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Pipefitter Leader

Location: Portsmouth, Naval Shipyard
Requires Relocation: No
Start Date: 05/11/2025
End Date: 17/11/2025
Offering Type: Temporary Promotion
Hiring Paths: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Individuals with disabilities, Internal to an agency - appears on USAJOBS, Military spouses, Special authorities
Service Type: Competitive
Travel Percentage: Occasional travel
Security Clearance: Secret Learn more
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.

Job summary

You will serve as a Pipefitter Leader in the Pipe Shop (Code 960) Production Resources Department Manager (Code 901), Production Resources Department (Code 900) at NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Major duties

You will coordinate work while assuring proper inter-trade and inter-shop coordination. You will provide on the job training for workers under your leadership, correct improper pipefitter work methods, ensure assigned work procedures/processes are being followed. You will ensure safe work practices and good housekeeping. You will ensure workers under your leadership have the necessary plans, procedures, blueprints, instructions, tools, etc. to perform their work operations.

Qualification

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO LEAD OR SUPERVISE: Ability to perform work with various components, tanks, and systems associated with naval submarines. Ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge of piping systems and equipment. Ability to comprehend and demonstrate operational theory, check-out procedures, and skilled in performing pipefitting. Ability to provide direction with trade theory and techniques in order to lead journeyman mechanics. Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements 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.

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 responses to the Occupational Questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following job elements: ABILITY TO INTERPRET INSTRUCTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS, INCLUDING BLUEPRINT READING ABILITY TO LEAD OR SUPERVISE ABILITY TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE THE WORK KNOWLEDGE OF EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLY, INSTALLATION, REPAIR, ETC. TECHNICAL PRACTICES (THEORETICAL, PRECISE, ARTISTIC) 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 and qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.