Department of the Navy

STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (SSP)

Job Specifications

Location

Washington navy yard, DC

Salary

$140,000 - $200,000 PA

Published

2 days ago

Type

Full Time

Career Level

Entry Level

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  • You will develop and implement a continuous performance improvement strategy, plans, policies, tools, and frameworks for the Command across technical, scientific, and engineering disciplines.
  • You will lead initiatives to promote the technical, scientific, and engineering aspects for continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation while evaluating the effectiveness and providing recommendations for improvements.
  • You will conduct regular deliberate and systematic performance improvement efforts using best practices to deliver warfighting advantage in accordance with commander’s guidance.
  • You will lead and participate in Cross Functional Teams (CFT) and Rapid Improvement Projects (RIP) aligned with the SSP Director and Executive Director priorities.
  • You will conduct reviews, studies, surveys, and evaluate strategic weapons system operations and subsystems to identify technical deviations from standards ensure that strategic objectives and plans are in place to meet mission-critical goals.
  • You will develop metrics for Rapid Improvement Project outcomes to include performance improvement achieved and barriers requiring action.
  • You will execute progress of and outcomes achieved by the Performance Improvement Curriculum; Risks requiring elevation as identified; and Additional metrics as required.

Requirements

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 (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: Conducting risk or self-assessments for a weapons system to meet mission critical goals/objectives; managing the planning, research and development, design, or life-cycle of a complex weapons system acquisition program; conducting continuous improvement assessments, approaches, processes, tools and application (i.e. Lean Six Sigma); and/or acquisition program self-assessment, self-improvement. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: For the 08XX series: All Professional Engineering Positions, 0800 For the 1301 series: General Physical Science Series, 1301 For the 1501 series: General Mathematics and Statistics Series 1501 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.