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QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

Department of Defense
Defense Contract Management Agency
DCMA Special Programs (P4)
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Summary

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Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
07/11/2025 to 07/21/2025
Salary
$104,436 to - $132,911 per year

Position to be filled at NH-03, Pay Lane 2 (includes 36.47% locality)

Pay scale & grade
NH 3
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Santa Barbara, CA
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—Ad Hoc telework only due to the classified nature of work being performed
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Drug test
Yes
Announcement number
DCMA-P4-25-12759652-MP
Control number
840594800

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Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to current permanent competitive service Department of Defense (DoD) employees. Veterans to include VEOA Eligibles. Military Spouse Preference (MSP), Retained Grade Preference (RGP), and Military Reserve and National Guard Technician eligibles may also apply.

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Duties

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  • • Ensure contractor compliance with all requirements related to the design, manufacturing, repair, overhaul, and modernization of a variety of items for contractor and customer activities throughout the world.
  • • Independently applies a wide range of methods, principles, and practices directly related to the quality assurance fields such as statistical analysis, control and sampling, and quality data analysis to determine contractor compliance.
  • • Incorporates a thorough and detailed QA knowledge in applying various methods and techniques for investigating, analyzing, and ensuring corrective action on complex quality problems.
  • • Develop and implement a surveillance plan which begins with clear objectives supported by a master schedule that includes identification of contractor and sub-contractor production needs.
  • • Independently perform audits/surveillance of contractor’s processes to ensure customer and contractual requirements are met.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Security Requirements: Sensitive Compartmented Information (Top Secret)
  • Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
  • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
  • Drug Test Required
  • Financial Filing Required

Qualifications

To qualify for a 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 that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To qualify at the NH-03 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-02 / 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:
-Applying the full range of principles, concepts, and methodologies related to the quality assurance functional programs.
-Establishing process measurement points and statistical techniques/methods to measure, analyze, and continuously improve processes.
-Applying process-related practices, methods, and techniques such as statistical analysis; control and sampling; process proofing; and quality data analysis, in order to evaluate Government and contractor data and determine contractor compliance with the many aspects of quality control.
-Performing investigations of defective material for cause and corrective action and initiate process improvements with the contractor as needed.

Education

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

Additional information

  • This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf
  • Tour of Duty: Flexible
  • FLSA: Exempt
  • Bargaining Unit: No
  • If selected for an interview, you may be required to provide your last three performance appraisals to the panel.
  • Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.
  • Recruitment/Relocation/Retention Incentive may be authorized at Management's discretion.
  • Financial Disclosure Required
  • Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L) NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Foundational 1 certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources.

How you will be evaluated

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

The assessments for this job will measure the following Competencies:

  • Manufacturing Process Control
  • Oral Communication
  • Quality Assurance
  • Risk Assessment


Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility and/or score.

Once the application process is complete, a manual review of your resume and supporting documentation will occur to determine if you are eligible and among the best qualified as determined by the predetermined cutoff score. Your score is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire.

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