Defense Contract Management Agency has authority to appoint highly qualified individuals at the journeyman level, to shortage category positions in the career fields listed below. This authority may be used until September 30, 2012. Under the recruitment procedures, we will accept resumes and make selections for vacancies as they occur.

Qualification Requirements: In addition to meeting the basic OPM qualification standards, including at least one year of specialized experience, candidates must also meet the additional qualification requirements as shown below.

Engineering Series (800)
Contract Specialist (1102)
Industrial Property Management Specialist (1103)
Industrial Specialist (1150)
Quality Assurance Specialist (1910) and Quality Assurance Engineers (0801)
Earned Value Management Specialist (1515) and Earned Value Management Engineers (0801, 0830, 0850, 0855, 0861, and 0896)

All Engineering positions require at a minimum a bachelor's degree related to this occupation from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.

The criteria for a highly qualified Engineer may be meeting one or more of the following criteria relative to the position being filled.

• Types of Professional Engineering Specialist Experience as related to the specific series (i.e.,854 -Computer / Software, 896 – Industrial & Manufacturing, 850 – Electrical / Electronics,801 – Weapons, Space & Support Hardware Systems, 861 – Aerospace)
• Project manager/Program manager experience
• Contract performance / delivery experience
• Experience monitoring quality assurance principles / processes
• Negotiation experience
• Master’s or higher degree in applied engineering or other relevant engineering disciplines
• Certification through professional organizations such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

To be considered for a position, e-mail your resume to the link below.  Resumes must be in Microsoft Word format, and no more than four pages in length.  Please list your top three geographic location preferences in the top portion of your resume.  Please do not attach any other files or documents.  If considered for a position, you will be contacted to begin the application process, and supporting documents will be requested from you at that time.

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All Contract Specialist positions require at a minimum a bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees; AND at least 24 semester hours of study from an accredited institution of higher education in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management obtained within or in addition to the bachelor's degree.

This requirement applies to those entering DoD 1102 positions on or after Oct 1, 2000. Current civilian personnel in DoD, who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000, are exempt from meeting this requirement. Individuals who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS-1102 while serving in the military on or before September 20, 2000, are also exempt from meeting this requirement.

The criteria for a highly qualified Contract Specialist may be meeting one or more of the following criteria relative to the position being filled.

• Financial/Credit Analysis
• Cost/Price/Economic Analysis
• Cost Estimating
• Cost Accounting
• Vendor/Supplier Selection experience
• Market Research experience
• Proposal Analysis Skills
• Negotiation experience
• Acquisition of Major Systems
• Professional Certifications such as Certified Management Accountant, Certified Professional Contract Manager, Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst, etc
• MBA’s, CPA, CPPM, CFA, CFP, M&A Securities, NASD Dealer

To be considered for a position, e-mail your resume to the link below.  Resumes must be in Microsoft Word format, and no more than four pages in length.  Please list your top three geographic location preferences in the top portion of your resume.  Please do not attach any other files or documents.  If considered for a position, you will be contacted to begin the application process, and supporting documents will be requested from you at that time.

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The criteria for a highly qualified Industrial Specialist may be meeting one or more of the following criteria relative to the position being filled.

• Contract Manufacturing Systems (i.e., clothing, subsistence, transportation, and weapons systems)
• Material requirements planning (MRP)
• Master production scheduling
• Manufacturing planning and control
• Lean manufacturing
• Root cause analysis
• Critical path analysis
• Risk assessment/analysis experience
• Pre and/or Post award experience
• Contract performance/delivery schedules
• Applied Engineering, Industrial Engineering or comparable degrees, i.e. Statistical or Supply Chain, etc.

To be considered for a position, e-mail your resume to the link below.  Resumes must be in Microsoft Word format, and no more than four pages in length.  Please list your top three geographic location preferences in the top portion of your resume.  Please do not attach any other files or documents.  If considered for a position, you will be contacted to begin the application process, and supporting documents will be requested from you at that time.

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The criteria for a highly qualified Industrial Property Management Specialist may be meeting one or more of the following criteria relative to the position being filled.

• Types of Industrial Property Management Specialist Experience (i.e., acquisition, receiving, records, storage, physical inventory, consumption, maintenance, identification, utilization, movement, reports)
• Surveillance of property
• Disposal of government property
• Risk assessment/analysis experience
• Property Handling (i.e., ammunition, weapons, explosives, hazardous materials, precious metals)
• National Property Management Association Certificate, or similar certificates
• Business Science Degrees or Equivalent, i.e. Management, etc.

