You will serve as a Welding and Allied Processes Examiner in the Quality Assurance Department, Non-Destructive Testing Group (Code 361) of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP), Gulf Coast.

Duties

You will coordinate SUPSHIP Quality Assurance efforts to assure contractor compliance to the Navy and commercial welding, brazing, and allied processes specifications and standards. You will review and/or approve contractor non-destructive test and welding procedures, perform procedure reviews, conduct independent surveys, provide in-process inspections, and witness contractor welding qualification, testing, and evaluation. You will review and monitor contractor's systems for qualifying personnel, procedures, equipment, and vendors; review contractor's testing procedures and results; and provide on-site technical assistance to SUPSHIP Gulf Coast Project Offices. You will train, test, and certify Navy personnel on non-destructive testing and evaluation programs; maintain qualification and testing records; evaluate personnel performance; and issue periodic compendia of certification status. You will develop, conduct, and review additional internal training programs within your technical, industrial, and professional specialties and areas of expertise. You will develop lesson plans, conduct training, maintain training records, and assess the availability and validity of external training resources. You will act as the Command's primary resource for preparing for ship and craft testing and trials by providing leadership, participation, and technical assistance in the conduct and monitoring of advanced ship systems tests and trials.

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 an interim and/or final Secret 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.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• 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 perform occasional sea duty.
• 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.
• This is a bargaining unit position.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Applying a wide range of quality assurance principles to ensure acceptable performance in the construction, overhaul, maintenance, or repair of ships. Examples of qualifying experience may include (1) thorough knowledge and experience with a variety of shipbuilding activities such as nondestructive testing, coatings, mechanical, shipboard electrical cableway installation and inspection; (2) thorough knowledge and ability in reviewing, interpreting and applying plans, blueprints, drawings, specifications, directives, policy statements, technical instructions and standards in all aspects of quality control, quality assurance and in industrial disciplines associated with ship construction, conversion and repair; (3) skill in resolving technical and contractual discrepancies while dealing with mid-level managers within SUPSHIP, senior Navy officers with the Board of Inspection and Survey, and middle management officials of shipbuilding contractors and their vendors; (4) adeptness in reviewing and auditing the Contractor's procedures in the shipbuilding disciplines with skill in recognizing the adequacy or the need for additions or changes; (5) thorough knowledge of Quality Assurance Department policies, procedures and Philosophy; (6) knowledge and skill in planning, quality control, inspection principles practices and techniques. 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 Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the Quality Assurance Series, 1910: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1900/quality-assurance-series-1910/ 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.

Contacts

• Address SUPSHIP GULF COAST P O Box 7003 Pascagoula, MS 39568 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]