QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (SHIPBUILDING)

Full Job Description

You will serve as a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (SHIPBUILDING) in the Quality Assurance Manager (Code 900Q), Production Department Analysis and Business Manager (Code 900A), Productions Resources Department Manager (Code 901), Production Resources Department (Code 900) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

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.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience applying knowledge of naval shipyard policies and procedures related to functional areas such as engineering, planning, production and administration.

Experience conducting effective personal interviews and training classes and preparing clear, informative written reports.

Experience interpreting drawings, plans, specifications, job orders, and other documents used by the Production Resources Department Shops.

Experience applying quality assurance concepts, principles and methodology to utilize in developing and implementing an effective, economical shipyard quality assurance program.

Experience applying knowledge of audit, investigative and analysis methods and techniques to conduct effective audits/investigations of shipyard programs, processes and products and analyze results on a cumulative basis to identify quality trends.

Experience applying knowledge of basic ship types, configurations and systems to facilitate shipboard onsite inspections of failed systems/components and promote ease of communications with cognizant civilian and military personnel.

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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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 conduct internal programs, process, and ship overhaul audits to identify quality problems and opportunities for improvements.
• You will conduct investigations of reported equipment/systems failures to identify responsible parties, root causes and corrective actions needed.
• You will conduct studies of work processes by collecting, sorting, grouping and analyzing process data for quality trends.
• You will review training materials and assist in special quality assurance training classes for employees of the shops.
• You will develop quality assessments of ship overhauls through work documentation review and inputs from cognizant supervisory/management personnel.
• You will recommend quality improvements to shop management based on lessons learned from audits, investigations analysis, and special studies results.