You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST in the HEAVYWEIGHT & LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO PRODUCTION DIVISION within the UNDERSEA WEAPONS DEPT of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA.

Duties

You will review torpedo work packages to ensure compliance with procedures and requirements and document Objective Quality Evidence. You will monitor and track Corrective and Preventive Action Program findings. You will review recommendations from planners and engineers to ensure recommendations are in compliance with requirements. You will inspect work areas, products, procedures, and processes for QA compliance and conduct self-assessments, safety reviews, and inspections/audits of work areas. You will review, evaluate, and submit Technical Manual Deficiency Evaluation Report (TMDER) or requests for Problem Resolution (RPR) as needed. You will investigate activity quality capabilities and resources and recommend policy changes or adjustment of resources for specific situations. You will perform internal and/or external audits/surveys (individually and as a team member) of projects, processes, procedures, and other types of audits as assigned.

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 successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• 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 is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• 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.

Qualifications

For the GS-11: 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: analyzing the production, maintenance, repair, testing and/or troubleshooting of torpedoes to provide sustainment or problem resolution. For the GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: monitoring, controlling, or maintaining the quality of naval combat weapon system development in quality assurance, inspection, production, or related areas. 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

Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows:

For GS-11:
A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree;
OR
Three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree;
OR
An LL.M. degree in a field directly related to the position being filled;
OR
A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

For GS-09:
A Master's or equivalent graduate degree;
OR
Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Master's or equivalent degree;
OR
An LL.B. or J.D., in a field directly related to the position being filled
OR
A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA 610 Dowell Street Keyport, WA 98345 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]