Supervisory Contract Specialist.

Serves as a Division Director and Strategic Acquisitions Supervisor for Depot Level Repairables Procurement Operations at DLA Mechanicsburg.

Responsibilities

• Directs, plans, and organizes the acquisition functions for complex Long-Term Contracts.
• Executes decisions and ensures consistency in the interpretation and implementation of procurement process policies and procedures.
• Manages major procurement programs and oversees subordinates' professional acquisition training and certifications.
• Formulates and advises on long-term contract strategies and acquisition objectives and priorities.
• Analyzes and evaluates the application of acquisition processes and procedures.
• Analyzes difficult contracting issues and identifies alternative courses of action.
• Modifies standard contracting procedures and terms to satisfy specialized requirements.
• Solves a variety of contracting problems, including those requiring significant departures from previous approaches.
• Initiates, develops, and recommends contracting policies and procedures for the guidance and control of subordinate contracting activities.
• Evaluates and recommends disposition on requested waivers to statutory requirements.
• Reviews, evaluates, and provides specific guidance concerning contracting policies and procedures relative to Government facilities, special tooling, special test equipment, component breakout, warranties, recovery of non-recurring costs, high dollar spare parts breakout program, industrial preparedness, production planning, and inter-departmental coordinated procurements.
• Develops position papers relating to various phases of contracting.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Supervisory Probation: Required.
• Completion of Supervisory Certification Program: Required.
• Bargaining Unit Status: No.
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities.
• Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements.
• Must achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2 years.
• Tour of Duty: Flexible.
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive.

Qualifications

Basic Contracting Requirement:

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees, OR
• A current civilian employee in DoD or member of the Armed Forces, who occupied an 1102 position, contracting officer position, or comparable military contracting position with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold on or before September 30, 2000.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. In addition to meeting the Basic Education Requirement above, to qualify for the GS-14 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-13 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Analyzing and evaluating the application of acquisition processes and procedures.
• Analyzing difficult contracting issues and identifying alternative courses of action.
• Modifying standard contracting procedures and terms to satisfy specialized requirements.
• Solving a variety of contracting problems, including those requiring significant departures from previous approaches.
• Initiating, developing, and recommending contracting policies and procedures for the guidance and control of subordinate contracting activities.
• Evaluating and recommending disposition on requested waivers to statutory requirements.
• Reviewing, evaluating, and providing specific guidance concerning contracting policies and procedures.
• Developing position papers relating to various phases of contracting.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

If you are using your education to qualify, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated, unofficial transcripts are acceptable at the time of application.

Graduate Education: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.

Additional Information

• This position requires DoD Acquisition Contracting (C) / CON, Professional (Foundational) certification within required timeframes.
• As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities.
• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants.
• Drug-Free Workplace Policy: All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability to successfully pass or refusal to conduct the test may result in withdrawal of the tentative or final job offer or removal from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment.
• The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.
• Advisory: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law, and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal.