Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist

Duties

• Provides leadership to subordinates and technical guidance to executive/management level representatives from the Military Services, DCMA, and other Government Agencies.
• Leads the Contract Management Office's (CMO's) implementation and execution of quality assurance operations for assigned AOR.
• Reviews quality assurance processes, such as surveillance execution and identifying contractual technical deficiencies, to establish/reassess goals, identify impediments, and determine courses of action.
• Makes temporary reassignments, arranges for overtime or temporary staffing, and responds to increases and decreases in CMO Quality Assurance (QA) Group workloads.
• As the CMO's Deputy Director of Quality Assurance, has administrative oversight of engineers in the Quality Assurance group; Chief/Deputy Engineer of the Engineering and Manufacturing Group has direct and technical oversight of QA Group engineers.
• Responsible for reviewing and assessing the application of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) on assigned contract administration services functions.
• Analyzes CMO operations and develops materials for briefing managers at higher echelons.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist position your resume and supporting documentation must support both A and B below:

A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in, or related to, this position. To qualify for the NH-04 level, specialized experience must be at the NH-03, GS-13, equivalent level under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.
Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Planning/developing/implementing a Quality Assurance Program.
• Advising on complex or unprecedented quality assurance problems which may require the development of new techniques, procedures, or changes in Agency policy.
• Advising senior leaders, Directors, Commanders, contractors, contracting officers, etc., as a subject matter expert on quality assurance processes.
• Providing direction, maintaining ethical standards, and leading teams in executing complex contract management and operational responsibilities in a high-accountability Department of War (DoW) environment.

B. CAP Requirement: four (4) years of acquisition experience

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: .
• Tour of Duty: 1st Shift
• FLSA: Exempt
• Bargaining Unit: No
• Financial Disclosure Required
• If selected for an interview, you may be required to provide your last three performance appraisals to the panel.
• Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.
• Acquisition, Technology & Logistics(AT&L) CAP: Position is a DoD Critical Acquisition Position & requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Practitioner certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years and sign a written agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years. Click for more details and .
• Supervisory Probation Required
• Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 and the March 20, 2025 .