You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (SHIPBUILDING) in the Employee Development Branch (Code 133.3), in the Nonnuclear Inspection Division (Code 133), for the Quality Assurance Office (Code 130) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will act as a Subject Matter Expert in one of the following areas: mechanical, piping, electrical, structural, receipt inspections, critical coatings, and steam plant cleanliness. You will provide and assist nonnuclear training to ensure improvements and changes to code/trade processes. You will identify unsatisfactory areas, investigate problems, and recommend/take action to correct deficiencies. You will be responsible for all Advanced Industrial Maintenance (AIM) functions of the Division on each project. You will monitor the cost and schedule performance of the Division for all ongoing projects. You will be responsible for storing and maintaining archived records in an auditable conditions for audits.

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.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• 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.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 analyzing and taking corrective action on complex quality problems. Experience understanding, clarifying, and applying technical requirements and conditions to quality problems encountered in corrective. Experience processing audits, product reviews, or investigations of faulty material. Experience applying nonnuclear inspection requirements. Experience utilizing Certification Program Work programs (SUBSAFE, FBW-SCS, and DSS-SOC), Steam Plant Cleanliness, Level I program, Controlled Industrial Material, AIM process, and project management methods. Experience working with nonnuclear ships systems, nuclear and nonnuclear interface systems, materials, and components, including critical quality characteristics, functional relationships between components and systems, and test and measurement techniques. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: 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

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if relatedEquivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD NNSY Portsmouth, VA 23709 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]