You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (MATERIALS & PROCESSES) in the Contract Oversight Quality Assurance Division, Quality Assurance Department, of PEARL HARBOR NSY AND IMF.

Duties

You will participate in managing and performing the evaluation, monitoring, auditing, and surveillance of quality systems, special processes, and material controls. You will participate in the development, implementation, and performance analysis of the quality systems to verify that products and services satisfy requisite quality requirements. You will participate in the planning, developing, organizing, administering, evaluating, and managing a comprehensive Contract Administration Quality Assurance Program (CAQAP) for confirming quality systems conformance to requirements. You will conduct CAQAP elements, which include but are not limited to, Procedure Review (PR), Procedure Evaluation (PE), Corrective Action (CA), Quality Data Evaluation (QDE), and Product Verification Inspection (PVI). You will review work specifications and other technical work documents to ensure adequate quality requirements are specified. You will Investigate customer complaints and deficiency reports and provide identification of causes. You will participate in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of quality programs, developing new procedures, and proposing policy changes to improve program effectiveness. You will provide contractor quality performance assessments to the Contracting Officer for use in determining future awards. You will participate in pre-award surveys that evaluate contractor potential to fulfill terms of the contract.

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 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

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: performing quality assurance audits or surveillances of quality systems and processes; analyzing quality data to identify deficiencies or negative trends; and generating report of findings to elevate quality program and contract compliance issues found during ship repair and modernization operations. 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 IOR: 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

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

• Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate 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
• Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's 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
• Successful completion of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to the position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/; 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 PEARL HARBOR NSY AND IMF 667 Safeguard Street Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-5033 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]