Lead Quality Assurance Specialist

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• 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 and adjusts product audits accordingly.
• Creates risk management programs to mitigate the Government's risk by analyzing data and contractual requirements, preparing surveillance plans, and addressing organizational needs.
• Evaluates supplier quality systems using data validation, post-award first article meetings, and test reports, then recommends dis/approval to contracting officers.
• Evaluates responses to quality issues from suppliers and requests corrections.
• Retains relevant data, correspondence, audits, and related documentation.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access.
• Completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• One year of specialized experience directly related to reviewing contracts, technical data packages, and designing risk management programs.
• Experience in reviewing contracts and technical data packages to identify specification requirements.
• Experience in designing, planning, and implementing risk management programs to address threats to contract delivery.

Nice to Have

• Experience with federal contracting processes.
• Knowledge of DoD acquisition engineering and technical management.
• Ability to achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2 years.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-11 level in the Federal service or related private sector experience.
• Demonstrated ability to review contracts, technical data, and develop risk management strategies.

Benefits & Perks

• A comprehensive benefits package as a federal employee.
• Access to a range of benefits designed to make a federal career rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the position type and employment status.