QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (T5)

Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (T5), Position Description Number T6375000 and is part of the AL 187TH Fighter Wing, National Guard. ORGANIZATION: AL 187TH FIGHTER WING, MONTGOMERY, AL SELECTING OFFICIAL: COL J. CALDWELL

Duties

1. This position serves as a Contracting Officer Representative on behalf of the F-35 Joint Program Office who evaluates the Quality Management System, ensuring that all contractual, regulatory, and administrative requirements are met. Develops and implements procedures and policies that ensure a successful COR surveillance program and clarifies and explains policy and regulatory material. Develops and implements a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) based on the contractor's Quality Management System, Contractor Logistics Support (CLS), and Statement of Work (SOW). Recommends changes, updates, and alterations to the existing contract through the Joint Program Office to the Procuring Contract Officer. Reports contractor performance and ensures checklists or summaries correlate properly to contract provisions and provides sufficient data on which to base renewal/termination decisions based on regulatory requirements. Coordinates with commanders, flight chiefs, work center leaders, and contract specialists to review contract discrepancy reports and contractor responses. Evaluates trends and assists in determining circumstances, precedents, contract provisions, governmental directives, and precedent setting Comptroller General Decisions. Spot checks contractor and contract oversight files to verify functional area reports and institutes procedures to correct problems and preclude recurrence, e.g., to revise ineffective surveillance plans, contract administration plans, inspection checklists, etc. Maintains the organization's inputs into the DoD Contracting Officer Representative Tracking Tool. Maintains a record of all COR designations and terminations of designations, to include each COR's acknowledgement of his or her duties, by contract number and contracting officer's name. Maintains a record of training regardless of provider (e.g. Quality Assurance Program Coordinator (QAPC), contract officer, contract specialist, DAU, or commercial training provider). (40%) 2. Policy development, planning, review, research, and program execution oversight for contracted F-35 programs, including but not limited to, vendor site manager, simulator facilities, mission planning, logistics, and security. Works with Joint Program Office (JPO) Lead COR, Product Support Team (PST), and local leadership. Oversees and evaluates contractor performance in mission planning, ALIS and Full Mission Simulator. Conducts initial facility security clearance surveys of contractor facilities to determine their ability to work with and store classified information, including information generated or stored in Automated Information System (AIS). Facilitates contractor access to base facilities and work site. Ensures access credentials are recovered upon contractor dismissal/contract completion. Provides consultation and troubleshooting. (20%) 3. Reviews a wide range of pre- and post-award contracting actions related to the Interim Contract Support package to ensure all regulatory and procedural requirements have been met at the local level. Reviews and evaluates contract actions for adequacy and completeness and makes recommendations to ensure incorporation of latest policies and initiatives, and that the actions are compliant with all public laws, statutes, and regulations. Assists the JPO acquisition team during market research efforts to determine commercial quality assurance practices. Ensures pre-award, contract, and post-award documents and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, clear, concise, enforceable, and in compliance with appropriate laws, regulations, and directives. Identifies errors, makes comments, and provides feedback to Contract Specialists for correction of deficiencies. (20%) 4. Provides advisory assistance to functional area personnel involved in developing/revising technical specifications, Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statements of Work (SOW), Statements of Objectives (SOO), Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASP), Performance Requirements Summary (PRS), and COR checklists to ensure that contractors meets the intent of their contracts. Participates in conferences, meetings, and planning sessions to analyze requirements; identify consistent approaches, philosophy, and methodology; develop milestones; establish qualitative and quantitative standards; determine appropriate level, method, and frequency of surveillance; ensure inclusion of appropriate mandatory and optional standard clauses; and review and edit drafts (PWS/QASP/SOW) to ensure requirements are clearly stated and enforceable. Assists contracting officers with the evaluation and acceptance of contractor-submitted Quality Control Plans. Develops guidance materials to inform, clarify, and explain regulatory and policy changes, and note recurring errors regarding Quality Assurance requirements of contracts. (20%) Performs other duties as assigned. PLEASE CONTACT HRO FOR COMPLETE POSITION DESCRIPTION.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Each applicant must fully substantiate (in his/her own words) that he/she meets the requirements of the Specialized Experience listed below: Otherwise, the applicant will be considered unqualified for this position. DO NOT COPY THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT OR THE POSITION DESCRIPTION. DOING SO MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FOR THE POSITION. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade. In addition to the OPM IORs, specialized experience includes experience, education, or training involving a thorough knowledge of product or range of products involved, the manufacturing methods and techniques, special processes, test, and performance requirements; and skill in developing plans and programs. Experience possessed by an expert in specialization able to give technical direction to otherwise competent workers. Experience determining operations when difficult and questionable phases of malfunctions are found. Experience which required significant and concrete work accomplishments (i.e., special projects, working groups, or detailing assignments) involving interpersonal contacts in a quality assurance or related field. Experience in dealing with management principles and supervisory responsibility for the function required by type of position to be filled and the organization involved. KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED: -- Knowledge of Federal, DoD and Air Force procurement statues, Executive orders, policies, and regulations to develop the installation's Quality Management System to ensure the activity's contracts are effectively awarded and administered. -- General knowledge of aviation flight and ground operations principles and general knowledge of flight parameters sufficient to evaluate the effectiveness of the flight simulator personnel. -- Knowledge of contracting regulations, principles, and procedures applicable to pre- and post-award duties sufficient to review a wide range of specialized equipment, supply, service, and construction contracts; analyze contract changes for propriety of acquisition method, contract type, and documentation; and conduct analyses of problem areas. -- Knowledge of Quality Assurance Surveillance methods and procedures sufficient to determine which surveillance methods are to be used for a given acquisition to protect the government's interest and to determine that contractors are meeting contract specifications and provisions. Knowledge of technical and specification writing to provide advisory, consultant, and hands-on assistance to technical and functional area personnel engaged in developing PWSs, SOWs, QASPs, etc. -- Skill in written and oral co