Quality Assurance Specialist

The Defense Contract Management Agency serves as the independent eyes and ears of the Department of Defense (DoD) and its partners, delivering actionable acquisition insight from the factory floor to the front line around the world. We are an independent combat support agency within the DoD. We are the Department’s contract manager, responsible for ensuring Federal acquisition programs, supplies, and services are delivered on time, within cost and meet performance requirements.

About the Position:

Defense Contract Management Agency uses the Expedited Hiring Authority to recruit and appoint qualified individuals directly into shortage category or critical need acquisition positions.

Individuals in this four-year Emergency-Essential (deployable) status can expect repeated deployments to combat locations overseas in support of contingency operations as mission requirement are determined. These locations are typically in a designated combat zone. Generally, the deployed work locations have power, water, heating, and air conditioning, although outages should be expected. The living conditions will vary widely: ranging from having all basic amenities such as light, power, water, refrigeration, to not having one or more of these amenities.

Environmental conditions at work locations may range from excessive heat and humidity to extreme cold and rainy.

Selectees must pass a medical exam, which includes vaccinations (e.g. anthrax, smallpox and malaria).

Physical demands during deployment include: Lifting a minimum of 45 pounds, ability to hear and wake up to warning alarms and hear instructions in the absence of visual cues, live in austere working and sleeping environments, and the ability to wear personal protective equipment, including protective masks, ballistic helmet, body armor, and chemical/biological protective garments.

Prior to placement, selectees must sign Contingency Response Force (E-E) Conditions of Employment, obtain a Secret Security Clearance, meet medical standards, sign DD Form 2365. DoD Civilian Employee Overseas E-E Position Agreement DD Form 2365, DoD Civilian Employee Overseas E-E Position Agreement can be viewed at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/eforms/dd2365.pdf.

Who May Apply:

• All U.S. Citizens and Nationals with allegiance to the United States
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Eligible

Responsibilities

• Review contracts and technical data packages to identify the specification requirements which the contractor’s processes must meet.
• Establish and maintain communication with contractor’s and functional managers to ensure understanding exists for acceptable quality evidence for performance.
• Review and ensure flow-down of contract requirements to the contractor’s inspection system and/or quality management system to validate the processes for properly extracting and translating requirements.
• Design, plan and implement an effective risk management program.
• Perform evaluations of supplier quality systems.
• Adjust surveillance frequency and/or intensity; and reassess assigned risk ratings as a result of analyzing data.
• Responsible for performing pre-award surveys in conjunction with other functional specialists.

Travel Required
Occasional travel – Business Travel is required 40% of the time.

Supervisory status
No

Who May Apply
This job is open to…
United States Citizens
Questions? This job is open to 1 group.

• U.S. Citizenship is Required
• Direct Deposit of Pay is Required
• Tour of Duty: Full Time
• FLSA: Non-Exempt; Exempt when Deployed
• Bargaining Unit: Yes

• This is a Defense Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectees must meet position requirements for certification at Level II within 24 months of entrance on duty.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Position requires employee to wear uniform and/or protective clothing.
• May require overtime work.
• Relocation/Retention Incentive will not be authorized.
• Defense National Relocation Program will not be authorized.
• .Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• All selections under an announcement must be made within 6 months from the issuance date of the certificate referral list.
• Selectees for E-E positions are required to be exempt from recall to the military Reserves or recall to active duty for retired military.
• Selectee will be subject to a 10-year security reinvestigation.
• **Tentative offer for employment will be rescinded if the selectee does not meet conditions of employment.
• Must be able to possess and maintain a Government Travel Card
• Schedule tour of duty will require evenings, weekends and holiday work hours, and overtime.
• Position is designated as Emergency Essential
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Must file an annual financial statement.
• A medical examination is required.
• Immunization screening is required.

**NOTE** These positions are designated Emergency-Essential (E-E). In event of a crisis situation, incumbent will be subject to deployment on a TDY basis to overseas duty location(s) to perform assigned duties particular to the deployment. Failure to deploy when required and/or meet the medical requirements of deployment status may result in separation from Federal Service. Additional information on E-E positions may be found in DoD Directive Type Memorandum 17-004, Subject: Emergency-Essential (E-E) DoD U.S. Citizen Civilian Employees (https://www.cpms.osd.mil/expeditionary/pdf/DTM-17-004_012517.pdf) Interested applicants are HIGHLY encouraged to review this Directive prior to applying.

Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Experience required
: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized experience is defined as: To qualify, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level GS-09. Specialized experience is defined as: experience in a wide range of methods, principles, and practices directly related to the mechanical quality assurance including statistical analysis, sampling plans, continuous improvement tools and quality data analysis and evaluation in order to determine supplier compliance with the many associated aspects of quality control.

Education can be substituted for experience.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Product Test and Evaluation
• Quality Assurance
• Scientific Analysis

Applicants must meet basic eligibility requirements such as minimum qualifications, and other regulatory requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Education
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at –
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications
and
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html

Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position. Please submit your foreign education evaluation with your application.

Additional information

• If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an
  Alternate Application
  .
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. The DoD policy is available at:
  www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25-V300.pdf
• In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e. retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8416(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD instructions 1400.25, Volume 300, at
  http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives
  .)
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) and requires additional education, training and experience. Applicants should meet the DAWIA Certification requirements for the announcement Career Field and be certified at Level I at the time of application. If you possess DAWIA Certification, please indicate your Certification Level and Career Field information in your resume. Certification requirements may be viewed at
http://icatalog.dau.mil/onlinecatalog/CareerLvl.aspx

Applicant must pass Pre-Employment Medical and Dental examination, in accordance with USCENTCOM MOD THIRTEEN TO USCENTCOM INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION AND INDIVIDUAL and USCENTCOM MOD THIRTEEN – TAB A – AMPLIFICATION OF THE MINIMAL STANDARDS along with an Immunization screening is required. Applicants may learn more about the medical requirements for this position in h
ttps: //www.cpms.osd.mil/expeditionary/pdf/USCENTCOM-MOD-13_IndividualProtectionIndividualUnitDeployment.pdf

and
https://www.cpms.osd.mil/expeditionary/pdf/USCENTCOM-MOD-13_TAB-B.pdf

The employee will receive overtime pay or compensatory time off as established in 5 CFR 550.106

Upon deployment will receive danger pay and foreign post differential as authorized for overseas location to which deployed Selectee will be assigned to EE position for period of four years; after which will be placed in a non-EE position.

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. Well-qualified is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. Under competitive delegated examining, an ICTAP eligible will be considered well-qualified if they attain an eligibility rating of 90 or higher, not including points for veterans’ preference. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Information about ICTAP eligibility is on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career- transition/.

Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance
Secret

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply.
If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

Your resume
:

• Your resume may be submitted in any format.
• If you submit more than one copy of your resume, only the most recent version will be reviewed. The latest timestamp will be used to determine which version of your resume is “most recent.” It is your responsibility to check the status and timestamp of all documents you submit as part of your application.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.
• You MUST submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. These documents may include, but are not limited to: For current employment verification, SF-50, DD3434 or other federal agencies official “Notification of Personnel Action” equivalent (Note: SF-52 or agencies “Request for Personnel Action” is not acceptable); For MSP claims PCS orders and marriage certificate; For verification of Veteran status, DD214 (which indicates character of service), SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activation/Deactivation orders.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you want to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education, and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found “not qualified.”

Future Military Retirees
*: You are required to submit a copy of your retirement DD Form 214 (Member 4 Copy) OR certification document** OR a copy of your retirement letter AND a copy of your terminal leave request (if applicable). You will be required to provide your DD Form 214 (Member 4 Copy) upon issuance.

Future Separation from the Military
*: You are required to submit a copy of your most recent DD Form 214 (Member 4 Copy) OR certification document** OR a copy of your most recent active duty orders AND a copy of your terminal leave request (if applicable). You will be required to provide your DD Form 214(Member 4 Copy) upon issuance.

*Active duty military members who are selected may not be appointed unless on terminal leave or already separated from the armed forces.

** The “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is submitted. The Statement of Service must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters, AND the Statement of Service letter must include your rank, dates of active duty service, the Type of Discharge, Character of Service (i.e. honorable), and, if applicable, when your terminal leave will begin.

Special Employment Consideration
: DCMA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. For information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator, please visit http://dcmacareers.com/index.cfm/disabilities/ .

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

• Benefits for federal employees
• Healthcare insurance
• Pay and leave

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