Quality Assurance Specialist (6 Months Register)
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Job Location:
Richmond, VA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 52188 - 67848
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
This is an open-continuous announcement with an established initial cut-off date of December 1 2025. Please see the How You Will Be Evaluated section for more information.
Selected applicants will serve as entry-level trainees in the DLA Pathways to Career Excellence (PaCE) Program performing a series of progressively responsible Quality Assurance Specialist functions along with formal and on-the-job training (OJT). Positions are for Weapons Support - Richmond.
- The following duties will be performed in a developmental capacity:
- Providing pre-award and post-award support to contracting officers and engineering activities contract administration components and DLA contractors.
- Assisting in preparing and issuing QA letters of instruction to government inspection activities/depots on contract quality requirements and history.
- Participating in quality systems management visits to evaluate the adequacy of technical requirements and product conformance.
- Evaluating QA procedures reports inspection and test/methods and other operational aspects involving assigned items/commodities.
- Establishing and maintaining quality history files by item contractor and specification.
Conditions of employment
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Tour of Duty: Flexible
- Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
- Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
- Selective Service Requirement: Males born aftermust be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
- Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
- Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
- Pre-Employment Physical: Not Required
- Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. See Addtl Info.
Qualifications
To qualify for a Quality Assurance Specialist your resume and supporting documentation must support:
A. Have a bachelors degree from an accredited educational institution with major study in quality assurance statistics
mathematics production management industrial management computer science engineering engineering technology
physical sciences textiles or another field related to the position AND meet Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) based
on ONE of the following: (1) class standing (upper third standing in graduating class); -OR- (2) grade-point average (2.95
or higher overall or over the last two years of bachelors degree -or- 3.45 in my major field or over the last two years in my
major); -OR-(3) election to membership in a national scholastic honor society.
OR
B. Have at least one full year of graduate level study or possess a masters or Ph.D. with major study in quality
assurance statistics mathematics production management industrial management computer science engineering
engineering technology physical science textiles or other closely related fields to the position. One academic year of
graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that your graduate school has determined to represent
one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot
obtain your graduate schools definition of one year of graduate study 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be
considered as satisfying the requirement.
OR
C. 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 addition to meeting the Basic
Contracting Requirement above to qualify for the GS-07 grade level specialized experience must be at the GS-5 grade
level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service military or private sector. Applicants must meet
eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only) time-after-competitive appointment
minimum qualifications and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable
specialized experience includes:
- Understanding techniques regulations and requirements related to Quality Assurance (QA) functions to plan and perform a variety of assignments.
- Ability to perform projects including solving problems from established methods procedures or precedents of unknown factors and relationships that are mostly factual in nature.
- Skilled in interpreting explaining and applying technical requirements and specifications to quality problems involving product inspections or investigations.
- Trained in fact finding or investigative techniques skills to develop analyze and evaluate facts relative to unsatisfactory conditions or trends and to prepare documented reports of findings.
- Experienced resolving questions of basic QA and technical equipment support methods of product/process characteristics.
D. Have less than the full amount of graduate education described in B and less than the amount of experience
described in C but have a combination of the type of graduate education described in B and the type of experience
described in C. COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: If you do not qualify based on education or
experience alone you can combine your education and experience by converting each to a percentage and then adding
the percentages.(If your education is currently described in quarter hours convert the quarter hours into semester hours
by multiplying the quarter hours by the fraction 2/3.) For GS-7: To calculate your percentage of graduate education divide
the number of graduate semester hours by 18. Refer to the qualification requirements above for a description of the type
of experience that is considered qualifying. To determine your percentage of qualifying experience you must divide your
total number of months of qualifying experience by the required number of months of experience. GS-07: Requires 12
months of specialized experience as described in C above. Now add your percentages of education and experience.
The two percentages must total at least 100% for you to qualify under the combination of education and experience.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.
Education
Are you using your education to qualify You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate schools definition of one year of graduate study 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
Additional information
Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering & Tech Management (N)1 Foundational certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources.
For selected applicants new to Federal civilian service this position does not meet the regulatory requirements for an advanced in hire rate therefore pay will be set at the Step 1 of the applicable rate range. For selected applicants who are current Federal civilian employees or have prior Federal civilian service pay will be set in accordance with applicable pay setting laws regulations policies and guidance.
For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: Workplace Policy
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment reasonable suspicion post-accident and random drug testing.
Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing.
The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana cocaine opiates heroin phencyclidine amphetamines methamphetamines fentanyl norfentanyl methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and opioids.
ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law Marijuana is a Schedule I drug and is illegal.
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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.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
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About Company
The Defense Logistics Agency is a combat support agency in the United States Department of Defense, with more than 26,000 civilian and military personnel throughout the world.
