Total 1,876 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies

The purpose of this position is to represent and execute the operational requirements of the Air Branch Director, Air Operations and intensively manage the Air Branch/Air Unit aircraft maintenance program and specifically the National Aircraft Maintenance and Logistics Support (NAMLS) contract; administer the aviation maintenance Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Air Quality Management District (AQMD) programs. This position starts at a salary of $86,962.00 (GS-12, Step 1) to $113,047.00 (GS-12, Step 10) with promotion potential to $134,435 (GS-13 Step 10). Salary above excludes COLA. Please see the following link for specific COLA Rates.

Typical work assignments include:

• Acting as an aircraft maintenance technical and regulatory expert providing assistance to the Director, Air Operations maintaining and monitoring aviation maintenance program policies and procedures.
• Participating in detailed and exhaustive investigations into aircraft type model series, the aviation industry, and aircraft maintenance activities, mishaps, incidents, suspected unapproved aircraft parts, and violations of FAA guidance, regulations, policies and rule-making.
• Providing administrative and technical oversight to Air Branch/Air Unit leadership and managers and interacts effectively with FAA, DOD, and partner agencies aviation personnel.
• Participating in and assists during investigations into aviation program and quality compliance issues, supports flight hour requirements, monitors aircraft maintenance flow to ensure complex scheduling requirements are established and met by contractor personnel and monitors NAMLS specific metrics.

The purpose of this position is to represent and execute the operational requirements of the Air Branch Director, Air Operations and intensively manage the Air Branch/Air Unit aircraft maintenance program and specifically the National Aircraft Maintenance and Logistics Support (NAMLS) contract; administer the aviation maintenance Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Air Quality Management District (AQMD) programs. This position starts at a salary of $86,962.00 (GS-12, Step 1) to $113,047.00 (GS-12, Step 10) with promotion potential to $134,435 (GS-13 Step 10). Salary above excludes COLA. Please see the following link for specific COLA Rates.

Typical work assignments include:

• Acting as an aircraft maintenance technical and regulatory expert providing assistance to the Director, Air Operations maintaining and monitoring aviation maintenance program policies and procedures.
• Participating in detailed and exhaustive investigations into aircraft type model series, the aviation industry, and aircraft maintenance activities, mishaps, incidents, suspected unapproved aircraft parts, and violations of FAA guidance, regulations, policies and rule-making.
• Providing administrative and technical oversight to Air Branch/Air Unit leadership and managers and interacts effectively with FAA, DOD, and partner agencies aviation personnel.
• Participating in and assists during investigations into aviation program and quality compliance issues, supports flight hour requirements, monitors aircraft maintenance flow to ensure complex scheduling requirements are established and met by contractor personnel and monitors NAMLS specific metrics.

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• Performs duties of and oversees Visitor Services Assistants providing information, orientation, and guidance; visitor information services and program support; visitor and resource observation and reporting; and data collection and information dissemination.
• Assists with the management of all complex traffic related problems; provides statistical traffic and parking record keeping and analysis; and assists with training of the traffic staff in safety.
• Distributes and balances workload among employees as directed by the supervisor, in accordance with established work-flow or job specialization assuring timely accomplishment of assigned workload.
• Monitors status and progress of employee work; and make day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities, obtaining assistance from the supervisor on problems that may arise.

• Analyzes maintenance history for facilities and equipment.
• Establishes maintenance schedules for facilities and equipment.
• Develops and/or updates equipment profiles.
• Records maintenance and repair history.
• Prepares or assists in preparing an annual and/or periodic program reports.
• Attends project maintenance meetings and relay pertinent information.
• Serves as the primary Facilities and Equipment Maintenance System (FEM) operator.
• Provides access and permissions for employees in the FEM system.
• Utilizes the Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to issue and schedule routine and cyclic maintenance, repair and replacement of all equipment and machinery.

1. This position will support the Federal Government's response efforts to COVID-19.

2. As the Assistant Chief of Technical Services, participates in the administration and planning of a comprehensive fire prevention program at the installation.

3. Plans, administers, and supervises the fire prevention education program. Coordinates public relations activities and uses the news media to promote fire safety.

4. Reviews construction and modification plans, confers with engineers, and provides technical/functional assistance on fire prevention and building design criteria.

5. Performs supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management.

• YOU WILL/MAY:
• Ensure that regulated establishments produce a safe product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining non-compliance with regulatory requirements, documenting noncompliance and initiating enforcement action, where warranted.
• Verify that meat and poultry slaughter and/or processing establishment's Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans meet regulatory requirements.
• Execute Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans effectively to prevent unsanitary conditions and adulteration of product.
• Review records, observe plant operations and conduct hands-on verification to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and prepare detailed documentation (Non-Compliance Records) of non-compliance with regulatory requirements.
• 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 plant's SSOP, HACCP plan and other food safety programs.
• Communicate and defend determinations on non-compliance 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.
• Advise other Agency inspectors, supervisors and officers on inspection and enforcement matters for which you are involved.
• 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.
• Be involved in performing health and safety verification sampling and tests for detection of specific microbes (e.g., salmonella, listeria, etc.), residues or contaminants.
• Assure that products approved for import are in full compliance with all applicable Federal regulations governing the importation of meat and poultry products.
• Authorize entry of all meat or poultry products considered to comply with Federal regulations or refuse entry of any products which violate any of the requirements for admission into this country.
• Coordinate with other Federal agencies (e.g., the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on such matters as animal health restrictions and refused entry lots.

