QUALITY ASSURANCE SPEC (SHIPBUILDING)
What you'd do
You will serve as a Quality Assurance Specialist (Shipbuilding) in the Preservation, Critial Coatings, Outfitting and Habitability Division Code (340) of SUPSHIP.
Major duties
You will conduct on-site audits and surveillance (on ship and within production shops and at offsite vendors) of installation, fabrication and testing activities. You will consult with SUPSHIP project office personnel and Contractor construction supervisors on quality related matters. You will conduct studies, evaluations and analyses of information to determine possible cause and resolutions of quality problems. You will attend routine and special meetings for ship key events and other meetings such as critiques, fact-findings or quality problem resolution meetings. You will act and participate in the meetings as the SUPSHIP representative on quality matters. You will conduct evaluations of the Contractor’s quality procedures and installed/fabricated hardware. You will be responsible for assurance of quality in a wide scope of shipboard fabrication, installation, and testing processes where the end product must meet definitive and performance type specifications as related to construction and overhaul. You will monitor the application effectiveness of controls and methods and adjusting quality activities as indicated by quality trends or conditions.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector leading quality assurance inspections, assessments, reviews, audits, or surveillance of contractor operating processes, procedures, or performance to ensure compliance with established quality control requirements for shipbuilding projects or constructions. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience 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.
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