QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (MECH)

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Quality Assurance Specialist (Mechanical) in the Quality Assurance Division of the San Diego Detachment of SUPERVISOR OF SHIPBUILDING BATH.

"The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze.

Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption." 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 performing quality assurance work to assess readiness of shipboard mechanical system(s) (e.g.

construction, maintenance, test, repairs) for the resolution of ship construction problems.

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/1900/quality-assurance-series-1910/ 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 maintain familiarity with a variety of requirements and specifications concerning shipboard mechanical systems and infrastructure.
• You will maintain familiarity with a variety of requirements and specifications such as contracts, build and performance specifications, functional and detailed drawings.
• You will monitor the capability of the builder's processes, regularly audit their in-process execution, and inspect the final products produced.
• You will prepare and monitor surveillance plans, and sampling criteria, for the fabrication, installation, activation, testing and trials of numerous shipboard systems.
• You will plan and apply quality assurance methods and techniques to audit and monitor the contractor's processes.
• You will monitor corrective actions undertaken to both assure the product delivered adheres to referenced standards, that corrective actions prove successful, and adequate to prevent recurrence.
• You will assess the ship's readiness to operate during acceptance trials, and provide assessment, and recommendations to the supervisor concerning delivery readiness, for the vessels under your purview.
• You will maintain a government travel credit account and periodically may travel to remote locations.