Job opening: Quality Assurance Specialist (Ammunition)
Salary: $88 332 - 114 827 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Apr 12 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: Serves as a Product Quality Manager (PQM) for munitions and munitions-related items in support of the acquisition planning, procurement, production, testing acceptance and storage of assigned items on a world-wide basis, during the production and deployment life-cycle phase
Duties
Acts as quality assurance liaison at joint Government-Contractor conferences/meetings.
Serve as a Product Quality Manager (PQM) for munitions and munitions-related items.
Develops quality assurance (QA) plans, prepares contract QA clauses, participates in pre-award surveys, and makes recommendations for award on munitions and munitions-related items.
Develop and evaluate procedures in accordance with customer requirements and applicable standards
Review, interpret, and disseminate policies and procedures relating to munitions and associated production methods and provides oversight during planning and implementation.
Ensure uniform application of quality assurance (QA) requirements for the investigation of manufacturing field problems and resolves quality deficiency reports.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance.
- Position requires temporary duty (TDY) business travel approximately 40% of the time.
- This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for Engineering and Technical Management Certification within 36 months of entrance on duty.
Qualifications
The Joint Munitions Command is the Department of Defense's premiere munitions provider, JMC provides the Joint Force with ready, reliable, lethal munitions at the speed of war. Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the JMC mission; they provide skills not readily available in the military and are crucial to support military operations. JMC values diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, cultures, and skills, and is committed to building a safe, inclusive, and engaging work environment where all employees can contribute to their fullest potential. JMC is committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce that supports the production, storage, distribution, and demilitarization of training and go-to-war munitions. Learn more about the Joint Munitions Command at https://www.jmc.army.mil
Shaping Warfighter Munitions for the Future Fight!
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Reviewing and evaluating quality control/quality assurance procedures through periodic audits; 2) Reviewing written quality assurance (QA) requirements for adequacy; 3) Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of quality controls on munition systems; 4) Analyzing data to detect unsatisfactory trends in the procurement and production of munitions systems; 5) and identifying quality control/quality assurance inadequacies on munitions and munitions-related items and request corrective action. The definition of specializes experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/ level position in the federal service (GS-11).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Contract SupportQuality AssuranceRisk Management
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address AD-W4MMAA US ARMY JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND
DO NOT MAIL
Rock Island, IL 61299
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
- Email: [email protected]
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