
LEAD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
United States Fleet Forces Command
Naval Base, Norfolk, VAFull-time$108–140K/yrPosted 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Lead Engineering Technician serves in the Vertical Launching System and Combat Systems Alignment Branch at the Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center. The role leads a team of at least nine technicians, provides technical assistance on complex fleet-support problems, leads system checkouts and inspections, and conducts engineering analyses. The posting seeks specialized experience with VLS, technical engineering methods, engineering plans, and team leadership; MK 41 VLS Test Director certification is preferred.
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Summary
You will serve as a LEAD ENGINEERING TECHICIAN in the Vertical Launching System (VLS) / Combat Systems (CS) Alignment Branch (Code 295), Combat Systems (Weapons) Division (Code 290), Engineering Department (Code 200), of MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CTR.
Duties
- You will serve as team leader composed of no fewer than nine General Schedule Technicians (or contractor equivalents).
- You will ensure that MARMC's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.
- You will articulate and communicate to the team the assignment, project, problem to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion.
- You will provide technical assistance on less urgent but complex technical problems beyond the capability of forces afloat, intermediate maintenance activities, or repair activities to diagnose and correct.
- You will lead functional checkouts, tests, and inspections of major systems.
- You will prepare technical reports (and formal correspondence when required) identifying significant aspects of the problems, their causes, and corrections applied.
- You will perform special engineering analyses and studies in support of NA VSEA for the purpose of developing or evaluating improvements in design, maintenance procedures, material, etc.
Qualifications
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: Experience performing various Vertical Launch System, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract processes with NAVSEA Technical Authority standards, advisories, precedents and practices in the area of VLS and supporting Warfare areas. Experience applying technical engineering methods and practices to analyze and resolve complex problems encountered in Fleet Technical Support/Field Service Engineering Assignments Experience developing plans with a wide variety of systems, subsystems, components and associated equipment within engineering disciplines (e.g. mechanical, electrical, electronic, and structural) . Experience leading a team of government employees, military members and contractors in the performance of assigned tasks and assignments. 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 You Will Be Evaluated
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: DEVELOPING OTHERS ORAL COMMUNICATION WRITTEN COMMUNICATION This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review and 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. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other 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. Possession of a MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Test Director (TD) Certification preferred.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,945 open Engineering Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$108–140K/yr
- Virginia median$62–80K/yr45 salary ranges
- US median$69–100K/yr421 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $124K, is 81% above the Virginia median midpoint ($69K) — in the top quarter of Engineering Technician salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 157 open Engineering Technician jobs in Virginia and 1,945 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Serco29 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Engineering Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 1,502 postings).
- Education
- 35 of the 1,945 open Engineering Technician jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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