QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (T5)

About the role

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.

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What you will do

• 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).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Education

None

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Documents you must provide

• To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
• Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.
• Other supporting documents: SF-50s, transcripts, VA documentation, SF-15s and DD 214s are recommended, but not required.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (***). **This position may be authorized a recruitment or relocation incentive for up to 25%.

All incentives must be approved prior to the employee in processing.**