To be considered for a position, e-mail your resume to the link below.  Resumes must be in Microsoft Word format, and no more than four pages in length.  Please list your top three geographic location preferences in the top portion of your resume.  Please do not attach any other files or documents.  If considered for a position, you will be contacted to begin the application process, and supporting documents will be requested from you at that time.

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The criteria for a highly qualified Quality Assurance Specialist and Quality Assurance Engineers may be meeting one or more of the following criteria relative to the position being filled.

• Types of Quality Assurance Experience (i.e., Electronics, Aircraft, Clothing, Automotive, Mechanical, Aerospace, Ammunition, Nuclear, Naval Propulsion)
• Ability to use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct improper quality control practices, an understanding of human factors and motivation, facility with quality cost concepts and techniques
• Knowledge and ability to develop and administer management information systems and to audit quality systems for deficiency identification and corrections
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance Contractual provisioning  
• Quality Engineering Experience
• Ability to perform Quality Auditor analyzes on all elements of a quality system and judges its degree of adherence to the criteria of industrial management and quality evaluation and control systems.
• Ability to analyzes and solves quality problems, prepare inspection plans and instructions, selects sampling plan applications
• Ability to prepare procedures, train inspectors, perform audits, analyzes quality costs and other quality data, and applies fundamental statistical methods for process control
• American Society of Quality Control Certification or comparable certification
• Certified in Production and Inventory Management or Certified Supply Chain Professional

To be considered for a position, e-mail your resume to the link below.  Resumes must be in Microsoft Word format, and no more than four pages in length.  Please list your top three geographic location preferences in the top portion of your resume.  Please do not attach any other files or documents.  If considered for a position, you will be contacted to begin the application process, and supporting documents will be requested from you at that time.

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The criteria for a highly qualified Earned Value Management Operations Research Analyst (1515) and Earned Value Management Engineers (0801 General Engineer, 0830 Mechanical Engineer, 0850 Electrical Engineer, 0855 Electronics Engineer, 0861 Aerospace Engineer, 0896 Industrial Engineer) may be meeting one or more of the following criteria relative to the position being filled. 

• Earned Value Management knowledge and Earned Value Management Systems experience
• Experience in providing technical advice and assistance to internal and external customers on earned value with an emphasis on the analysis, evaluation, and validation of program cost / schedules, cost / scheduling systems, and cost / scheduling software tools
• Demonstrated ability to review and evaluate supplier's cost / schedule data to determine whether mechanical / systems design, production, integration, and test events are realistic or will meet contractual requirements
• Knowledge and ability to develop and administer management information systems and to audit supplier Earned Value Management systems for deficiency identification and corrections
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve mathematical, predictive, and statistical modeling problems, prepare and conduct data analysis instructions and training and conduct technical data analysis evaluations
• Experience in providing recommendations to predict future events or explain past events through quantifiable trend analysis, automated tracking tools and engineering models as they pertain to earned value management using expert knowledge of each supplier’s management system and an understanding of the technical parameters of the program
• Experience in directing/evaluating supplier cost / schedule data and systems to determine whether mechanical design, production, integration, and test events yield a producible, effective, operational product within the schedule, and cost requirements of the program
• Evaluation experience includes determining accurate, effective, operational viability of cost / schedule data to yield predictive analysis results regarding critical path analysis, project estimates at completion, quantifiable cost / schedule risk assessments using automated modeling and simulation techniques
• Experience in evaluating compliance with the ANSI/EIA 748 EVMS Guidelines by analyzing cost and schedule data from the supplier's EVM system using COTS cost and schedule tools including Microsoft Project, Primavera, Open Plan, Artemis, Pertmaster, @Risk, wInsight, Cobra, MPM, Excel, Access and SQL Server.
• Demonstrated ability to further analyze cost and schedule data by developing ad-hoc analysis tools using Visual Basic for Application (VBA), Structured Query Language (SQL), Microsoft Excel and Access
• Certified in Earned Value Management or Project Management
• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in mathematics, engineering, related field or equivalent

To be considered for a position, email your resume to the link below.  Resumes must be in Microsoft Word format, and no more than four pages in length.  Please list your top three geographic location preferences in the top portion of your resume.  Please do not attach any other files or documents.  If considered for a position, you will be contacted to begin the application process, and supporting documents will be requested from you at that time.

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