Quality Assurance Specialist

• You will plan develop organize administer evaluate and manage a comprehensive contract quality assurance program for conforming contractor quality systems conformance to contract requirements.
• You will identify and provide contractor availability quality and management performance assessments to the contracting officer for use in determining future awards.
• You will review work specifications and other contract documents to ensure adequate quality requirements are specified.
• You will develop inspection system plans instructions and checklists to evaluate the effectiveness of the contractors quality assurance programs.
• You will provide and input quality data into the appropriate quality assurance database.

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
• 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 aftermust 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.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current ISO 9000:2008 Internal Auditor certification.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets gloves coveralls glasses goggles respirators and safety shoes.
• 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.
• This position requires work onboard ships.
• This position requires the ability to climb ladders.

Qualifications

GS-9: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Monitoring and evaluating contract quality assurance programs to ensure compliance with contract specifications for ship repair and overhaul.

GS-7: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-5 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Providing assistance in monitoring contract quality assurance programs to ensure compliance with contract specifications for ship repair or overhaul.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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.