About this role
Job Summary
About the Position
Serves as a Quality Assurance Specialist (Aircraft) within US Army Japan, 10th ASG, Aviation detachment. Performs a variety of repetitive/non-repetitive oversight, operational, and diagnostic inspections of aircraft and aviation test systems/sub-systems to determine that contractual obligations, service industrial standards for construction, modification inspection, serviceability and maintenance are implemented or maintained.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 If you are currently stationed in the overseas area, all your overseas time will be credited toward your current overseas tour end date.
Your overseas time served will not reset upon accepting this assignment. If you have returned from OCONUS within the past 2 years or less, your time previously served in the OCONUS area will be credited to your 5-year overseas rotation upon accepting this assignment.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes:
- 1) utilizing aviation test systems/sub systems such as ULSS-A(E), ACN, AFCS, Pitot/static, Rigging, Track and balance, and/or IVHMS in order to ensure the serviceability, airworthiness, and maintenance of Rotary Wing Aircraft such as UH-60, MH-60, HH-60, SH-60;
- 2) use quality assurance methods, principles, and practices to inspect operating systems such as, electrical, mechanical, and pneudraulics; and
- 3) performing maintenance checks on Rotary Wing Aircraft by inspecting, diagnosing and/or troubleshooting of Flights controls, Fuel systems and electrical/avionic systems.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position.
OR Combination of
Education and Experience
A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
Separated Military Members: Resumes will be accepted from members of the Armed Forces who indicate in their applications that they are available for appointment within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement. Military members may be appointed while on terminal/transitional leave, before the effective date of their military retirement/separation. Military Retirees: Within the DoD (Department of Defense), including non-appropriated fund positions, the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following the retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326 or 5 U.S.C. 5305. Selecting officials may select or not select from a certificate of best-qualified candidates OR from a list of applicants eligible for noncompetitive placement (5 CFR 335).
Major Duties
- Perform oversight, operational, and diagnostic inspections of United States Army Aviation Battalion Japan aircraft and aviation test systems/sub-systems.
- Determine contractual obligations, service industrial standards for construction, modification inspection, serviceability and maintenance are implemented or maintained.
- Review standard inspection procedures to ensure compatibility with quality assurance methods and recommends changes as necessary.
- Inspect work performed by private contractor, interpret specifications and job requirements to ensure that contractor personnel understand the job to be done.
- Certify that the aircraft is air-worthy as a function of taking delivery of work performed by both mechanics and/or contractors.
- Serve as Aircraft Notebook (ACN) and Integrated Vehicle Health Management System (IVHMS), Database Administrator to conduct problem solving and troubleshooting of hardware and software issues with assigned automation systems.
- Maintain the Unit ACN and IVHMS Computer System and Database Backup Archives for implementation of (Interim Change Packages) or (Quarterly Security Software Change Packages).