Total 26 Others level Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Alexandria, Louisiana

• You will monitor the Contractor's Production, Quality and Manufacturing performance in the shipbuilding.
• You will monitor assignments to include: Procedures Evaluation, Product Verification and verification of contractor's records.
• You will performs inspection, sampling inspection, and witnesses functional tests of ship's equipment and systems.
• You will verify contractor conformance to applicable safety regulations.
• You will provide input to the contractor and SUPSHIP corrective action programs by initiating corrective Action Requests (CARS) and follows up to determine corrective action adequacy.
• You will function as a member of simulated INSURV Board during Builder's Trials and assists INSURV Board during Acceptance Trials.
• You will be required to work or assist in other offices of the Quality Assurance Department or Project Office as the workload dictates.
• You will review docking plans and inspects drydocks prior to docking and/or undocking of naval vessels by contractors under the cognizance of SUPS HIP Gulf Coast.
• You will will assist higher level Quality Assurance Specialists in the performance of Quality Assurance studies and analyses of limited scope and inspect relatively simple processes or products for developmental purposes.
• You will be Planning - Developing, implementing and coordinating activity and department quality functions.
• You will conducting audits - Preparation and implementation of audit plans and schedules for Contractor's and activity evaluation to determine degree of conformance.
• You will be training - Participates in training programs for QA Department and other concerned SUPSHIP Departments and Military (Nucleus Crew) personnel.

• Performs Major Command (MAJCOM)-level inspector duties for formal inspections covering a wide array of nuclear and conventional operational mission and mission support tasks.
• Ensures MAJCOM, non-appropriated fund (NAF), and unit-level resource management policy and procedures guidance complies with existing laws, instructions, and regulations pertaining to operational and management (O&M) engineering involving maintenance, repair, upgrade, and operation of electrical circuits, equipment, and infrastructure systems with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.
• Evaluates unit installations, repair, and maintenance of lightning protection systems, munitions/weapons storage area electrical systems and other large commercial and industrial electrical systems with complex problems and extensive repairs.
• Evaluates work related to construction management, design, and programming/base development functions for compliance with existing laws, instructions, and regulations.
• Assesses unit compliance with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

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The Medical Technologist - Quality Management Technologist serves as the Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager) in the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Section (PLMS) of the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC). The incumbent serves as an authority to PLMS to assure compliance with inspection and accreditation requirements and regulations. Provides guidance and serves as an authority on accreditation regulations. Develops guidelines, assesses laboratory effectiveness, establishes, and maintains quality assurance and performance improvement programs. Duties include but not limited to:

• Serves as an authority on inspection and accreditation requirements and regulations to all OBVAMC Labs. Conducts desk audits or site visits, when appropriate, to assess compliance with VHA regulations, accreditation agency regulations, and PLMS policy/procedures.
• Advises the PLMS Service Chief and the Chief Medical Technologist (CMT) on quality management concerns that affect other services and the impact it may have on them.
• Coordinates service preparation for external reviews which include Joint Commission, OIG, CAP, FDA, etc., which may include completing survey questionnaires, scoring Joint Commission Standards in Accreditation, updating and revising appropriate policies, and assuring that departmental records are accurate and maintained appropriately.
• Develops, recommends, and updates General/Administrative laboratory policy and procedure manuals in compliance with applicable VHA, Joint Commission, and CAP accreditation requirements.
• Responsible for development and recommendation of all PLMS quality management policy memorandums as required. Ensuring that memorandums meet all applicable VHA, CAP, Joint Commission, FDA, and AABB regulations.
• Maintains membership on hospital and Network committees as appropriate: Patient Safety, Quality Management. Serves as PLMS liaison on these committees.
• Provides oversight, guidance, and advice in the development of required Quality Assurance monitors and focused reviews.
• Oversees design of data collection forms appropriate to the indicators being monitored, making recommendations and suggestions when necessary.
• Presents or assigns quality assurance data, quality management information and quality issues as they arise and their resolution at staff meetings.
• Performs an annual assessment of the PLMS QI/QA plan to determine the plan's effectiveness. This assessment includes any follow-up action taken as a result of QI/QA monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Maintains the CAP Proficiency Testing program for PLM&S. Ensures that all Proficiency Exams are logged and tracked in the system. Monitors proficiency testing results for all Laboratory Sections as required by accrediting agencies.
• Coordinates PLMS response to FDA product recalls. Serves as OBVAMC Laboratory representative for lab related FDA recalls.

• Interprets Department of Defense (DoD) audit policies and other standards, providing for consistent application throughout DoD at the same time recognizing the diversity of audit organizations and types of audits.
• Recommends new or amended regulations, policies, procedures, and standards related to DoD audit activity to ensure adequate financial accountability and reporting.
• Develops and revises DoD directives, instructions, manuals and such other guidance as necessary relating to overall mission, functions, objectives and responsibilities of the audit organizations in DoD.
• Provides instruction to the team, assign and reviews work; monitors progress for projects and ensures accomplishment of established objectives; reports to higher management on projects.
• Supervises and reviews reports for technical competence, adherence to reporting standards, completeness of coverage, significance of findings and recommendations and effectiveness of presentation.
• Represents DIG-EVAL and the DoD OIG in dealing with the Government Accountability Office, other Government agencies and outside organizations with respect to audit matters in assigned areas of responsibilities.

