverse audiences, including senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• You will provide technical leadership and strategic oversight for the full acquisition lifecycle as a warranted Contracting Officer.
• You will lead teams of contracting specialists responsible for awarding and administering complex procurements, establish work priorities, provide authoritative guidance, and ensure the quality and compliance of your team's work products.
• You will perform advanced cost and price analysis on contractor proposals, evaluating the reasonableness of proposed costs and prices to prepare for complex negotiations and support the government's negotiating position.
• You will apply knowledge of contracting/acquisition directives and funding application rules to resolve complex contracting issues, evaluate facts, and apply guidelines to make sound, data-driven decisions on programmatic and administrative matters.
• You will develop business strategies for complex acquisitions by interpreting and applying contracting regulations and guidelines to create innovative and sound acquisition approaches.
• You will advise and influence stakeholders on complex contracting matters, persuading others and gaining their cooperation to obtain critical information and accomplish strategic goals.

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 NT-05 (GS-13/14 equivalent) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a contracting officer or contract specialist overseeing complex service contracts, negotiating competitive and sole source procurements, or awarding, administering or settling termination of contracts to resolve critical problems that impact personnel and fleet readiness. Applicant must meet the following Department of Defense qualification requirements for 1102 contracting positions: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf And the title 10 requirements found here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1724&num=0&edition=prelim 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.

How to Apply: Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 05/18/2026. Applications received after 05/18/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. For additional information on viewing your application status, click https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-18