QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

Duties
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• You will develop, implement and maintain effective surveillance plans designed to evaluate contractor product assurance, manufacturing, quality, and processing systems for compliance with contractual requirements.
• You will monitor processing operations to ensure contractor and government adherence to processing requirements and assure missile hardware is processed in a consistent manner, and in accordance with approved procedures.
• You will perform investigations and analyses of technical and quality systems, hardware and documentation, including data collection for trend analysis to determine the cause(s) of discrepancies/deficiencies and the initiation of corrective actions.
• You will evaluate government systems and procedures associated with handling, transportation, and storage of ready for issue missiles processed, and the on-load and offload of missiles to submarines at the Explosive Handling Wharves.
• You will verify performance and results of nondestructive tests of parts, assemblies and material, to assure conformance with applicable standards, specifications and requirements.
• You will participate with resolution of safety problems and security concerns with appropriate contractor and government personnel, evaluating corrective action, and performing follow up surveillance to ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• You will ensures requirements for packing, packaging and preservation of accepted products are complied with and subsequent transfer to storage areas, shipment to the Fleet, or other activities are in compliance with applicable requirements.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least three years of general experience, 1 year which was equivalent to at least the NH-01 pay band (GS-04 equivalent) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: applying practical quality assurance methods and processes (e.g. interpreting technical data, data analysis, report writing, interpreting regulations) to ensure compliance with contract, quality and technical requirements during the processing, testing, repair, or assembly of systems, subsystems or components.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Quality Assurance Series 1910 (opm.gov) and General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov)

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.

Education

Education may be substituted for experience as follows:

• You have successfully completed a four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or another field related to the position; or
• You have a combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

This announcement uses the Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) Business & Technical Management direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

This position is part of the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project.

The NH-02 broadband level encompasses positions equivalent to GS-05 to GS-11.

This position is part of the Navy Nuclear Deterrent Mission.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.