QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (NUCLEAR)
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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Bremerton, WashingtonRemote Washington$100,602 - $130,786GS-11Production and OperationsMore Navy jobs →
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QUALITY ASSURANCE SPEC (MATERIALS & PROCESSES)
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Department of the Navy
Location
Bremerton, Washington
Salary
$83,935 - $109,122
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-9 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves overseeing the quality of welding processes in a naval ship repair facility, where you'll inspect work, analyze data to spot problems, and suggest fixes to ensure everything meets standards during ship overhauls and repairs.
It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in quality checks for welding or manufacturing, who enjoys investigating issues and improving team operations in a structured environment like the military.
No advanced degree is required, but practical knowledge of welding and audits is key.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-09 level or equivalent, focusing on QA surveillances or audits of welding processes
- Ability to identify non-compliance, negative trends, and recommend corrective actions for ship overhaul, conversion, or repair
- Experience conducting evaluations using data sources like Quality Performance System (QPS), deficiency reports, and audit records
- Skills in planning, scheduling, and conducting compliance surveillances and studies to improve work efficiency and program effectiveness
- Proficiency in analyzing and validating QA data collection to enhance functions and activities
- Knowledge of welding processes to resolve non-compliance and adverse trends through worksite surveillances
- Experience interfacing with shop quality analysts, welding supervisors, and managing projects or investigations for welding shop issues
Full Job Description
You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPEC (MATERIALS & PROCESSES) in the WELDING ENGINEERING DIVISION of PSNS and IMF.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-09) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: performing Quality Assurance (QA) surveillances or audits of welding processes and techniques to identify negative trends or non-compliance and recommend corrective actions for support of ship overhaul, conversion or repair.
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 IOR: Quality Assurance Series 1910 (opm.gov) 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. Major Duties:
- You will conduct evaluations for the welding shop using Quality Performance System (QPS) data, Deficiency reports, Discrepancy Logs, Audit Action records, and other inspection Verification Reports in support of process improvement programs.
- You will conduct program compliance surveillances; plans, schedules, and conduct studies to evaluate and recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work or training operations, and program effectiveness.
- You will analyze, validate, and identify ways to improve the function and activities associated with QA data collection.
- You will make recommendations on appropriate actions to resolve instances of program non-compliance and reverse adverse trends based on the required welding knowledge and monthly worksite surveillances.
- You will be responsible for projects, studies, reviews, shop quality analyst (SQA) interface, welding supervisor interface, and investigations to resolve welding shop management issues or concerns.
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