Defense Logistics Agency DLA Energy Quality Assurance Specialist

Accepting 1 participant starting No earlier than 15 Jan 2026! The DLA Energy provides world class fuel support to the Department of Defense. As a Quality Assurance Specialist, it will be your duty to ensure fuel provided to the warfighter and other customers meets quality control requirements.

ABOUT THE JOB

• Performs supply chain management quality functions for DLA Energy.• Evaluates contractor’s quality processes, procedures, and documentation for completeness, adequacy, and accuracy.• Performs oversight functions at assigned facilities without direct supervision and reports progress of work to respective supervisor/commander.• Ensures contractor conformance (through reviews, audits and other surveys) of the contractor’s systems, documentation and other qualitative and quantitative evidence of quality performance in accordance with sound quality management practices, quality provisions of DLA Energy solicitations/contracts, product specifications or other contractual requirements.• Inspects conveyances (tankers, barges, pipeline setup, trucks, railcars, etc.) utilized for transporting petroleum, chemicals, lubricating oils, missile fuels and gases to determine their suitability for intended use.• Observes key operations throughout the procurement process that include manufacturing, production, processing, blending, storage, sampling, testing, shipping, loading, calibration, and documentation.• Analyzes solicitations, contracts and other specialized documents to implement DLA Energy Quality Assurance (QA) procedures to verify that products/services offered by the contractor comply with contractual requirements.• Assists in the development of, and monitors Memoranda of Understanding, and Memoranda of Agreement with foreign nations, and/or foreign Contractor Owned-Contractor Operated (COCO) facilities.• Reviews contingency plans/orders and prepares/provides input to quality surveillance annexes.• Performs ancillary functions as Property Administrator and Contracting Officer Representative (COR) at Government Owned-Contractor Operated (GOCO) and COCO intermediate Defense Fuel Support Points (DFSP)s.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs supply chain management quality functions for DLA Energy.
• Evaluates contractor’s quality processes, procedures, and documentation for completeness, adequacy, and accuracy.
• Performs oversight functions at assigned facilities without direct supervision and reports progress of work to respective supervisor/commander.
• Ensures contractor conformance (through reviews, audits and other surveys) of the contractor’s systems, documentation and other qualitative and quantitative evidence of quality performance in accordance with sound quality management practices, quality provisions of DLA Energy solicitations/contracts, product specifications or other contractual requirements.
• Inspects conveyances (tankers, barges, pipeline setup, trucks, railcars, etc.) utilized for transporting petroleum, chemicals, lubricating oils, missile fuels and gases to determine their suitability for intended use.
• Observes key operations throughout the procurement process that include manufacturing, production, processing, blending, storage, sampling, testing, shipping, loading, calibration, and documentation.
• Analyzes solicitations, contracts and other specialized documents to implement DLA Energy Quality Assurance (QA) procedures to verify that products/services offered by the contractor comply with contractual requirements.
• Assists in the development of, and monitors Memoranda of Understanding, and Memoranda of Agreement with foreign nations, and/or foreign Contractor Owned-Contractor Operated (COCO) facilities.
• Reviews contingency plans/orders and prepares/provides input to quality surveillance annexes.
• Performs ancillary functions as Property Administrator and Contracting Officer Representative (COR) at Government Owned-Contractor Operated (GOCO) and COCO intermediate Defense Fuel Support Points (DFSP)s.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Arrive with a Government Travel Card, Common Access Card, and active Defense Travel System Account.
• Pre-coordinate with unit to ensure all required items are available during the duration of training.

ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY

Participating Members must arrive with a Government Travel Card, Common Access Card, and active Defense Travel System Account. Members must pre-coordinate with unit to ensure all of these are available during the duration of training. Members will be funded by DLA Energy to travel for training and the above are mandatory requirements to participate in this specific program.

BENEFITS

• Funded by DLA Energy to travel for training.

OTHER

This program is targeted for personnel who are interested in becoming DLA Energy Quality Assurance Representatives. Our program is flexible to support interested applicants with no prior fuel quality control backgrounds and those who have extensive petroleum quality control backgrounds. The DLA Energy has multiple positions that open up throughout the year. Our goal is to build a foundation to enhance your abilities and desires to come work for our world class organization. Participating Members must arrive with a Government Travel Card, Common Access Card, and ACTIVE Defense Travel System Account. Members must pre-coordinate with unit to ensure all of these are available during the duration of training. Members will be funded by DLA Energy to travel for training and the above are mandatory requirements to participate in this specific program.