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United States Fleet Forces Command

Supervisory Engineering Technician

Location: Spain, Rota
Requires Relocation: Yes
Start Date: 21/01/2026
End Date: 28/01/2026
Offering Type: Permanent
Hiring Paths: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Family of overseas employees, Individuals with disabilities, Internal to an agency - appears on USAJOBS, Land & base management, Military spouses, Veterans
Service Type: Competitive
Travel Percentage: Occasional travel
Full Time On-site

United States Fleet Forces Command

About United States Fleet Forces Command

The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite! This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

Summary

Job summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Engineering Technician, Main Propulsion/Electrical branch in the Engineering Department of FWD DEPLOYED REG MAINT CTR DET ROTA.

Major duties

You will plan work to be accomplished, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare work completion schedules. You will be responsible for developing and implementing division long-term strategic objectives and goals for the purpose of sustainment, quality, capability and capacity to meet mission demands. You will evaluate and prepare workload forecasting and budgetary submissions for the purpose of identifying division resource requirements to meet mission requirements. You will monitor and maintain technical compliance of all division work through active engagement with direct reports. You will assess impact of any one system or subsystem unit on an overall ship mission degradation and maintain awareness of operational commitments in the context of system reliability and readiness. You will advise leadership, customers and stakeholders when conflicts exist between ship operational mission and known degradation or gaps in system certifications and capabilities. You will convey information to appropriate levels of management within and outside FDRMC to ensure timely, concise and relevant information flow for the purpose of socialization of technical and administrative issues. You will communicate and collaborate with the Navy’s technical warrant holders, ship design managers, Naval Shipyards, SYSCOMs, Program Sponsors, Type Commanders and In Service Engineering Agents on technical matters. You will manage resources allocations to execute work within the constraints of established financial controls.

Qualification

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying electronic and mechanical aspects of division branch systems to analyze system and component casualties and malfunctions; 2) Supporting professional engineers in performing developmental activities to work experimental projects that are without precedent and support state-of-the-art research; 3) Evaluating data to determine acceptability of equipment modifications, validity, test procedures, and legality of operation; and 4) Evaluating work performance to ensure staff selection provides optimal performance. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 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

No minimum education requirements. 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/

Evaluations

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: Written Communication Problem Solving Engineering Project Management Engineering Technical Policy and Planning Resources This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review, Structured Interview. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.