You will serve as a Quality Assurance Specialist in the Process Control Division, Quality Assurance Department of SUPSHIP GULF COAST.

Duties

You will be responsible for coordinating SUPSHIP and contractor compliance to the Navy's Shipboard Electrical Cableway Program. You will perform procedure reviews, coordinate independent SUPSHIP surveys, provide in-process inspections, and witness contractor testing and evaluation. You will review and monitor contractors' systems for qualifying personnel, procedures, equipment, and vendors. You will provide on-site technical assistance to SUPSHIP Gulf Coast' Project Offices and Departments. You will maintain the SUPSHIP Gulf Coast Cableway Program by maintaining qualification, testing, and inspection records. You will perform audits of SUPSHIP branches and project offices. You will develop lesson plans, conduct training, maintain training records, and assess the availability and validity of external training resources. You will act as the Command's primary resource for preparing for ship and craft testing and trials by providing leadership, participation, and technical assistance in the conduct and monitoring of advanced ship systems tests and trials. You will participate in post-trial screening conferences and inspections. You will review, interpret and apply plans, blueprints, specifications, directives, technical instructions and standards in quality control/assurance and in industrial disciplines associated with ship construction, conversion and repair. You will communicate orally and in writing with engineers, technicians, ship's officers, Contractor's officials, all SUPSHIP Departments, and other Government officials on a wide variety of subjects including quality, technical and policy. You will review and audit the Contractor's procedures in the shipbuilding disciplines with skill in recognizing the adequacy or the need for additions or changes.

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 equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector conducting quality assurance inspections, assessments, reviews, audits, or surveillance to ensure compliance with established quality controls for the maintenance, modernization, construction, or repair of surface ships or submarines. 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 Quality Assurance Series, 1910, Individual Occupational Series (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 SUPSHIP GULF COAST P O Box 7003 Pascagoula, MS 39568 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]