Quality Assurance Specialist (Shipbuilding)

United States Fleet Forces Command • Kittery, ME

3d • Onsite

About The Position

You will serve as a Quality Assurance Specialist in the Engineering & Analysis Division (Code 136), Quality Assurance Office of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. 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 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.

The position may be filled at the GS-07 or GS-09 level. Qualifications may be met through specialized experience or qualifying education. The work takes place in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents may be present. The position requires medical surveillance, a pre-appointment physical examination, and continuous use of personal protective equipment during the work shift. Uncommon hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, may be required, as may overtime or night differential. Travel from the normal duty station to locations within and outside the continental United States may be required, including travel to remote or isolated sites and extended travel on military or commercial aircraft.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen and determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in direct deposit and, for new Department of the Navy employees, successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Current federal employees applying for GS jobs generally must meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement by the announcement closing date.
• Retired military members appointed to a Department of Defense civilian position within 180 days of retirement are subject to 5 U.S.C. 3326.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance before entering on duty; failure to do so may result in withdrawal of the job offer or removal.
• Must participate in medical surveillance programs and successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• Must continuously wear required personal protective equipment, such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators, and safety shoes, throughout the work shift.
• Must be able to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as mission requirements dictate; overtime, night differential, and unusual duty hours may be required.
• May be required to travel from the normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS locations, including remote or isolated sites, and must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods.
• For GS-09, must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-07, including experience applying quality assurance principles, methods, and techniques to complex shipbuilding and ship repair products, processes, and systems; understanding the relationship between quality assurance and engineering, production, planning, testing, supply, and supporting activities; analyzing quality data for recurring defects, unfavorable trends, process-control weaknesses, and areas needing increased surveillance; and investigating significant or recurring deficiencies, nonconforming conditions, adverse trends, complaints, and deficiencies identified through surveillance, audit, inspection, or testing.
• For GS-07, must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-05, including experience with shipbuilding and ship repair processes; interpreting drawings, technical specifications, work instructions, quality requirements, inspection and test criteria, and other technical documentation; evaluating documentation and production activity to identify quality characteristics; preparing documented recommendations and communicating with personnel with varied technical responsibilities; and investigating quality problems, analyzing technical and quality data, and developing logical conclusions.
• Qualifying education in lieu of specialized experience must be in a related field such as quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, or textiles. For GS-09, qualifying education is a master's or equivalent graduate degree, two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.B. or J.D. For GS-07, it is one full year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement. A transcript must be submitted when qualifying based on education.

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level