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United States Fleet Forces Command SUPERVISORY CONTRACT SPECIALIST in Kittery, Maine
Summary You will serve as a SUPERVISORY CONTRACT SPECIALIST in the CONTRACT AND LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT (CODE 400) of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD. Responsibilities You will serve as a Contracting Officer with unlimited signatory authority and as principal acquisition advisor to the Shipyard Commander, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. You will direct the full range of contract procurement and administration actions. You will delegate, review, approve, and coordinate the work and work products of subordinate Contracting Officers, Contract Specialist, Purchasing Agents, Contract Officer Representatives, and other contract administrators. You will plan, develop and establish long and short range procurement and contracting plans, strategies, and approaches for overall ship repair and acquisitions and life cycle programs. You will provide advice, coordinate and approve work performed by the Navy and contractor program participants, including cost estimating, cost accounting and establishment of award fees and life cycle costing. You will ensure that manpower and material costs are directly linked to program/mission objectives, that expenditures remain within approved budget levels, and that positions and/or organizational structures promote maximum efficiency and economy. You will perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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 GS-14 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 directing the full range of contract procurement and administration actions, including source selection decisions, sole source justifications and approvals, contract awards, issuance of contract modifications, pre-award surveys, cost and price analysis, technical analysis of contractor's performance, resolution of contract disputes. * Experience managing and coordinating activities in order to maintain the status of, and to control various contractual actions occurring concurrently to ensure that these actions take place in a timely manner. * Experience negotiating (including face-to-face dealings) complex business transactions that include detailed cost and price analysis using recognized statistical techniques. * Experience utilizing the Standard Procurement Systems (SPS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as they relate to the electronic acquisition process, as well as the Federal Procurement Data System - New Generation (FPDS-NG), Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) and Electronic Data Exchange. * Experience planning and assigning work to be accomplished by subordinates, evaluating performance of subordinates, giving advice, counsel or instruction to individual employees on both work and administrative matters, and identifying training needs of employees supervised. * Experience applying detailed price and cost analysis principles and basic accounting practices related to contract proposal evaluation and contract administration. 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. Education Applicants must meet the following Basic Education Requirement of the Department of Defense Qualification Standard for Contracting Positions: A bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees. NOTE: The education requirement listed above applies only to individuals entering DoD GS-1102 positions on or after October 1, 2000. Current civilian personnel in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000 are exempt from meeting this requirement. Current military members who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent) 1102 or before September 30, 2000 are also exempt from meeting this requirement. Additional Information 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: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf 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: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ 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.