Quality Assurance Specialist T32

Air National Guard Units • Davis Monthan AFB, AZ

19d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position with the Arizona Air National Guard’s 214th Attack Group in Tucson, Arizona. The Quality Assurance Specialist establishes and executes a systematic quality assurance approach for aircraft maintenance and support functions. The role helps maintenance managers ensure aircraft, systems, munitions, equipment, products, and processes meet technical, safety, workload, and customer requirements, and that maintenance work produces reliable end items. The specialist serves as a technical advisor and manages a quality assurance program covering inspections, surveillance, evaluations, and quality principles across aircraft, components, support equipment, electronic systems, armament, munitions, engines, maintenance personnel, and related disciplines.

The position serves as the Office of Primary Responsibility for wing maintenance policy, advises supervisors and employees, and makes recommendations on technical concerns. It administers maintenance standardization and inspection programs; evaluates maintenance quality and compliance; analyzes data and trends; and identifies deficiencies and corrective actions. The specialist also manages or oversees programs involving safety, security, tool control, foreign object damage prevention, aircraft weight and balance, technical orders, engineering dispositions, product quality deficiency reports, contractor surveillance, and conventional weapons and munitions quality assurance.

Appointment requires current membership in the Arizona Air National Guard in a compatible military assignment with the 214th Attack Group before the effective date of placement. The selectee must wear the military uniform and maintain a current state driver's license. The position may require work outside normal duty hours and may require successful completion of a trial period.

Requirements

• Must be a current member of the Arizona Air National Guard in a military position assigned to the 214th Attack Group before appointment; applicants who are not current members must be eligible for immediate membership and employment.
• Must hold a compatible military assignment in AFSC 2A375 or 2A374.
• Military grade must be TSgt/E-6 to MSgt/E-7.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade.
• Specialized experience must include knowledge of the products, manufacturing methods and techniques, special processes, tests, and performance requirements, and skill in developing plans and programs.
• Experience providing technical direction to otherwise competent workers and determining appropriate action when difficult or questionable malfunction conditions are found.
• Experience with significant, concrete work accomplishments involving interpersonal contacts in quality assurance or a related field.
• Experience with management principles and supervisory responsibility relevant to the function and organization.
• Must wear the military uniform as a condition of employment.
• Must possess and maintain a current state driver's license.
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must meet federal employment suitability requirements as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• May be required to work outside normal duty hours.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Office of Primary Responsibility for wing maintenance policy and advise supervisors and employees on general policy and specific maintenance matters.
• Make decisions and recommendations on technical concerns presented by supervisors.
• Interpret and apply Air Force Instructions, Technical Orders, engineering drawings, product specifications, occupational health and environmental standards, public law, and local policy.
• Administer, evaluate, and coordinate quality assurance, maintenance standardization, and inspection programs across maintenance organizations, disciplines, job series, and Air Force Specialty Codes.
• Conduct and coordinate task evaluations, quality verification inspections, special inspections, personnel evaluations, management inspections, and other surveillance and evaluation activities.
• Evaluate in-process and completed maintenance and ensure technical and management procedures are followed.
• Serve as subject matter expert for unit self-inspections, maintenance standardization, operational readiness, and unit compliance inspections.
• Monitor the quality program, identify deficiencies, implement corrective measures, and improve processes to support mission effectiveness and efficiency.
• Inspect work centers for compliance with safety, security, and Consolidated Tool Kit requirements.
• Collect and evaluate inspection and audit data; present findings to higher-level management using appropriate methods and formats.
• Perform statistical quality analysis, including trend and root-cause analysis, using quality-control, mathematics, production-management, industrial-management, and database-management methods.
• Collaborate with maintenance leadership and the Quality Assurance Supervisor to plan, develop, implement, inspect, and report on compliance issues and review configuration management programs.
• Manage the Wing Foreign Object Damage and Dropped Object Prevention Program.
• Manage the Aircraft Weight and Balance program using computer-based programs, databases, electronic weighing apparatus, and integrated weight-and-balance computers; recommend decertification of configuration loads that exceed safe-flight or ground-gross-weight limits.
• Review wing depot-level assistance requests and engineering disposition requests; submit requests to the System Program Office and serve as the unit point of contact for engineering dispositions.
• Ensure authorized technical data variances are submitted for inclusion in aircraft and equipment historical records.
• Prepare and review Product Quality Deficiency Reports and oversee exhibit processing in coordination with the Air Logistics Center and Logistics Readiness Squadron.
• Determine applicability of Time Compliance Technical Orders and One Time Inspections; review them for completeness and accuracy, notify the Maintenance Operations Center, and monitor compliance hours and quality.
• Manage the wing Technical Order Improvement Program and Suggestion Program, including evaluation and completion of required forms.
• Coordinate approval and use of locally designed tools or equipment that carry loads, change torque, or could damage government resources.
• Execute a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan for contractor-supported aircraft and serve as the government's on-site Quality Assurance Representative and liaison with contractor personnel.
• Maintain contact with National Guard Bureau staff and other Air National Guard bases to resolve maintenance capability and compliance issues.
• Represent the Wing or National Guard Bureau at conferences, seminars, and study groups, and coordinate with the Aircraft Sustainment Group on equipment reliability, maintainability, and supportability.
• Manage and conduct quality verification and surveillance inspections of conventional weapons systems and components.
• Conduct management compliance inspections of the munitions activity, including records, storage, disposal, deficiency reporting, technical-order compliance, and safety; review munitions and weapons storage, supply, and transportation practices.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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