SUPERVISORY QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

Duties

• You will plan and execute a program to ensure surveillances, audits, evaluations and assessments are accomplished to determine the adequacy of Engineering and Planning.
• You will utilize advanced troubleshooting and analysis techniques to identify technical problems through the collection, evaluation, analysis, and dissemination of hull, mechanical, and electrical systems data.
• You will assist departments in developing solutions to submarine hull, mechanical, and electrical systems problems.
• You will plan and execute a program to validate the quality of critical work and components (SUBSAFE, Level I, DSS/SOC, nuclear, high-pressure piping and pressure vessels, pressure hull structure).
• You will oversee execution of chemical and mechanical testing and analysis of metals and materials.
• You will work closely with the department heads responsible to ensure that proper long-term corrective actions are assigned, completed, and eventually validated.
• You will review/approve audit and evaluation reports and documents, either prepared by the Quality Assurance Organization or others, for technical and QA aspects.
• You will conduct surveillances of various processes to include nuclear and non-nuclear maintenance, paint and preservation, crane safety, radiological controls, etc.

Requirements

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
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• 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 successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• 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 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.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• Incumbent is required to maintain qualification as a Critique Chairperson and Radiation Worker.
• This position is designated as IT-Level II.
• Some lifting may be required. A generally recognized limit for a normal unassisted lift is 40 pounds.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience conducting Quality Assurance audits, surveillances, and critique findings, analysis of deficiency trends, providing status of outstanding actions, schedules of upcoming audits and evaluations in accordance with the Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual (JFMM) to ensure TRIREFFAC performs mission related functions efficiently and effectively.
• Experience utilizing knowledge of quality assurance/submarine to perform maintenance and repair in the mechanical or electrical trades including submarine maintenance, radiological control compliance, lifting and handling operations, materials conformance, non-destructive testing (NDT), certification of critical work records, and chemical and mechanical testing and analysis.
• Experience overseeing revision of long-range work plans developed by subordinate supervisors and managers managing the overall work to enhance achieving established goals and objectives.
• Experience in applying various methods and techniques in analyzing and investigating complex QA problems, providing solutions, technical advice and maintaining a corrective action program.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:

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.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

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.

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.

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:

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.