Logistics Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen and determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct-deposit pay program.
• New Department of the Navy employees must pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must obtain and maintain the required interim or final security clearance before entering on duty.
• Must obtain the required DAWIA certification in the assigned acquisition functional area and category within established timeframes.
• Must be able to travel, including to CONUS and OCONUS locations and remote or isolated sites, and travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods.
• GS-12 applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-11, including detailed knowledge of aviation logistics and sustainment and integrated logistics support; managing technical and professional services to sustain a weapon system; knowledge of maintenance planning and design interface concepts and processes for aircraft and aviation systems; ability to analyze logistics elements in organizational, intermediate, and depot-level operating environments; and working knowledge of provisioning and supply support for aircraft and aviation equipment.
• GS-11 applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-09, including knowledge of aviation logistics and sustainment and integrated logistics support; experience with technical and professional services required to sustain a weapon system; and knowledge of provisioning and supply support for aircraft and aviation equipment.
• GS-11 applicants qualifying based on education must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.M. A transcript must be submitted when qualifying based on education.
• DoD retired military members appointed to a civilian position within 180 days immediately following retirement are subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3326.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical and administrative point of contact for in-service logistics or acquisition logistics issues for assigned platform areas.
• Develop, review, evaluate, and provide supportability inputs to program technical and mission documentation.
• Conduct or evaluate mission-area analyses and assessments to develop Integrated Product Support concepts and identify constraints.
• Identify and determine logistics planning tasks, actions, projects, and schedules needed to implement assigned IPS program responsibilities.
• Organize, plan, chair, or support logistics maintenance and program meetings and reviews.
• Perform Level of Repair Analyses and Maintenance Task Analyses to identify logistics support resource requirements for system and equipment operations and maintenance tasks.
• Investigate and evaluate existing, emerging, and new technologies, processes, maintenance techniques, and practices for application to system design, support-system design, and preventive and corrective maintenance requirements.
• Develop recommendations to improve system design, support-system design, and logistics and maintenance policies, plans, and processes.
• Help ensure the safety and readiness of assigned aircraft systems while reducing total cost of ownership to the Navy.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive federal benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• Certain incentives, such as recruitment, relocation, or student loan repayment, may be authorized for eligible selectees.