You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPEC (AMMO) in the Sensors, Weapons, and Launchers Department of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER.

Duties

You will perform required QA oversight, inspections, and audits on the Detachment Seal Beach mission. You will ensure that processing, handling and storage of ordnance or ordnance-related material is performed in accordance with approved procedures and in compliance with the specifications or individual test requirements. You will develop, revise, and submit for review an annual, quarterly and monthly training plan. You will develop lesson plans, instructional guides and monitor employee training for NMC CWD, Detachment Seal Beach. You will develop and maintain a current listing of training required for each position. You will be designated as the Missile Division Seal Beach Training Officer and ORM Instructor and will work with the Fallbrook Annex Training Officer and ORM Instructor to carry out duties. You will develop plans for the control of product quality. You will perform on-site inspections to observe work and methods employed to assure compliance to established technical requirements, to ensure that safety practices are carried out, and to ensure that satisfactory performance is achieved. You will analyze and investigate adverse/unsatisfactory trends and conditions, customer complaints and initiate recommendations for corrective actions. You will determine characteristics which affect the quality of the process and the product and develop or apply existing inspection procedures including sampling plans to verify that the products and processes meet the required performance standards. You will ensure that quality ordnance standards are in place and operating according to the required specifications. You will review Supply Discrepancy Reports (SDRs), Reports of Deficiencies (RODs) Found in Material, Quality Deficiency Reports (QDRs) and other related documentation for trends and conditions which require corrective action. You will review quality historical data and calculate process averages for major projects, commodities, and functions for indications of the cumulative effects of an out-of-control conditions. You will initiate corrective action and verify that the action taken is effective. You will initiate, develop, revise and submit for review and implementation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as assigned and in accordance with quality assurance directives, and other applicable local directives. You will operate the Qualification Certification (Qual/Cert) Program by verification of individual qualifications, issuance of initial certification, control of expiration dates, and review of performance and re-certification. You will issue stamps which are to be used by employees on the travelers to authenticate the inspections or work performed. You will prepare reports, statistical and narrative, as required. You will make written and oral reports/presentations at various levels of management at this activity and outside activities.

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.
• 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 bargaining unit position
• 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 to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Overseeing quality assurance processes to ensure compliance with policies through inspections, audits, and training development, while addressing quality issues and implementing corrective actions for the improvement or optimization of an ordnance program. 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

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

Successful completion of Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR
Successful completion of 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR
Possession of an LL.M., if related that is related to this position being filled.
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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 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER 4363 Missile Way Port Hueneme, CA 93043 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]