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QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (BRIDGE)

U.S. Pacific Fleet

Department of the Navy

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Job Description

Summary

This job is a one-year training role in a naval shipyard where you'll learn quality assurance skills by overseeing maintenance projects, inspecting work, and ensuring everything meets high standards for ship repairs.

It's like a bridge to a full-time quality specialist position, focusing on hands-on guidance and problem-solving in a team setting.

A good fit would be someone with solid experience in skilled trades, like fabrication or electronics, who wants to build expertise in quality control without starting from scratch.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of qualifying experience in journey-level or higher trades, specifically in series 2604 (Fabric Working) or 3359 (Toolmaking)
  • Strong ability to coordinate projects and provide technical guidance to shipyard teams
  • Experience reviewing and approving processes, planning projects, and establishing milestones
  • Proficiency in preparing formal reports and identifying/ resolving issues in products and processes
  • Knowledge of inspections, quality documentation, and audits for critical materials and work
  • Ability to assist in developing and revising quality assurance instructions
  • Clear resume detailing duties, hours per week, and relevant paid/unpaid experience

Full Job Description

The detailee for this position will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST in the Quality Assurance Office, (Code 130).

This position will serve in a bridge program designed to give employees an opportunity to gain competencies necessary to qualify for a GS-1910 position.

If selected, you will be placed in the position Not to Exceed One Year.

This is a Competitive Detail not-to-exceed 1 year You are eligible for this training opportunity if you have journey level trades experience in one of the following series: ALL JOURNEY AND HIGHER-LEVEL 2604/3359 SERIES EMPLOYEES.

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.

Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of qualifying experience (or performing competencies).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

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 be responsible for the Code's accountability of work on projects assigned to him/her, assisting in coordination efforts with other personnel assigned to similar projects.
  • You will certify objective quality evidence or materials for shipyard maintenance work, reviewing and/or approving processes, project planning, establishing milestones to achieve project and/or code goals.
  • you will provide technical guidance and coordination efforts to other shipyard personnel to achieve desired results.
  • You will prepare formal reports which clearly and concisely identify project results.
  • You will serve in an advisory capacity providing consultation to the Supervisor/Branch head/Division Manager.
  • You will plan and review inspections for critical products and processes to ensure materials meet quality requirements.
  • You will review quality documentation to confirm that all critical work was properly authorized and performed.
  • You will identify problems with products and processes and coordinate with other departments to resolve them.
  • You will help develop and revise quality assurance instructions for inspections and surveillances.
  • You will review, process, and adjudicate quality audits and surveillances under supervision.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/8/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/9/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12931749-26-SMW