Quality Assurance Specialist

Defense Contract Management Agency; Smyrna (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Contract Management Agency in the United States seeks qualified candidates for a GS-11 level position focused on quality assurance within contractor environments. Applicants must demonstrate specialized experience and meet education requirements outlined in the job posting.

Responsibilities include applying QA concepts, evaluating contractor methods, and using statistics to ensure contractual compliance.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in quality assurance concepts, practices, and methods.
• Evaluating contractor production methods, processes, and testing techniques.
• Applying statistical analyses to verify compliance with contracts.

Skills

Quality assurance concepts

Statistical data analysis

Contractor process evaluation

Education

PhD or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 years of graduate study

Job description

See below for important information regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.

• A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
  • Applying quality assurance concepts, principles, methods, and practices to analyze the products or services of a contractor's process.
  • Evaluating and inspecting production methods, processes, and testing techniques being performed by contractors.
  • Applying statistical and quality data analysis evaluations to determine compliance with contractual requirements.
• B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. The major study must be in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position.
• C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post‑high‑school education and experience may be used to meet total qualifications and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11.