Quality Assurance Specialist (Chemicals)

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Position may be filled at any of the below locations: Fort Lauderdale, Florida: $95,326 - $123,927 Baltimore, Maryland: $102,415 - $133,142 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 qualify 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: Experience interpreting analytical results for petroleum-based fuels, chemicals, Aerospace Energy products, and lubricants, and determine appropriate corrective actions if necessary.

Ensuring contractor compliance with contractual terms for petroleum, chemical, or Aerospace Energy products through reviews, audits, and surveys.

Interpreting and applying military/federal regulations, government procurement regulations, product specifications, and industry technical standards related to petroleum, chemicals, or Aerospace Energy products 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 Although approximately 40% of the work is performed in an office setting, extensive TDY trips are required resulting in continuous environmental changes.

TDY trips are required for on-site inspections of contractor loading/discharging facilities (service/procurement) for Energy products, gas, oil, and Into-Plane contract locations.

This requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as frequent climbing of tall ladders and crouching or crawling in restricted areas i.e., climbing up, onto, and into tanks in excess of 60 feet high and accessing petroleum marine vessel tankers via gangways/Jacobs Ladders.

As well to stoop and bend while inspecting storage tanks and may take a couple of hours to complete. Some tanks may require cleaning and necessitating additional periods of standing and climbing.

Operations involving support of U.S. military units engaged in combat support duties are also likely.

Physical examination is required, both as a condition of employment as well as on a recurring annual basis.

WORK ENVIROMENT The nature of the work requires that the specialist, on a regular and recurring basis, be exposed to potentially dangerous situations.

Work is outside, subject to inclement weather conditions, and occurs all hours of the day and night.

In all cases, the incumbent is expected to enforce and observe all applicable safety precautions, including the use of personal protective equipment(e.g.

toxic chemical protective clothing) and devices. The QAR works in the vicinity of explosive petroleum products, toxic laboratory chemicals, and toxic fuel additives.

Incumbent is required to work extensive overtime periods in all types of environments. The QAR can also be voluntarily deployed in support of ongoing U.S.

military operations on foreign soil Major Duties:

• Performs supply chain management quality functions for DLA Energy.
• Evaluates contractor quality processes, procedures, and documentation for completeness, adequacy, and accuracy.
• Performs oversight functions at assigned facilities without direct supervision and reports progress of work to respective supervisor/commander.
• Ensures conformance of contractor systems, documentation and other qualitative and quantitative evidence of performance in accordance with management practices, solicitations/contracts, product specifications or other contractual requirements.
• Inspects conveyances (tankers, barges, pipeline setup, trucks, railcars, etc.) utilized for transporting petroleum, chemicals, lubricating oils, missile fuels and gases to determine their suitability for intended use.
• Observes key operations throughout the procurement process that include manufacturing, production, processing, blending, storage, sampling, testing, shipping, loading, calibration, and documentation.
• Analyzes solicitations, contracts and other specialized documents to implement DLA Energy Quality Assurance (QA) procedures to verify that products/services offered by the contractor comply with contractual requirements.
• May perform ancillary functions as a Property Administrator and COR at GOCO and/or COCO intermediate DFSPs.