Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist
What you'd do
You will serve as a Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist in the Voyage Repair Team (VRT), Fleet Readiness Center of FLTREADCEN DET MID ATLANTIC PAX RIVER.
Major duties
You will plan, direct, and coordinate the overall workload of the Division across both VRT sites. You will assign work to subordinates based on priorities, consideration of the relative difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of assigned employees. You will provide technical guidance regarding the prototyping, production, repair, assembly, disassembly, overhaul, alignment, and test of ALRE systems and components. You will develop Quality Characteristics Lists in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures, technical manuals, drawings, blueprints, and input from NAWCAD Lakehurst Engineering, ensuring that all significant events are documented. You will verify product quality using sampling inspection, or when appropriate to the characteristics involved or pertinent to quality history, performs more intensive product inspection techniques. You will direct the performance of quality audits, investigations, and procedural reviews to improve product or service quality, turn-around-time and costs, and overall performance parameters.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector preforming some or all of the following duties: 1) Ensuring the quality and reliability in Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) catapult and arresting gear system maintenance and overhaul processes aboard aircraft carriers, air capable ships and shore facilities; 2) Leading an ALRE maintenance organization that includes conducting in-house audits, overseeing quality control processes, analyzing data, and developing strategies or policies to achieve higher quality; 3) Interpreting statistical quality data that can depict the quality performance level of various critical processes; 4) Analyzing and interpreting Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure personnel, processes, procedures, and other resources meet ISO 9001, NAVAIR, NAVSEA, and other applicable standards; 5) Interfacing with customers and stakeholders to convey requirements and receive feedback on team performance. 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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