As a Behavioral Scientist (Suicide Prevention), you will:

• Initiate interdisciplinary, cutting-edge scientific discovery on the individual, relationship, community, and societal factors contributing to suicide, .and apply epidemiological, behavioral, and social science perspectives for the primary prevention of suicide.
• Conduct and support rigorous evaluation and implementation research on innovative and promising suicide prevention programs, policies, and practices.
• Provide expertise in research in suicide, which may include but is not limited to epidemiological investigations or translational and implementation science and technical assistance, consultation, and/or scientific oversight of complex and innovative suicide prevention surveillance, research, or evaluation projects.
• Integrate multicultural, community-based intervention research with implementation science and suicide prevention and associated risk and protective factor activities
• Collaborate with internal staff and external government agencies, private organizations, and other stakeholders to develop and accomplish program objectives.

As a Behavioral Scientist (Suicide Prevention) you will:

• Initiate interdisciplinary, cutting-edge scientific discovery on the individual, relationship, community, and societal factors contributing to suicide, .and apply epidemiological, behavioral, and social science perspectives for the primary prevention of suicide.
• Conduct and support rigorous evaluation and implementation research on innovative and promising suicide prevention programs, policies, and practices.
• Provide expertise in research in suicide, which may include but is not limited to epidemiological investigations or translational and implementation science and technical assistance, consultation, and/or scientific oversight of complex and innovative suicide prevention surveillance, research, or evaluation projects.
• Integrate multicultural, community-based intervention research with implementation science and suicide prevention and associated risk and protective factor activities
• Collaborate with internal staff and external government agencies, private organizations, and other stakeholders to develop and accomplish program objectives.

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.

As a Supervisory Resource Management Specialist you will:

• Identify and integrate internal and external issues affecting the immediate organization, such as those involving technical and administrative factors.
• Integrate the work of the team where each member contributes a portion of the analyses, facts, information, proposed actions, or recommendations; and/or ensure compatibility and consistency of interpretation, judgment, logic, and application of policy.
• Oversee the resource management and strategic acquisition planning as well as the development and dissemination of technical documentation to support the Division.
• Improve program efficiencies through process improvement and solution development, workforce management and development.

• Manages overall surveillance of the contractor's work performance through personal inspections and engaging assigned Quality Assurance Specialists.
• Coordinates changes with the ACO, functional users, and command managers. Incumbent receives, reviews, and validates the contractor's certificate of services. Reviews reports of inspections and discrepancy reports and resolves conflicts between Air Force and Contractor personnel.
• Advises MAJCOM manager and the ACO of local issue impasses.
• Prepares monthly evaluations of the contractor's performance for the MAJCOM managers and the ACO.
• Ensures the provision of required government-furnished services to the contractor through requests and coordination work with other base support activities such as, Civil Engineering, Safety, Security Police, Supply, etc.
• Meets with wing and squadron training personnel to determine TD monthly training schedules.
• Provides briefing to local and higher management officials on the status of TD operations.
• Conducts, participates in, and serves as technical representative in meetings with contractors, ACO, and key Air Force functional managers to resolve discrepancies, discuss procedural deviations, and review quality deficiency reports.

As a Supervisory Health Scientist you will:

• Identify and integrate internal and external issues affecting the immediate organization, such as those involving technical and administrative factors.
• Integrate the work of the team where each member contributes a portion of the analyses, facts, information, proposed actions, or recommendations; and/or ensures compatibility and consistency of interpretation, judgment, logic, and application of policy.
• Serve as a recognized expert in health sciences for the agency with responsibility for developing policy and objectives, appraising programs, and initiating requirements for the health benefits model that provides medically necessary treatment and monitoring to survivors and responders and Pentagon and Shanksville responders because of the 9/11 attacks.
• Serve as advisor for the planning, design, implementation, and analysis of projects.

• Assists the QM Chief in providing leadership and guidance to develop, implement, refine and maintain a comprehensive quality management
• Improve the quality of patient care, and evaluate the appropriateness and timeliness of services provided
• Assists the Chief of QM with organizational communication with regulatory/accrediting bodies
• Employs a high level of expertise when communicating with regulatory agencies
• Providing transparency and truth in communications while mitigating risk to the organization and promoting integration of strong quality and safety practices into organizational culture
• Provide leadership in the development of ideas and provide recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of patient care throughout the organization
• Analyzes results and provides in-depth reports to top management and other high level meetings such as Executive Leadership Briefing
• Providing effective program management, incumbent assures high quality care
• Incumbent works closely with the Controlled Substance Coordinator, VA Police, Pharmacy, and other leadership stakeholders
• Participates in committees, boards, councils, and workgroups at both the facility and the VISN level

• Performs in-process and final acceptance inspections on welding and metallizing operations of aircraft, and aircraft engines, components and fabricated parts.
• Monitors the processes and procedures utilized during welding and metal spray tasks.
• Assures the current certification of welding personnel.
• Initiates reports on discrepancies and/or excessive processing to shop supervisor and other personnel, making available own expertise in effecting corrective actions.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of statistical records, charts and reports to provide quality feedback data.

• Performs in-process and final acceptance inspections on welding and metallizing operations of aircraft, and aircraft engines, components and fabricated parts.
• Monitors the processes and procedures utilized during welding and metal spray tasks.
• Assures the current certification of welding personnel.
• Initiates reports on discrepancies and/or excessive processing to shop supervisor and other personnel, making available own expertise in effecting corrective actions.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of statistical records, charts and reports to provide quality feedback data.