Quality Assurance Specialist (Nuclear)

See below for important information regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.

To qualify for a Quality Assurance Specialist (Nuclear), 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 is directly in or related to this position.

To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the 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.

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