• Serve as a subordinate supervisor to a Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer (SVMO) in a large slaughter/combination plant.
• Ensure that regulated establishments produce a safe product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining noncompliance with regulatory requirements, documenting non-compliance and initiating enforcement action, where warranted.
• Monitor line inspection activities, assure appropriate breaks are provided and that relief inspectors are utilizes as necessary.
• Provide training to new inspectors and to all inspectors as needed on new inspection procedures and techniques.
• GS-10 (552) Plans, directs, coordinates and supervises the day-to-day inspection activity on a particular shift in a large plant, assuring that Food Inspectors and Consumer Safety Inspectors follow the appropriate rules, regulations and procedures.
• Independently performs Hazard Analysis Verification (HAV). HAV is an analytical review of establishments' production process in order to ensure regulatory obligations to conduct a food safety hazard analysis.
• Review records, observe plant operations and conduct hands-on verification to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. You will prepare detailed documentation (Non-Compliance Records) of non-compliance with regulatory requirements.
• You will determine when regulatory control action is necessary. You will assess whether the plant's corrective or preventative actions are acceptable and effective, if there are trends in non-compliance, or if enforcement action is warranted.
• Conduct regulatory oversight activities inside plants in matters relating to other consumer protections (e.g., economic adulteration and misbranding).
• Have contact with plant managers, owners and others to explain legal and regulatory requirements, discuss operation of the plants' SSOP, HACCP plan and other food safety programs.
• You will communicate on and defend determinations on noncompliance issues and discuss plans for addressing non-compliance.
• Work with a variety of individuals to resolve problems, clarify differences of interpretation concerning HACCP and other food safety or consumer protection requirements and will advise other Agency personnel on inspection and enforcement matters.
• You may conduct various samplings, surveys and tests to obtain pertinent data on potential problem areas, industry trends, or other issues of current interest to the Agency.
• You may perform direct, structured sampling involving Protein Fat Free (PFF), undeclared species, undeclared ingredients or suspected economic violations involving net weight or labeling.
• You may be involved in performing health and safety verification sampling and tests for detection of specific microbes (e.g., salmonella, listeria, etc.), residues or contaminants.

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia.This position is telework eligible per agency and business unit discretion/policy. Fully remote within 50 miles of the USPTO Alexandria, VA headquarters and the duty station is the authorized telework location.

This role is the ideal next career step for you if:

• You want to play a key role in monitoring existing quality control measures to ensure continued relevancy as well as perform quality assurance functions and recommends changes to comply with new rules, regulations, procedures and processes.
• You have proficiency in conducting reviews of applications and/or notices mailed to applicants to determine any deficiencies that could cause the delay in patent examination or publication and ensures that notices mailed to the applicants are complete and accurate.
• If you like doing research to identify problems or trends as related to preexamination and post examination and prepare recommendation on corrective actions to be undertaken.
• You enjoy communicating orally and in writing to clearly relay information, coordinate solutions to problems and compose a variety of administrative reports and correspondence.

1. Performs Major Command (MAJCOM)-level inspector duties for formal inspections covering a wide array of nuclear and conventional operational mission and mission support tasks.
2. Performs Nuclear Surety (NSI), Unit Effectiveness Inspections (UEI), and other compliance/readiness inspections of all AFGSC Special Access Program (SAP) functions IAW governing instructions and regulatory guidance.
3. Provides technical assistance and support. Serves as the MAJCOM SAP Inspections technical expert.
4. Develops and provides program-specific inspection criteria on a wide range of Special Access Program (SAP) operations.
5. Represents Head Quarters (HQ) Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) at conference, workshop, working group and meeting activities related to Special Access Programs compliance and inspection issues.

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia.This position is telework eligible per agency and business unit discretion/policy.

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. This position is eligible for:

• Fully remote within 50 miles of the USPTO Alexandria, VA headquarters and the duty station is the authorized telework location (typically your home address)

If selected for an interview, applicants are encouraged to discuss telework options and eligibility specific to the position in which they applied with the hiring manager.

This job is located in Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Human Resources, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Division.

This job is for you if:

You are committed to developing and implementing data quality standards, data management processes, and data governance policies.

You enjoy partnering with employees by actively providing representation to the Data as an Enterprise Asset team to represent interests in an agency wide data governance and policy development and execution.

You have a keen data analytics skill in analyzing data quality issues and identifying improvement opportunities to enhance data-driven decision-making.

• At the full performance level (GS-11), the incumbent will have the following duties:
• Negotiating differences in scope, direction of change, and costs of labor, materials, equipment, overhead, etc., at issue with the contractor.
• Reviews contractor's proposal against prepared government estimate.
• Responsible for evaluating its design feasibility and cost effectiveness.
• Conducting any necessary coordination with project personnel, using agency representatives, District personnel .
• Provide comprehensive advisory and technical services on functions and practices to all other members of the assigned program or project team.
• Provide comprehensive management advisory and technical services to investigate the need for contract change orders.
• Prepares documentation of contract modifications.

• At the full performance level (GS-11), the incumbent will have the following duties:
• Negotiating differences in scope, direction of change, and costs of labor, materials, equipment, overhead, etc., at issue with the contractor.
• Reviews contractor's proposal against prepared government estimate.
• Responsible for evaluating its design feasibility and cost effectiveness.
• Conducting any necessary coordination with project personnel, using agency representatives, District personnel .
• Provide comprehensive advisory and technical services on functions and practices to all other members of the assigned program or project team.
• Provide comprehensive management advisory and technical services to investigate the need for contract change orders.
• Prepares documentation of contract modifications.

• Research and apply mathematical, statistical and text analyses using software and in coordination with other analysts, using CRISP-DM/Agile methods.
• Effectively communicate analytical methods and results to teammates and prepare technical documentation around defensible, repeatable, and impactful statistical results.
• Assist project teams by translating requirements into useful mathematical, statistical, or text analyses that contribute value to the organization’s mission.
• Assist with preparation of proposals by outlining the hypothesis, requirements, and potential impact of conducting the analysis.
• Provide data preparation for statistical analysis and prepare final tabulations, tables, charts, or graphs for presentations, dashboards, and other DAT products.
• Effectively work in teams to complete analytical projects.

• Research and apply mathematical, statistical and text analyses using software and in coordination with other analysts, using CRISP-DM/Agile methods.
• Effectively communicate analytical methods and results to teammates and prepare technical documentation around defensible, repeatable, and impactful statistical results.
• Assist project teams by translating requirements into useful mathematical, statistical, or text analyses that contribute value to the organization’s mission.
• Assist with preparation of proposals by outlining the hypothesis, requirements, and potential impact of conducting the analysis.
• Provide data preparation for statistical analysis and prepare final tabulations, tables, charts, or graphs for presentations, dashboards, and other DAT products.
• Effectively work in teams to complete analytical projects.

You will serve as a Marine Inspector and be responsible for providing technical expertise and leadership in the enforcement of marine safety, vessel inspection, pollution prevention, vessel manning, regulations, treaties, and international conventions.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Conducting reviews of vessel's plans, safety management systems and operating systems to determine compliance with regulations and applicable standards.
• Determining that vessels being inspected have the proper documents and certificates on board and in effect.
• Ensuring the required inspection documentation is prepared and appropriate orders drafted specifying required changes, repairs or operational limitations for the vessel and its equipment.
• Identifying hazardous conditions, notes violations of accepted vessel specifications and operational technology, and prescribes acceptable methods of correction.
• Conducting complete vessel examinations under the treaty requirements of the SOLAS or other international conventions, or U.S. unilateral regulations.

Duties & Responsibilities:
(1) Uses a wide variety of inspection techniques to inspect standard electronic systems such as radar, radio communications receivers, and transmitters (single band, UHF and VHF), mobile subscriber equipment (MSE), missile guidance systems, laser range finders, and electronic fire control systems. In addition, may inspect heavy mobile artillery, small arms, powered support, optical, and other equipment or components of equal or lesser complexity.

(2) Conducts inspections, diagnoses nature and extent of equipment malfunction, and as required, performs required maintenance to restore to a serviceable condition various types of tactical computers, radio sets, etc. Uses various types of test equipment such as systems tests sets, frequency meters, standing wave indicators, oscillators, AN/GRM-122s, and other electronic testing devices to inspect equipment and components. Inspects equipment when received to determine repairs needed and parts required.

(3) Inspects equipment to determine repairs needed. Utilizes established Maintenance Expenditure Limits (MEL) to evaluate economic feasibility of repair(s). Considers a variety of factors such as cost and availability of parts, man-hours, and impact of time constraints on the mission to assess whether repair is economical. Recommends to a higher echelon to condemn equipment when the repair cost exceeds the established MEL. Prepares lists of needed repairs, parts, and man-hours authorized. Performs in-process inspections to assure that equipment is being repaired in accordance with pertinent requirements. Performs final inspection, certifying that equipment is in satisfactory operating condition, or rejects the work and returns the equipment to the repair shop with specific reports prescribing additional repairs.

(4) Inspects the full range of equipment as described above at remote worksites in support of field organizations, field units during field exercise training periods, or before major pieces of equipment are sent for repair to a supporting maintenance facility. Serves as inspector on Command Maintenance Evaluation Teams (COMET) and/or as a member of Maintenance Assistance and Instruction Teams (MAIT).

(5) Performs other as duties as assigned.

• Leads the development and production of reports for designated OCOs and conducts research and analysis of critical, high-level issues and topics.
• Develops recommendations based on analyses of complex OCO related issues and authors and coordinates reports and support with client activity.
• Serves as a subject matter authority with the expertise to formulate, draft, merge ideas, concepts, and materials to write/edit reports.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams for project planning and scheduling in support of the report production cycle.
• Chairs internal meetings and participates in external working groups and integrated program teams and conducts expert level research, analysis, counsel, guidance and provides recommendations.
• Recommend corrective action following assessment and develop plans for monitoring action implementation.