QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (MECH)
Naval Sea Systems Command
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Quality Assurance Specialist (SHIPS)
United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$89,939 - $116,925
per year
Type
Full Time
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January 26, 2026
GS-11 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves overseeing quality checks for shipbuilding and maintenance contracts to ensure contractors meet all requirements, reviewing documents, and spotting any issues in their work.
It's a role in the Navy's maintenance center in Virginia, focusing on non-combatant ships.
A good fit would be someone with experience in contract management and quality control in manufacturing or construction, who pays close attention to details and can handle technical reviews.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent in evaluating and managing contract quality assurance programs
- Experience providing contractor availability and performance assessments
- Experience negotiating and coordinating complex quality assurance issues in shipbuilding
- Experience reviewing work specifications and contract documents for ships
- Experience maintaining and analyzing quality data to identify trends or weaknesses in contractor performance
- Familiarity with technical directives and developments in quality assurance
Full Job Description
You will serve as a Quality Assurance Specialist (SHIPS) in the Quality Assurance Office (QA) Department (Code 130), CAQAP Waterfront Quality Assurance Div (Code 131), Non-Combatant Branch (Code 131B), Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), of MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CTR.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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 evaluating and managing a comprehensive contract quality assurance program.
Experience providing contractor availability and performance assessments. Experience negotiating and coordinating complex issues related to quality assurance of shipbuilding.
Experience reviewing work specifications on ships. Experience maintaining and analyzing quality shipbuilding data to detect unsatisfactory trends or weaknesses in contractors quality.
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 plan, develop, organize, administer, evaluate, and manage a comprehensive contract quality assurance program for confirming the contractor's quality system conformance to contract requirements.
- You will research and implement developments in quality assurance by review of the latest technical directives.
- You will review work specifications and other contract documents to assure adequate quality requirements are specified.
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