SUPERVISORY QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

About the role

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a SUPERVISORY QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1819000 and is part of the CO 140 MXG, National Guard. This position is located in an Air National Guard Aviation Wing, Maintenance Group.

What you will do

• The purpose of this position is to supervise, establish and direct a planned, systematic approach of a quality assurance program designed to provide the maintenance managers confidence that aircraft, aircraft systems, products or supporting processes conform to technical, safety, work load and customer requirements.
• Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the Quality Assurance Division.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates.
• Manages, reviews and develops maintenance policy, advising supervisors and employees on both general policy and specific maintenance matters.
• Maintenance Standardization Evaluation Program (MSEP): Manages the Maintenance Standardization Evaluation Program (MSEP), which provides the Maintenance Group Commander and maintenance managers the visibility to assess and improve the proficiency of the work force, facilitate continuous process improvement, and provide the customer with high quality aircraft and components on time.
• Ensures personnel use proper data collection techniques and procedures for evaluation, inspection and audit programs and a number of related databases and spreadsheets to capture and catalog data elements for trending, cross-tell, and benchmarking.
• Directs and controls the management of the Technical Order Improvement Program and Suggestion Program for the wing.
• Manages critical compliance and configuration management programs.
• Manages the Aircraft Weight and Balance, aircraft and equipment impoundment, chaffing, aircraft hot refuel/aircraft-to-aircraft, Product Quality Deficiency Report (QDR), and Over-G/Over-speed analysis programs.
• Oversees and approves wing depot-level assistance requests.
• Manages the Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTO) and One Time Inspections (OTI) process.
• Manages the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) to monitor Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) aircraft or Contract Field Team (CFT) as the government's on-site Quality Assurance Representative (QAR).
• Represents and speaks for the Maintenance Group Commander with representatives of the National Guard Bureau, System Program Office (SPO) and internally within the Maintenance Complex on issues relating to maintenance processes, procedures, and policies.
• Serves as the primary technical consultant to production area managers on issues related to quality, military specification, and international quality standards such as the International Organization for Standardization.
• Collaborates with the Maintenance Group Commander and other squadron commanders to plan, develop and implement numerous long term plans to include; Aircraft Modification Plan, Depot Input Plan, force management, weapon system conversions, base supplements, Aerospace Expeditionary Forces (AEF) participation, and others.
• Manages the entire maintenance quality assurance program and the establishment of procedures for monitoring the quality of products in a maintenance environment using a broad knowledge of end items, systems, including quality characteristics and a comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing methods, special processes, interrelationship of various parts, systems, subsystems and end item components.
• Manages and plans a quality assurance program using a variety of accepted quality assurance procedures such as statistical computations and data collections.
• Skill in using various computer and software applications to include but not limited to: word processing programs, spreadsheets, email services, databases and database management.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience - Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in fields listed below leading to a bachelor's degree, in an accredited college or university, meets the GS-5 level requirements.

Education - Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position.

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 are found to be a minimally qualified candidate, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Documents you must provide

• Failure to submit the required documents will be grounds for disqualification without further review REQUIRED: A current Resume that is two pages or less, providing name, military rank, and email REQUIRED: Specialized experience documented in your resume with mm/yy to mm/yy format REQUIRED: Your DD214 (if available) or Service School Certificate awarding your MOS/AFSC REQUIRED: Transcripts if substituting for Specialized Experience (if applicable)

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

This vacancy announcement is linked to military position number - 0114723234 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 (Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)).

1. If you would like to inquire about joining the Colorado Army National Guard, please contact ***. 2.

If you would like to inquire about joining the Colorado Air National Guard, please contact Recruiting Office Supervisor at ***. 3. PCS funds are not available (unless otherwise stated).

4. Be advised that if selected for a military technician position where membership in a reserve component is a condition of employment, your bonus may be terminated and may or may not be subject to recoupment. Questions pertaining to recoupment may be directed to the State Incentives manager at ***.

5. AGR positions are not announced/applied for on USA Jobs. Contact your respective AGR offices for instructions on how to apply for AGR positions.

6. A security clearance may be required for this position. Please contact the selecting supervisor or state security manager with questions regarding clearances.

(Failure to obtain/maintain a security clearance may be grounds for termination from the Technician program.) 7. Unless stated otherwise: Must be fully qualified or able to obtain MOS/AFSC within one year hire if this position is listed as immaterial against NGB compatibility requirements.

If there is a compatible, required, or restricted MOS/AFSC listed in this announcement - you will need that MOS/AFSC to qualify for the position. If this position requires specific ASVAB scores, please contact the selecting supervisor with any questions. 8.

This position may be contingent on the vacancy of the incumbent even if not otherwise stated in this announcement. Please contact the HRO with any questions regarding hiring dates. 9.

Unless stated otherwise: If this position is posted as an Indefinite Technician, it may be converted to Permanent without further competition. Please contact the HRO with any questions regarding employment status. 10.

Per ARNG-HRH Policy Memorandum #10-39, mandatory Full Time Staff (FTS) training is required within a year of hire as a condition of employment in vacancy announcements for both Technician and Active Guard Reserve positions.

Failure of new FTS personnel to complete NGB prescribed courses at PEC within the first year of employment may be cause for reassignment to other full-time positions or termination of their employment. 11. Current COANG Technicians and AGRs hired for a position in which an MCR is required will remain in their current status unless/until the MCR is approved.

In the event the MCR is not approved, they are accepting the position in their current status. 12. We use E-Verify to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired.