You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST in the DEPT OF NAVY, NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER ACFT DIV of NAVAIRWARCENADLKE.

Duties

You will solve problems effectively by using objective data to generate conclusions. Identifies customers, both internal and external, and meets their needs. You will develop and/or makes changes to quality checklists for equipment being manufactured, assembled, or overhauled and resolve discrepancies when documentation is ambiguous or not complete You will set up, calibrate programs, and operate sophisticated computerized inspection equipment including coordinate measuring machines (CMM), tensile test machines, and emission analyzers. You will participate in engineering and quality investigations of equipment found to cause problems in the Fleet. You will perform miscellaneous minor duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 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 obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• 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.

Qualifications

To be considered for the GS-12, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the grade level GS-11 or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-12 Planning/monitoring and inspecting material at various manufacturing stages, installations, and reporting adverse trends and deviations from normal manufacturing performance and/or product conformance and quality; Conducting Quality Assurance (QA) monitoring and inspection duties, on assigned API systems/equipment and verifying product quality using sampling inspection or when appropriate, performs more intensive product inspection techniques; Maintaining records, reporting deficiencies, and preparing technical reports; Conducting audits of products and processes for conformance to specifications and to detecting processing and technical documentation deficiencies and recommending corrective action; Providing advice and assistance to equipment users, engineering personnel, other members of the investigating team and prepares required reports and requests for further action; Providing guidance and advice to junior QA personnel performing assigned tasks based upon understanding of the QA methodologies and requirements and complexity of the work. To be considered for the GS-11, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the grade level GS-09 or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-11 Participating in the continuous improvement of all forms of work, including in teams which search and identify waste from all work/business processes; Assisting in Quality Assurance (QA) monitoring and inspection duties, on assigned API systems/equipment to verify product quality using sampling inspection; Conducting audits of products and processes for conformance to specifications and to detect processing and technical documentation deficiencies; Providing assistance to equipment users, engineering personnel, other members of the investigating team and prepares required reports and requests for further action. 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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENADLKE HRO Building 150 Lakehurst, NJ 08733 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]