Summary
About the Position: Red River Army Depot (RRAD) is located in northeast Texas, 19 miles west of Texarkana and approximately 170 miles northeast of Dallas. RRAD is near the corners of 4 states - Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. The depot's enormous maintenance mission includes the repair, rebuild, overhaul and conversion of tactical wheeled vehicles. For more information on Red River Army Depot, go to the following web site: www.redriver.army.mil.
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Duties
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- Perform a variety of duties required to develop logistics management operations that involve planning, coordinating and evaluating the logistics actions required
- to support depot mission workload and resource requirements utilizing the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP).
- Manage designated maintenance programs for combat and tactical vehicle system(s) assuring depot level repair, rebuild, overhaul, conversion, and/or modification is accomplished in the most economical, expedient, and cost efficient manner feasible.
- Plan, estimate, schedule and expedite the use of labor, machines, and materials in the repair, rebuild, conversion, overhaul, and/or modification of combat and tactical vehicles.
- Leads a team of Production controllers and Parts Managers in grades GS-07 and GS-09.
- Has responsibility for distributing and balancing the workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization,
- assure timely accomplishment of the assigned workload, and assure that each employee has enough work to keep busy.
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Conditions of employment
- Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance for access to Depot Production Computer System.
- Term employment is subject to a one year trial period. Employees serving a trial period can be removed with limited appeal rights.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.
- In accordance with D0D 7000.14-R FMR Vol 14, Chap 2, employee must obtain required Fiscal Law certification within 90 days of appointment to position.
- This position requires successful completion of the Project Management Professional (PMP) training within 3 years of appointment to position.
- Position may be filled as a Term Appointment NTE 1 year and 1 day. Term appointments may be extended beyond of six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, Term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
- Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
- Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
- Reinstatement
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Planning production schedules for major end item weapon systems and components, 2) Estimating labor costs for new depot overhaul programs, and 3) Tracking material availability across multiple production work centers. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
- Attention to Detail
- Customer Service
- Decision Making
- Flexibility
- Integrity/Honesty
- Interpersonal Skills
- Learning
- Reading Comprehension
- Self-Management
- Stress Tolerance
- Teamwork
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Additional information
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
- If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
- This is a(n) Materiel Maintenance Management Career Field position.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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