INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIST (GENERAL) at Wichita

JOB SUMMARY:

Join Team DCMA -- Challenge yourself!

 

The Defense Contract Management Agency is a rich resource of indispensable partners who contribute to and benefit from integrated missions and programs. We are an independent combat support agency within the Department of Defense (DoD). We are the Departments contract manager, responsible for ensuring Federal acquisition programs, supplies, and services are delivered on time, within cost and meet performance requirements.

About the Position:

Moving Expenses and Relocation Incentive may be authorized.

Business Travel required 10% of the time.

Who May Apply

·  Current Federal Employee

·  Reinstatement Eligible

·  Veterans Eligible as 30% Disabled Veteran

·  Veterans and Preference Eligible under Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

·  Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) Eligible

·  Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Eligible

·  OPM Interchange Agreement Eligible

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication
• See Other Requirements

DUTIES:Back to top

Major Duties:

- Serves as a Industrial Specialist assigned to a multifunctional DCMA Team with cognizance over a number of contracts/programs.

- Monitors contractor delivery performance and production management systems, scheduling, technical analysis of manufacturing processes, and evaluating and establishing risk analysis of contractor performance in delivering products, services, and systems to contract schedule within cost.

- Performs Operations Systems Evaluation and Production Surveillance at contract or sub-contract level involving in-depth technical evaluation of program progress relative to cost and schedule objectives. Performs Technical Support to Negotiations (TSN) for Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) negotiation-support.

- Generates comprehensive program surveillance plans.

- Identifies areas of non-compliance and discusses corrective action with contractor production managers, engineering supervisors, or plant managers. Issues CARs (Corrective Action Reports) when non-compliances are not corrected.

- Reviews contractor corrective action and determines acceptability of results and escalates issues to higher officials when deemed necessary.

- Maintains liaison between and with contractor personnel, Procurement Contracting Officers (PCO), Program Integrators (PI), etc.

- Evaluates material lead times, process sequence intervals, design change probabilities, etc.

- Advises DCMA management on production status, imminent delays, etc. with recommendations for actions.

- Assesses physical progress on contracts eligible for progress payments, verifies contractor claimed progress for each manufacturing elements and prepares a report for use by the ACO.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

Specialized Experience: To qualify, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or the equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as experience using practical knowledge of methods, materials, machinery, and facilities used in industrial production operations, which includes industrial assessments of facilities and layout, comprehensive survey and analysis of industrial operations, and interpreting and applying contract clauses and government acquisition regulations.

 

 

Please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards for specific Education/Experience requirements for this position located at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/index-Standards.asp

Education can be substituted for experience. Review the below qualification requirements for specific information:

For the GS-11 Level - 3 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

 

Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications  and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html

Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position. Please include this information in your resume.

Other Requirements:

·  Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must meet the Time in Grade Requirement, which is 52 weeks of Federal Service at the next lower grade (or equivalent).

·  Applicants must meet basic eligibility requirements such as Time in Grade, minimum qualifications, and other regulatory requirements by the DATE THE REFERRAL IS ISSUED.

·  Must possess and maintain a valid stateside drivers license.

·  You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

·  Must comply with Drug Abuse Testing Program requirements.

·  Ability to communicate orally and in writing.

·  Direct Deposit of Pay is required.

·  Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

·  If selected, official college or university transcript must be submitted.

.  Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

. One year trial/probationary period may be required.

 

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be reviewed to verify that you meet the basic eligibility and qualification requirements.  Your responses to the questionnaire will be used to evaluate your relevant personal, educational, and work experiences.

 

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).  The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.  If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if:  1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.  Well-qualified is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position.  You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority.  Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form.  Information about ICTAP eligibility is on OPMs Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/ctap/index.asp. 

Country: USA, State: Kansas, City: Wichita, Company: Defense Contract Management Agency.