You will serve as a senior QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (SHIPBUILDING) and may be selected to serve as a team lead, in the Quality Assurance Department of SUPERVISOR OF SHIPBUILDING GROTON.

Duties

You will assist Division Manager and Branch Supervisor in the planning and directing of work by recommending appropriate Quality Assurance Specialists to conduct audits, procedure review, evaluation and surveillance of manufacturing processes. You will design, develop, and carry out through self assignments, and assignments to other Department personnel a comprehensive program of broad applicability designed to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of Contractor's processes. You will schedule, plan and conduct quality program audits of various Contractor systems and processes. You will plan and conduct contract reviews for determination of quality program requirements. You will review the Contractor's procedures, practices, instructions and directives for contract compliance, completeness, adequacy, correctness, practicality and conflicts. You will plan and conduct procedure reviews and procedure evaluation to determine contractor compliance and program operation adequacy with the requirements of contractual requirements. You will maintain, analyze and evaluate data resulting from reviews, evaluations, product verification inspections and audits. You will review, analyze and evaluate Contractor generated data and reports. You will perform Product Verification Inspection (PVI) through planned and scheduled verification actions involving sampling and other approved quality assurance methods. You will provide technical advice and guidance to junior Quality Assurance Specialists necessary to meet basic assignment objectives, and will review completed assignments and work in progress to ensure objectives are being met.

Requirements

• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• 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.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final SECRET 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.
• This is a bargaining unit position.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-11) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector conducting analysis or review of quality assurance data or performance to detect unsatisfactory trends or weaknesses in contractor quality systems, methods, or processes in the construction, repair, overhaul, or modernization of naval ships. 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 AND Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1900/quality-assurance-series-1910/ 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address SUPERVISOR OF SHIPBUILDING GROTON 73 Eastern Point Road Groton, CT 06340-4990 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]