Lead Quality Assurance Specialist

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.

Duties

• •Serves as a team leader for a quality assurance team, assigning work, providing feedback, checking progress, arranging training for team members, and providing input to supervisor.
• •Reviews contracts to identify specification requirements needed from contractors.
• •Communicates with contractors to ensure contractual compliance of contractor processes.
• •Assesses contractor/subcontractor/vendor quality assurance controls; then adjusts product audits.
• •Creates risk management program to mitigate the Governments risk by analyzing data/contractual requirements, preparing surveillance plans, and addressing specific customer/Organizational requirements.
• •Evaluates supplier quality systems using data validation, post-award first article meetings, and suppliers test reports, then recommends dis/approval to contracting officers.
• •Evaluates suppliers responses to quality issues and requests corrections.
• •Retains relevant data, correspondence, audits, etc.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Lead Quality Assurance Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Reviewing contracts and technical data packages to identify the specification requirements which the contractor's process must meet. Designing, planning and implementing an effective risk management program to ensure that all threats to the successful delivery of the contract are addressed and mitigated in the Government's best interests.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.