You will serve as a Quality Assurance Specialist (Shipbuilding) in the Quality Assurance Department of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion & Repair (SUPSHIP), Newport News, VA.

Duties

You will conduct on-site audits and surveillance (on ship and within production shops and at off-site vendors) of installation, fabrication and testing activities. You will communicate regularly with ships force personnel and Contractor quality assurance/production personnel concerning process/product quality. You will consult with SUPSHIP project office personnel and Contractor construction supervisors on quality related matters. You will be assigned individual and team responsibilities for complex investigations of quality-related problems within assigned functional area(s). You will conduct studies, evaluations and analyses of information to determine possible cause and resolutions of quality problems. You will prepare detailed reports summarizing factual data, discussing methods used, problems analyzed and state conclusions and recommendations. You will attend routine and special meetings for ship key events and other meetings such as critiques, fact-findings or quality problem resolution meetings. You will analyze quality data obtained from audits, surveillance, procedure evaluations, quality meetings and communications from outside sources for assigned functional area(s) to determine a quality profile. You will recommend to the Team Leader and/or Division Head the type of QA audit or surveillance needed within assigned functional area(s) to support key QA program elements. You will conduct evaluations of the Contractor’s quality procedures and installed/fabricated hardware.

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 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.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• 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 perform occasional sea duty.
• This is a bargaining unit position.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 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 inspections, reviews, or audits of shipbuilding programs to support the design, development, or acquisition of ships. Examples of qualifying experience may include (1) comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the various disciplines such as structural, mechanical and electrical standards/specifications/procedures as they apply to the design and construction of naval combatant ships; (2) knowledge of the full range of principles, concepts and methodology related to a Contract Quality Assurance Program and considerable skill in applying this knowledge to the planning and accomplishment of a variety of difficult and complex work assignments; (3) broad knowledge of complex products including pertinent quality characteristics, manufacturing methods and techniques, special processes, interrelationship of functional parts and subassemblies, measurement and test techniques and skill in developing plans and approaches calculated to ensure effective control of product quality as they relate to the specific functional area to which they are assigned-Structural/Mechanical/Electrical/Paint and Preservation; (4) broad knowledge of auditing and quality control methods, concepts, principles, and practices required to conduct effective measurements of the contractor's/sub-contractors systems/or products and to prepare documented reports on findings of conditions or trends; (5) thorough and detailed knowledge of and skill in applying various methods and techniques for investigation, analyzing and effecting corrective action on complex quality problems. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the Quality Assurance Series: 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

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

• A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree with major study in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position; OR
• Three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree with major study in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position; OR
• An LL.M., if 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 SUPSHIP 4101 Washington Avenue Bldg 2 Newport News, VA 23607-2787 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]