You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST in the Industrial Quality Department of FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST. This announcement uses the Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

Duties

You will document corrective actions needed for continuous improvement in cost, schedule, and quality, providing information into Continuous Process Improvement Managment Tool as required. You will serve as a leader on Process Improvement Teams and on other committees to affect continuous improvement in quality, cost, and schedule. You will provide guidance and recommend new policies and/or revision to policies, procedures, and processes to the Integrated Product Team/ Competency leaders. You will represent the Fleet Readiness Center at meetings and conferences for the purpose of providing associated quality data and information. You will manage and facilitate change recommendations and request for waiver that are relative to the organizational, intermediate, and FRC level operations defined in the Naval Air Systems Command Naval Aviation Maintenance Program Manual. You will facilitate regularly scheduled reviews/ inspections conducted by the Naval Air Systems Command Aviation Maintenance Management Team, assigning corrective/ preventative action of finding to the responsible level of management. You will develop and maintain comprehensive Quality Assurance management plans based on knowledge of quality methods, practices, and processes pertinent to the assigned weapons system. You will perform all quality related functions of the Material Acceptance Program. You will conduct contract review of quality requirements during contract development. You will develop a comprehensive Quality in-process inspection/ acceptance program for Organic Manufacture at the Fleet Readiness Centers. You will ensure that quality is built into products manufactured, and contract requirements are complied with. You will manage the Training Program for Quality Assurance Specialists, developing and presenting formal and on the job training instructional material to newly hired and existing QA Specialists. You will Monitor command programs through periodic auditing and verification, conducting working level forums with Quality Assurance and other FRC personnel to evaluate program performance. You will develop statistical and other analytical techniques to review data for the purpose of isolating facts to identify relationships and trends leading to causes and frequency of defects and quality deficiencies. You will prepare trends reports used by appropriate management levels in the Quality Competency and in other organizational units in the FRC. You will conduct investigations to determine contributing factors leading to processing deficiencies. You will conduct audits to determine conformance to process, product and procedural requirements, identifying and documenting deficiencies and making recommendations for corrective/ preventative actions. You will participate in audits conducted by higher authority, such as those conducted by NAVAIR Aviation Maintenance Mangement Team. You will ensure that the QA program design effectively interfaces with relevant industry standards used for overall business modeling and management. You will develop QA Program applications for new and emerging Management System applications.

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
• 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 at times to climb work stands or aircraft, and work at heights up to 40 feet for periods of one to two hours.
• Requires both eyes, arms, and legs due to working in eye hazard areas, inspections, and required climbing.
• Near vision correctable at 14" to Jaeger 2 and far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20.
• Subject to high noise levels; Hearing protection must be worn for noise levels of 85 dba and double protection above 105 dba.
• 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.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.

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: 1) Performing analysis by reviewing sketches, engineering drawings and data, pertinent specifications, and available equipment to identify characteristics critical to product acceptability; 2) Conducting inspections and audits of materials, products, processes, and services for conformance to specifications and requirements; 3) Analyzing data to detect unsatisfactory trends or weaknesses in the quality or verification program; and 4) Preparing technical reports documenting inspections, testing results, or deficiencies and recommending corrective action. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Quality Assurance Series 1910 (opm.gov). 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

The following education may be substituted in lieu of experience:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree with major study in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or another field related to the position.
or
Three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree with major study in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or another field related to the position.
or
LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled.

If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST Fleet Readiness Center Southwest PO Box 347058 San Diego, CA 92135-7058 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]