QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

Duties
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• You will serve as a Quality Assurance Specialist, providing technical quality surveillance/assessment of the Strategic Weapons Systems (SWS) Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program functions and processes performed at Cape Canaveral.
• You will perform technical quality assessments of contractor design, modifications, processing, handling, and storage operations.
• You will function as technical quality representative for processing of the Test Missile Kit (TMK), Active Inert Missile (AIM), and missile Support Equipment design and modification.
• You will perform investigations and analysis related to technical and quality systems, hardware and documentation, including data collection for trend analysis, to determine the cause(s) of discrepancies/deficiencies and initiate corrective actions.
• You will develop techniques and perform audits of contractor technical management and quality systems by preparing written reports, used as metrics, for determining contractor quality program effectiveness.
• You will ensure compliance with procedural and safety directives associated with the movement handling of explosive ordnance to prevent damage to equipment and prevent personnel injury.
• You will perform the acceptance of missile, missile subsystems, support equipment, spares, repaired items and modification kits.
• You will assist the Nuclear Weapons Related Material (NWRM) Accountability Officer in executing the NWRM requirements for receipt, shipment, handling, storage, inventory, training, and self assessments.

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 complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• 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.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• 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.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or NH-02 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: planning, developing, or administering a quality assurance program that supports the production and testing of strategic missiles or missile system programs.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1900/quality-assurance-series-1910/ and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards

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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
This position is part of the Navy Nuclear Deterrent Mission.
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 competitive service.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
Certain incentives (such as Recruitment and Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.
The incumbent may board aircraft, surface ships, and submarines.
The incumbent may be required to work evenings, weekends, holidays; work overtime, recall to duty.
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.