Lead Quality Assurance Specialist

Serves as a team leader for a quality assurance team, assigning work, providing feedback, checking progress, arranging training for team members, and providing input to supervisor. Reviews contracts to identify specification requirements needed from contractors. Communicates with contractors to ensure contractual compliance of contractor processes. Assesses contractor/subcontractor/vendor quality assurance controls; then adjusts product audits. Creates risk management program to mitigate the Governments risk by analyzing data/contractual requirements, preparing surveillance plans, and addressing specific customer/Organizational requirements. Evaluates supplier quality systems using data validation, post-award first article meetings, and suppliers test reports, then recommends dis/approval to contracting officers. Evaluates suppliers responses to quality issues and requests corrections. Retains relevant data, correspondence, audits, etc.