Job opening: Quality Assurance Specialist
Salary: $60 911 - 95 803 per year
Published at: Aug 07 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: This position is located at the Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (RIA-JMTC).
This position will be filled at the GS-09 or GS-11 level. If selected at the GS-09 level, noncompetitive promotion to the full performance level is authorized.
Duties
Performs audit or analysis functions and provide support regarding audits and analysis
Perform a variety of pre-award and post-award contract functions such as participating in pre-solicitation committees and contract award boards and review technical data packages.
Evaluate contractor Quality Assurance/statistical process control plans and reports.
These duties are described at the full performance level GS-11. The GS-09 grades is developmental leading to such performance.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- DATACL1i TACOM DA Level 1 Certification Requirement The incumbent must meet all requirements for this certification within 12 months of being placed on the position.
Qualifications
Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) [1 year] by a current a permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition.
Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.
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 Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience 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 GS-09: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience at this level may include: investigating customer complaints and deficiency reports to provide identification of causes to appropriate authorities; Analyzing quality data to detect unsatisfactory trends or weaknesses in the quality/inspection system; and performing quality assurance functions in pre/post award activities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).
OR
Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position.
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.
GS-11 Specialized Experience: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience at this level may include: conducting quality assurance visits to contractors, and/or production facilities to assure mission material meets established requirements; developing, simple contract clauses for quality assurance requirements; identifying inadequacies to request corrective action to quality assurance problems; and developing quality assurance plans to monitor commodities or programs during product/system life cycle. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09)
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Administration and ManagementContracting/ProcurementOral CommunicationQuality Assurance
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:
-For the GS-09, must have 52 weeks at the GS-07 (or equivalent)
-For the GS-11, must have 52 weeks at the GS-09 (or equivalent).
If you are a current, Federal employee, you must include your pay plan, series and grade in your work experience(s) on your resume submission and/or upload supporting documentation (within-grade increase SF50) to show that you meet the time-in-grade requirement. In addition, if your step reflects '00', you must include your current salary for each position.
Education
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 GM-W0K8AA USA RIA JOINT MFG TECHNOLOGY CENTER
DO NOT MAIL
Rock Island, IL 61299
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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