Quality Assurance Specialist (Aircraft) Deployable

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain a risk-based surveillance program and assessment plan associated with contract quality assurance provisions.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements by analyzing data.
• Implement the overall Quality Program for diverse products and services to support the U.S. Government's acquisition at one or more supplier facilities.
• Ensure contractor compliance with design, manufacturing, repair, overhaul, and modernization requirements.
• Independently audit and survey contractor processes to ensure compliance with customer and contractual requirements.

Requirements

• Possession of a valid state driver's license.
• Security clearance: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access.
• Ability to obtain a passport/VISA.
• Pass a medical/dental examination, including a pre-employment exam and annual physicals, with a lifting requirement of 45 pounds.
• Meet immunization screening requirements (e.g., Anthrax, Smallpox, Malaria, COVID) and medical criteria for deployment.
• Must be able to possess and maintain a Government Travel Card.
• Exempt from recall to the military Reserves.
• Complete 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.
• Have at least one year of specialized experience in applying quality assurance concepts, evaluating contractor processes, and analyzing quality data, or possess relevant education or a combination of education and experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience with quality assurance principles, statistical analysis, and inspection of production methods.
• Knowledge of federal employment regulations and military deployment requirements.
• Certifications related to DoD Acquisition Engineering & Technical Management.

Qualifications

• Education from an accredited college or university in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, engineering, physical sciences, or related fields.
• Unofficial transcripts required if qualifying based on education.
• Graduate education (e.g., 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours) may be considered as equivalent to one year of full-time study.
• Foreign education must be evaluated for equivalency.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive benefits package as a federal employee.
• Access to a range of benefits designed to make a federal career rewarding.
• Potential for deployment overseas with danger pay and foreign post differential.
• Flexible tour of duty with evenings, weekends, and holiday work hours.