PAINTER SUPERVISOR I

Summary

You will serve as a Painter Supervisor I in the Detachment Stirling, Australia Maintenance Support of PEARL HARBOR NSY AND IMF. The location for this position is Garden Island, Australia. ***See Additional Information section below for details***

Duties

• You will supervises Painters who perform Nuclear and/or Non-Nuclear operations of a work group.
• You will serve as a Supervisor, exercising full administrative and technical supervisory responsibility over work operations involving nonsupervisory painters.
• You will coordinate the efforts of assist trades and work groups to complete the overall job.
• You will provide input on the planning of current and future work schedules, budgets, and staffing needs; reviews assigned job orders, workload data, plans, specifications, sketches and instructions.
• You will coordinate availability of any special tools, materials, equipment, and assist with trade help required.
• You will attempt to foresee and eliminate potential bottlenecks by own coordination with other groups, or by recommending action to higher supervisory levels.
• You will lay out work for the group; interprets plans and instructions, as necessary; and instructs workers on proper work methods, difficult work operations, use and care of equipment, and safe work practices.
• You will resolve working problems and take action to overcome bottlenecks, equipment breakdowns, material shortages and other delays.
• You will ensure proper quantity of work from subordinates, inspects work for quality and conformance with instructions/specifications, and be responsible for validity/correctness of all temporary services performed.
• You will enforce safety, fire, good housekeeping and other regulations.
• You will maintain records of subordinates' time and manhour charges to assigned job orders; work progress, accidents, injuries, and causes of these; and prepare reports as required.
• You will be responsible for on-the-job training of subordinates, rating employee performance, approving leave requests and control of leave.
• You will attend training programs and supervisors' conferences and transmit information to subordinates.

Qualifications

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: Being consulted by others in planning and utilizing the materials, tools, devices, and techniques, instructs workers on proper work methods, difficult work operations, use and care of equipment, and safe work practices. In addition, I lead teams in areas such as: determining work sequences; determining priorities or deadlines of assignments; estimating material, equipment and manpower needs; developing and implementing work and safety procedures; executing administrative functions such as scheduling and approving leave; issuing performance appraisals; or deciding conduct related matters. 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. 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.

Education

There is no education requirement for this position. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Work assignments may involve working in hazardous duty areas. For nuclear assigned positions, the incumbent must successfully complete all required nuclear training and recertification training. COMPACFLT EEO Program: https://www.cpf.navy.mil/About-Us/Organization/Total-Fleet-Force-Manpower-Personnel/Equal-Employment-Opportunity-Program/ ***Upon relocation to Australia, employee pay will be based upon the final post of duty to which the employee is assigned in Australia. Employees directed to a foreign post of duty in Australia may be authorized overseas allowances in accordance with the Department of State Standardized Regulation to include foreign transfer allowance, temporary quarters allowance, living quarters allowance and other allowances to which they are eligible.*** Employees (and their family members) who require medical care in Australia may experience limitations accessing medical care both on the military installation and the local economy and could incur costly medical expenses. Please consult Overseas Living and Working Conditions published here for Rockingham and Garden Island Western Australia: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Overseas/Pages/default.aspx

Grade: WS 10. . Apply by 2026-11-13 on USAJOBS.