Quality Assurance Specialist

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This position may be filled at one of the following locations: Hammond, IN - $100,059 - $130,080 Vienna, OH - $93,461 - $121,502 Scotia, NY - $92,344 - $120,050 Whitehall, OH - $93,400 - $121,422 To qualify for a Quality Assurance Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position.

To quality at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: Analyzing quality data to detect unsatisfactory trends or weaknesses in the quality/inspection system.

Verifying by test or inspection, using sampling inspection or intensive product inspection techniques, that products comply with requirements prior to acceptance.

Identifying inadequacies and requesting corrective action.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Physical Demands: Approximately 50% of work is sedentary.

Remaining 50% will be visiting manufacturing facilities, regularly requiring extended periods of walking, standing, or bending while observing manufacturing operations, witnessing tests or examining material and processes.

Employee must pass an annual physical exam and be certified to wear a respirator as needed to complete their duties.

Work Environment: Approximately 50% of the work is performed in an office-like setting involving everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions.

The other 50% is in travel status and within industrial facilities, warehouses, and manufacturing environments.

Industrial and manufacturing environments can create exposure to the risks, hazards and conditions requiring special precautions and clothing, such as site visits to DLA Strategic Materials field activities or periodic visits to manufacturing or vender managed storage facilities.

Major Duties:

• Participate in and supports long-range Quality Assurance (QA) involving acquisition, quality and production surveillance inspections, sampling, test and analyses, and materials upgrading.
• Investigate and resolve complex and unique problems, recommending guidance and/or policy revisions related to overall changes in programs, organizational emphasis, and innovative solutions.
• Develop and implement quality surveillance plans, methods, and acceptance testing.
• Review inspection reports and laboratory analysis test results for acceptance or rejection with the Material Testing Programs.
• Participate in and provide guidance to top management, contractors, Military Services, and various field activities on the establishment of acceptance criteria applicable to materials, related documentation, and projects.
• Conduct audits or targeted assessments of contractor quality and inspection systems, calibration, and Quality Management System assessments of processes and controls impacting the quality and conformance of DLA related acquisitions and services.
• Serve as Project Manager on various acquisitions of materials, maintenance, or service items.