Department of the Navy

SUPERINTENDENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST (PS)

Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia Full time

SUPERINTENDENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST (PS)

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia

Salary Range: $127646 - $165945 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as a SUPERINTENDENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST (PS) in the Operations Department (Code 300) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Major Duties:

  • You will initiate Initiates changes in program emphasis, manpower ceilings, budget requirements, and organization structures.
  • You will approve schedules including design, planning, procurement, and production for projects and appraises progress against these schedules.
  • You will 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 and ensuring only authorized work is undertaken.
  • You will direct a large workforce through an Assistant Project Management Specialist, line supervisors, and subordinate staff, all nuclear work and assures adherence to safety, cost, technical, and quality and schedule standards.
  • You will respond to and coordinate the technical direction, advice and guidance received from and through shipyard technical organizations.
  • You will determine personnel required, establish basic priorities and work sequences; and maintains balanced workload among subordinate units through proper distribution of work projects and allotment of manpower, equipment, and materials.
  • You will perform supervisory duties to include hearing/resolving complaints and authority to hire, reassign, promote, discipline, set performance standards, appraise performance, and approve awards and bonuses for subordinate supervisors and others.
  • You will promote management programs such as safety, cost reduction, productivity improvement, and energy conservation.
  • This position requires that the selectee be willing and able to climb ladders and scaffolding.

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 the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with shipyard nuclear and non-nuclear production trades operations, production planning and control, ship systems engineering, ship systems testing, material management, equipment, facilities, schedule control, quality control, budget and cost control, and safety practices and procedures. Experience in production control to include requisitioning, storage, delivery, inventory, and material handling. Experience in budget control, personnel management, and cost control to include 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), regulations concerning cost and other programs as deemed necessary to ensure the ability to fully evaluate the performance of projects. 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. 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 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