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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

United States Fleet Forces Command

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Location
Naval Base, VA
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Job overview

The Executive Director leads the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center in Norfolk, Virginia, overseeing command policy, planning, personnel, and program implementation. The role advises the Commanding Officer on policy and regulatory and technical implications, provides technical and organizational consultation, and manages organizational and customer-provided budgets supporting fleet maintenance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Navy Support PoliciesFleet Asset ReliabilityModern Management TechniquesWorkforce ManagementShip MaintenanceShip DesignShip ConversionEngineeringFinancial ManagementWaterfront OperationsContractingProgram ManagementCommunicationDiplomacyAdaptabilityRelationship Building

Qualifications

One Year Specialized Experience

Full job description

Summary You will serve as the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ED) of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) located in Norfolk, Virginia. Responsibilities You will operate programs, resolve problems, rank official commitments for the organization, and ensure continuance of operations throughout the command. You will be responsible for the policy formulation, overall command planning, civilian/military management, and implementation of command programs. You will assist the Commanding Officer with establishing broad overall command policy, by developing, coordinating, and presenting the regulatory and technical implications of present and proposed actions. You will function as the top technical and organizational consultant actively participating in the engineering, technical, and fiscal management of the command. You will manage an organizational budget of roughly 250 million dollars and a customer provided budget of approximately 1 billion dollars to provide maintenance support to the fleet. You will assign work and exercise overall direction over establishment and management structure by providing the optimum balance between such elements as economy, efficiency, skills utilization, employee motivation, and employee development. 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 applying U.S. Navy support policies, procedures and objectives, and comprehensive knowledge of the reliability, maintainability, capability, and compatibly of fleet assets. Experience applying modern management techniques demonstrating ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and agreements. Experience organizing, directing, and evaluating the performance of a workforce composed of approximately 1,100 military, 1,300 civilian and 350 contractor personnel. Experience applying knowledge of the professional and administrative fields associated with ship design, conversion, maintenance and repair. Experience applying the principles and concepts of one or more of the following disciplines: engineering, financial, waterfront operations, contracting or equivalent. Experience demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of financial and administrative requirements as they relate to broad management of engineering and technical programs. Experience communicating effectively, both formally and informally, accomplishing command objectives, exercising aggressiveness, originality, creativeness, and the ability to act with diplomacy and expediency when meeting with contacts. Experience demonstrating the ability to adapt to constantly changing conditions and obtain the cooperation and assistance of people, even under the most trying conditions 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 664 open Executive Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$181–265K/yr460 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 13 open Executive Director jobs in Virginia and 664 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Executive Director postings that state a minimum ask for (median 8 years, across 518 postings).
Education
324 of the 664 open Executive Director jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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