Summary You will serve as an Executive Director (ED) in the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) Norfolk of MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CTR. Vacancies in UIC 00142 may be filled by this announcement. Responsibilities You will serve as the Executive Director (ED) of the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) Norfolk, exercising full delegated authority for strategic direction, continuous improvement, and overall mission readiness. You will direct the long-term strategy for Intermediate level (I-level) maintenance, ensuring the command consistently meets "Perform-to-Plan" (P2P) readiness goals. You will oversee program execution designed to raise the technical expertise of Sailors through fleet technical support, assessments, intermediate-level maintenance, career broadening intermediate stops, and organic command functions. You will direct the command's multi-million-dollar financial portfolio, applying advanced organizational principles of the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process to forecast long-term funding requirements. You will oversee talent acquisition, workforce shaping, and retention programs to aggressively compete for high-demand industrial and engineering professionals within a highly competitive local labor market. You will act as the primary advocate for the facility's resource requirements, infrastructure investments, and workforce modernization initiatives. You will orchestrate the critical transfer of institutional knowledge by ensuring civilian master technicians deliberately train and qualify active-duty Sailors in specialized industrial trades. You will orchestrate the complex integration of industrial operations, quality assurance, and logistics to maximize the operational availability of assigned vessels. You will formulate and execute long-range strategies for facilities planning, acquisition, sustainment, and modernization. You will partner with military leadership to spearhead the "Journeyman Development" program. You will plan, direct, and evaluate the overall work of the facility through subordinate supervisory levels. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must 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 demonstrating executive leadership, advanced industrial and business operations acumen and partnering with flag officers and senior executives. Experience directing long-term strategy for industrial operations or intermediate-level maintenance to consistently meet readiness goals and ensure continuity of operations. Experience exercising comprehensive technical and administrative direction over a large, multi-tiered organization (1,000+ personnel) through subordinate managers/department heads. Experience directing enterprise-level human capital strategies to build and sustain a massive civilian and military workforce. Experience representing the command at the highest echelons (e.g., SES, Flag Officers, industry partners, union leadership) to justify resources and orchestrate public-private partnerships. Experience directing a large-scale, multi-million-dollar financial portfolio, integrating advanced manufacturing into shop floors, and executing comprehensive infrastructure recapitalization. Experience architecting long-term leadership pipelines and enterprise training initiatives to ensure uncompromised technical authority and continuity of operations. 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. Education 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.
