Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist
Defense Contract Management Agency
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QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST
Naval Air Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$61,722 - $80,243
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-7 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves checking and improving quality standards for aviation maintenance and repair at a naval facility, ensuring everything meets safety rules and works correctly.
You'll train staff, run tests and audits, and handle reports on problems to keep operations running smoothly.
It's a good fit for someone with experience in quality checks, especially in aviation or military settings, who pays close attention to detail and likes working in a team environment.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-7 level or equivalent in aviation quality assurance
- Expertise in ensuring safety of flight requirements are met
- Ability to evaluate and determine acceptability of functional entities impacting quality
- Knowledge of controlling verification techniques
- Experience conducting quality-related training for personnel
- Skills in identifying, testing, and evaluating requirements
- Proficiency in managing deficiency reporting programs and implementing corrective/preventive actions
Full Job Description
You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST in the MRO ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT/DEPOT SUPPORT TEAM of FLTREADCEN EAST.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Expertise in aviation Quality Assurance; 2) Ensuring that safety of flight requirements is met; 3) Evaluating and determining acceptability and adequacy of functional entities that impact quality; 4) Controlling verification techniques.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Additional qualification information can be found from the following DON DCIPS policy website: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/Naval%20Intelligence%20Activity/Chapter%205%20-%20Employment%20and%20Placement.pdf https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1900/quality-assurance-series-1910/ Major Duties:
- You will conduct quality related training for QA, production and support personnel throughout the FRC.
- You will identify and administer testing, and evaluation requirements.
- You will manage external deficiency reporting program.
- You will ensure that corrective and preventive actions are implemented under the command are sustained over time.
- You will conduct verifications and audits to determine conformance to process, product and procedural requirements.
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