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61.6
#139 out of 216

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (Navy)

Mission: To manage the planning, design, and construction of shore facilities for U.S. Navy activities around the world. Naval Facilities Engineering Command provides engineering support, scientific and technical products and services, global/program/equipment/materiel management, procurement and evaluation.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  61.6 139
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.0 72  of  216
Strategic Management 56.1 154  of  216
Teamwork 74.4 54  of  216
Effective Leadership 54.5 78  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 53.5 74  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 47.0 84  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 48.8 123  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 66.3 67  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 48.8 92  of  216
Training and Development 59.8 138  of  216
Support for Diversity 64.5 76  of  216
Pay and Benefits 65.6 140  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.3 141  of  216
Work/Life Balance 65.1 86  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  56.1 55.5 62.9
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 76.2 76.4 78.8
Strategic Management 48.4 51.8 59.1
Teamwork 69.0 69.9 70.8
Effective Leadership 47.0 48.2 50.5
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.4 42.9 47.2
Training and Development 54.1 60.5 59.4
Support for Diversity 52.8 54.1 58.6
Pay and Benefits 64.6 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 37.7 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.4 60.4 66.4
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 76.2 76.4 78.8
Strategic Management 48.4 51.8 59.1
Teamwork 69.0 69.9 70.8
Effective Leadership 47.0 48.2 50.5
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.4 42.9 47.2
Training and Development 54.1 60.5 59.4
Support for Diversity 52.8 54.1 58.6
Pay and Benefits 64.6 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 37.7 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.4 60.4 66.4
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 53.5 196  of  216
Male 64.5 112  of  214
40 and over 60.7 157  of  216
Under 40 66.9 91  of  199
Asian 69.0 35  of  74
Black or African-American 56.8 146  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 76.8 9  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 61.2 154  of  215
American Indian or Native American No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over 56.3 No data No data
Under 40 54.1 No data No data
Asian 77.5 No data No data
Black or African-American 53.2 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 48.5 No data No data
White 56.7 No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Naval Facilities Engineering Command (Navy) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 62.9 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 55.5 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 56.1 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 61.6 74.8 64.1 54.0

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 82.4 82.3 83.3 83.4
High Performing Average - Management 65.7 64.6 66.0 66.9
High Performing Average - Teamwork 73.7 77.2 78.7 79.1
High Performing Average - Leadership 57.1 59.9 61.9 62.6
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 53.2 55.8 56.8 58.1
High Performing Average - Training and Development 67.7 70.5 71.3 72.0
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 69.0 68.9 68.8 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.8 76.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 57.2 60.0
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 72.6 72.1 72.8 72.5
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.4 77.6 77.7 78.5
Average for Management 59.1 56.9 56.6 58.6
Average for Teamwork 67.8 71.1 70.8 72.1
Average for Leadership 49.7 51.7 51.7 53.5
Average for Rewards and Advancement 45.4 47.0 46.9 48.5
Average for Training and Development 58.4 61.0 59.8 61.8
Average for Support for Diversity 61.7 60.0 59.4 62.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.4 68.1
Average for Family Friendly 44.8 46.8
Average for Work/Life Balance 66.1 64.6 63.4 64.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 73.6 72.0 71.1 72.9
Low Performing Average - Management 52.3 48.8 47.4 50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 61.8 65.1 63.3 65.5
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.9 43.7 41.9 44.8
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 37.7 38.0 36.3 39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 50.3 51.0 48.1 52.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 54.7 51.5 49.8 53.1
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 57.2 58.8
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 33.2 34.7
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.4 57.0 54.8 56.0

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 12,445

Number of Employees in 2002: 11,982

Number of Employees in 2003: 11,726

Number of Employees in 2004: 11,864

Number of Employees in 2005: 10,749

Number of Employees in 2006: 12,281

Number of Employees in 2007: 12,652

Number of Employees in 2008: 13,604

Employees joined (2008): 1,387

Percentage joined (2008): 4.01%

Average joined (2004-2008): 667

Employees left (2008): 991

Percentage left (2008): 7.59%

Average left (2004-2008): 1,043

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 10.40%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington Navy Yard, D.C.
Other Locations: Specialty Units, Public Works Centers, and 11 engineering field divisions and engineering field activities in Norfolk, VA; Charleston, SC; Lester, PA; Washington, D.C.; Jacksonville and Pensacola, FL; Great Lakes, IL; Poulsbo, WA; San Diego, Daly City, and Port Hueneme, CA; Pearl Harbor, HI; Guam; Yokosuka, Japan; Naples, Italy

https://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal/page/portal/navfac/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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