WATERFRONT OPERATIONS MANAGER

Summary

You will serve as a WATERFRONT OPERATIONS MANAGER in the WATERFRONT OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT of SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER.

Duties

• You will ensure department goals are aligned to Command Strategic Plans.
• You will develop training requirements to ensure skill sets are developed.
• You will review evaluations of non-supervisory employees, assure reasonable quality of induvial employee performance objectives, standards and ratings among organization units.
• You will establish department controls ensuring compliance, maximizing effective use of resources and minimizing fraud, waste and abuse.
• You will establish and execute policies and procedures for Waterfront Operations Department as well as oversee a number of highly technical fleet support programs.
• You will lead long-range strategic planning.
• You will develop goals and objectives for the department.
• You will compile, study and analyze existing programs and business practives.
• You will serve as a central point of contact on metrics and reengineering.

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: overseeing and managing (collect, analyze, and interpret) metrics and program analytics for the department including but not limited to presentation of metrics both internally and externally to the command, developing, managing, and educating others on complex ship maintenance and ship repair processes, incorporating availability lessons learned, as well as reviewing annually to ensure compliance to local and global regulations, instructions, and laws. The incumbent will need to provide departmental ship class team oversight of the integrity of waterfront operations by ensuring compliance with established departmental resourcing and policy, requirements, processes, and programs to include proper use of funding. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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 09/22/2026. Applications received after 09/22/2026 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.