QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (SHIPBUILDING)

U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Kittery (ME); Sur place; USD 75 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist (Shipbuilding) in the Engineering & Analysis Division (Code 136), Quality Assurance Office. You will oversee QA surveillance, audits, and investigations across shipyard production activities, coordinating with production, engineering, and planning to ensure quality and readiness of ships and components.

The role requires evaluating drawings, specs, and procedures and following up on corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Experience with a full range of quality assurance principles, methods, and techniques.
• Understanding the relationship between quality assurance and engineering, production, and planning.
• Ability to review data to identify recurring defects and trends.

Responsabilités

• Perform QA surveillance, audits, reviews, and investigations of shipyard production activities.
• Coordinate identified deficiencies with production, engineering, planning, testing, and other responsible orgs.
• Determine whether procedures, drawings, specs, and work docs are properly implemented.
• Evaluate workmanship, process controls, documentation, and inspection results for quality characteristics.
• Perform follow-up surveillance to verify corrective actions are effective.

Connaissances

Quality assurance

Shipbuilding

Audits & inspections

Data analysis

Formation

Master's degree

Graduate coursework

Description du poste

Summary

You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (SHIPBUILDING) in the ENGINEERING & ANALYSIS DIVISION (CODE 136), QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICE of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Summary

You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (SHIPBUILDING) in the ENGINEERING & ANALYSIS DIVISION (CODE 136), QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICE of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• You will perform quality assurance surveillance, audits, reviews, and investigations involving assigned shipyard production activities.
• You will coordinate identified deficiencies with production, engineering, planning, testing, and other responsible organizations and follow corrective actions through completion.
• You will determine whether approved procedures, drawings, specifications, technical work documents, inspection criteria, and process controls are being properly implemented.
• You will evaluate workmanship, process controls, documentation, inspection results, and objective quality evidence to determine whether required quality characteristics have been achieved.
• You will perform follow-up surveillance to verify that corrective actions have been implemented and are effective.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• 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.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• 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

GS-09

• Experience with a full range of quality assurance principles, methods, and techniques sufficient to perform difficult assignments involving complex shipbuilding and ship repair products, processes, and systems.
• Experience understanding the relationship between quality assurance and engineering, production, planning, testing, supply, and other supporting activities.
• Experience with reviewing and analyzing quality data to identify recurring defects, unfavorable trends, weaknesses in process controls, and areas warranting increased surveillance.
• Experience investigating significant or recurring quality deficiencies, nonconforming conditions, adverse trends, customer complaints, and deficiencies identified through surveillance, audit, inspection, or testing.

GS-07

• Experience with shipbuilding and ship repair processes and the ability to interpret drawings, technical specifications, work instructions, quality requirements, inspection and test criteria, and other technical documentation.
• Experience evaluating documentation and production activity to identify quality characteristics.
• Experience preparing documented recommendations and communicating effectively with personnel having varied technical responsibilities.
• Experience investigating quality problems, analyzing technical and quality data, and developing logical conclusions.

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 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

Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position.

GS-09

master's or equivalent graduate degree

or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or LL.B. or J.D., if related

GS-07

1 full year of graduate level education

or superior academic achievement

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

PPP applicants

will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants

To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference applicants

will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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