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Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist

Defense Contract Management Agency

Camden, ARFull-time$127–197K/yrPosted 1 day ago

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Compensation
$127–197K/yr
Location
Camden, AR
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

DoD Acquisition Engineering And Technical Management Practitioner Certification, required

Job overview

The Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist leads a Quality Assurance Group and provides technical guidance to government representatives. The role oversees contractor surveillance and performance for compliance with contracts, policies, and regulations, while managing personnel in specialized technical occupations. Applicants need four years of acquisition experience and one year of specialized experience at the NH-03, GS-13, or equivalent level. Education cannot substitute for specialized experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Leadership, requiredTeam Leadership, requiredContract Management, requiredQuality Assurance, requiredPolicy Assessment, requiredRegulatory Implementation, requiredQuality Assurance Operations, requiredAccountability, requiredConflict Management, requiredDeveloping Others, requiredOral Communication, requiredWritten Communication, requiredPlanning and Evaluation, requiredProblem Solving, required

Qualifications

4 Years Acquisition Experience, required1 Year Specialized Experience, requiredNH-03, GS-13, or Equivalent Experience, requiredDoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management Practitioner Certification, required80 CLPs Every 2 Years, required

Full job description

Summary

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

Duties

  • Provides leadership to subordinates and technical guidance to executive/management level representatives from the Military Services, DCMA, and other Government Agencies.
  • Plans and directs Quality Assurance (QA) Group operations.
  • Plans the accomplishment of QA Group functions within the resources provided by and the policies and regulations established at higher levels.
  • Utilizes risk based techniques to establish, adjust and maintain surveillance over contractors' operating procedures.
  • Evaluates contractor performance for compliance with the contract, applicable quality assurance policies, and regulations.
  • Conducts Personnel Management and provides Administrative Supervision over Personnel in specialized technical occupations.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Supervisory Quality Assurance Specialist position your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. CAP Requirement: 4 years of Acquisition experience. AND B. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify for the NH-04 level, specialized experience must be at the NH-03, GS-13, or equivalent level under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Creditable specialized experience includes: Experience with providing direction, maintaining ethical standards, and leading teams in executing complex contract management and operational responsibilities in a high-accountability Department of War (DoW) environment. Performing quality assurance and its operational functions for a wide variety of contract types, contractors, and commodities Assessing the impact of policies on programs Devising and guiding execution of applicable regulations and directives, policies, and guidelines, and planning and implementing quality assurance operational functions.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. How You Will Be Evaluated

The assessments for this job will measure the following Competencies: Accountability Conflict Management Developing Others Leadership Oral and Written Communication Planning and Evaluating Problem Solving Quality Assurance Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility and/or score. Once the application process is complete, a manual review of your resume and supporting documentation will occur to determine if you are eligible and among the best qualified as determined by the predetermined cutoff score. Your score is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Other Information

Position may be filled at any of the locations listed below. Site specific salary information as follows: Tulsa, OK: $126,783 - $170,741 (includes 17.06% locality) Ft. Worth, TX: $137,830 - $185,619 (includes 27.26% locality) Austin, TX: $130,346 - $175,117 (includes 20.35% locality) Houston, TX: $146,213 - $196,908 (includes 35% locality) Camden, AR: $126,783 - $170,741 (includes 17.06% locality) San Antonio, TX: $128,646 - $173,250 (includes 18.78% locality) This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: DoDI 1400.25-V300. Tour of Duty: Flexible FLSA: Exempt Bargaining Unit: No If selected for an interview, you may be required to provide your last three performance appraisals to the panel. Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period. Financial Disclosure Required Acquisition, Technology & Logistics(AT&L) NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Practitioner certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources. Supervisory Probation Required Mobility Agreement Required: This position may require extended temporary duty (TDY), or a permanent change in duty station (PCS) to any location within the Continental United States (CONUS). A signed mobility agreement to accept directed TDY or PCS is required. Failure to comply with the signed agreement may result in personnel separation in accordance with appropriate U.S. Office of Personnel Management regulations or may adversely affect career. Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 memorandum and the March 20, 2025 Frequently Asked Questions.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,887 open Quality Assurance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$127–197K/yr
  • US median$90–145K/yr2,161 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $162K, is 37% above the US median midpoint ($118K) — in the top quarter of Quality Assurance salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 37 open Quality Assurance jobs in Arkansas and 4,887 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Arkansas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Quality Assurance postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,741 postings).
Education
1,670 of the 4,887 open Quality Assurance jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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