Lead Quality Assurance Specialist

Defense Contract Management Agency • Gladstone, MO

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About The Position

The Lead Quality Assurance Specialist serves as a team leader for a quality assurance team, assigning work, providing feedback, checking progress, arranging training for team members, and providing input to the supervisor. The position reviews contracts to identify specification requirements contractors must meet and communicates with contractors to ensure their processes comply with contractual requirements.

The specialist assesses contractor, subcontractor, and vendor quality assurance controls and adjusts product audits accordingly. The role develops risk management programs to mitigate Government risk by analyzing data and contractual requirements, preparing surveillance plans, and addressing customer and organizational requirements. It also evaluates supplier quality systems using data validation, post-award first article meetings, and supplier test reports, then recommends approval or disapproval to contracting officers. The specialist evaluates suppliers’ responses to quality issues, requests corrections, and retains relevant data, correspondence, audits, and other records.

This is a GS-12 position. It requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level, including experience reviewing contracts and technical data packages and designing, planning, and implementing risk management programs. Education cannot substitute for specialized experience at this grade level. The position requires DoD Acquisition Foundational and Engineering & Technical Management certification within required timeframes, as well as 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points every two years. The selectee may be required to serve a trial or probationary period and must make required financial disclosures. The position is exempt from FLSA and is not in a bargaining unit.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must meet security requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access.
• Appointment is subject to a favorable suitability or fitness determination where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks are grounds for removal.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in Federal service, the military, or the private sector.
• Specialized experience must include reviewing contracts and technical data packages to identify specification requirements contractors’ processes must meet.
• Specialized experience must include designing, planning, and implementing a risk management program to address and mitigate threats to successful contract delivery in the Government’s best interests.
• Meet applicable eligibility requirements, including time-in-grade for General Schedule positions, time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and other regulatory requirements by the announcement’s cut-off or closing date.
• Education cannot substitute for specialized experience at this grade level.
• Obtain DoD Acquisition Foundational and Engineering & Technical Management certification within required timeframes.
• Achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points every two years.
• May be required to serve a trial or probationary period.
• Financial disclosure is required.
• Candidates should be committed to improving Federal government efficiency, the ideals of the American republic, the rule of law, and the United States Constitution.

Responsibilities

• Lead a quality assurance team by assigning work, providing feedback, checking progress, arranging training, and providing input to the supervisor.
• Review contracts to identify specification requirements that contractors must meet.
• Communicate with contractors to ensure their processes comply with contractual requirements.
• Assess contractor, subcontractor, and vendor quality assurance controls and adjust product audits.
• Develop risk management programs to mitigate Government risk by analyzing data and contractual requirements, preparing surveillance plans, and addressing customer and organizational requirements.
• Evaluate supplier quality systems using data validation, post-award first article meetings, and supplier test reports.
• Recommend supplier quality-system approval or disapproval to contracting officers.
• Evaluate suppliers’ responses to quality issues and request corrections.
• Retain relevant data, correspondence, audits, and other records.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type, and applicants are directed to contact the hiring agency for details.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed