Quality Assurance Specialist

Defense Contract Management Agency • McKinney, TX

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About The Position

The Quality Assurance Specialist ensures contractor compliance with requirements related to the design, manufacturing, repair, overhaul, and modernization of a variety of items for contractor and customer activities worldwide. The role independently applies quality-control methods, principles, and practices—including statistical analysis, control and sampling, and quality data analysis and evaluation—to determine contractor compliance. It uses detailed quality assurance knowledge to investigate and analyze complex quality problems and ensure corrective action. The specialist develops and implements surveillance plans with clear objectives and master schedules that identify contractor and subcontractor production needs, and independently audits and surveils contractor processes to ensure customer and contractual requirements are met.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must obtain Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security access; the position is Special Sensitive.
• Must receive a favorable suitability or fitness determination, unless reciprocity applies.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for or exempt from Selective Service.
• Must pass a drug test.
• One year of specialized experience directly related to or equipping the applicant with competencies to perform the position’s duties. For the NH-03 level, this experience must be at the NH-02 or GS-11 grade level or equivalent.
• Specialized experience applying quality assurance principles, concepts, and methodologies; establishing process measurement points and statistical techniques; evaluating government and contractor data for quality-control compliance; and investigating defective material to identify causes, corrective actions, and process improvements.
• Education may not substitute for specialized experience at this grade level.
• Must obtain DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management Foundational 1 certification within required timeframes and achieve 80 Continuous Learning Points every two years.
• May be required to serve a trial or probationary period.

Responsibilities

• Ensure contractor compliance with requirements for design, manufacturing, repair, overhaul, and modernization activities.
• Apply quality-control methods, including statistical analysis, control and sampling, and quality data analysis and evaluation, to assess contractor compliance.
• Investigate and analyze complex quality problems and ensure corrective action.
• Develop and implement surveillance plans with clear objectives and master schedules that identify contractor and subcontractor production needs.
• Independently audit and surveil contractor processes to ensure customer and contractual requirements are met.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits eligibility depends on position type.

What This Job Offers

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