SUPERVISORY QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist in the Quality Control Inspection Division, Compliance & Quality Department of FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST.

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: 1) Conducting quality audits and investigations, analyzing the results and developing recommendations for corrections and improvements; 2) Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and technical data associated with the production and manufacturing process; 3) Reading and interpreting blueprints, work orders, instructions, and technical manuals; 4) Utilizing data collection procedures and information gathering techniques; 5) Ensuring that verification of essential quality requirements is accomplished, deficiencies are properly documented, and corrective actions are taken to prevent recurrence; 6) Providing assistance to resolve product and process quality issues, to implement process improvements, and to identify and resolve safety related issues and violations; and 7) Planning, organizing, and directing the activities of personnel, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and ensuring customer requirements are satisfied.

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, organize, and direct the activities of the assigned Industrial Quality Department Branch, ensuring that the assigned branch complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.
• You will evaluate the performance of subordinates, give instructions, provide advice, and counsel subordinates on performance, technical, and administrative matters.
• You will resolve quality related issues and make sound managerial decisions to assist in the progression of successful aircraft, engines, and component programs.
• You will act as a technical expert in quality related matters by providing technical advice and assistance on all matters related to quality, including verification of materials, products, processes, documentation, etc.
• You will ensure accomplishment of Quality Assurance functions related to verifying, monitoring, investigating, auditing, and resolving quality problems through all phases of production/rework and manufacturing in all areas of assigned responsibility.
• You will generate multipurpose reports and correspondence directed to all levels of management, internal and external to the FRC, and maintain lines of oral and written communication.