Quality Assurance Specialist (Subsistence) Vicenza

Quality Assurance Specialist (Subsistence)
Vicenza
Veneto, Vicenza

QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (SUBSISTENCE) Vicenza, Italy Ausschreibungsbereich FOR THIS POSITION APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH.

Applications will be accepted from INTERNAL Local National employees who are seeking promotion or reassignment.

Concurrent consideration MAY be given to EXTERNAL candidates.

NOTE: This is a trainee position, target UA-01.

Position will be filled at the UA-03 grade level.

Incumbent may be promoted non-competitively to the next higher grade level upon completion of necessary training and after he/she has met the necessary qualification requirements, quality of experience and upon recommendation of the supervisor If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please email us at: ****** or call 0444-715026 from 14. 00 to 16. 00 (Mon-Fri).

Hauptaufgaben Incumbent performs routine, special, directed routine, and initial sanitary audits of commercial food establishments for the Public Health Command Europe throughout the countries of Italy, Spain, Turkey, Ireland, U. K. , Eastern Europe, the continent of Africa and others as required.

Performs a variety of sanitation audit inspections of both military and commercial establishments and assigns an audit rating.

Assesses findings and makes determinations as to whether or not an establishment can be approved for Armed Forces Procurement.

These determinations are made based on critical nature of findings and the employees' assessment of a facility's overall food safety and defense programs.

Prepares, submits for approval, and reviews technical inspection of commercial food establishments and subsistence product inspections.

Receives requests for initial audits from higher HQs and evaluates technical information for completeness and applicability.

Assists HQ personnel and other Activity assigned auditors as an interpreter.

Acts as a liaison between military public health personnel and civilian public health in host nation.

Collects necessary information pertaining to product recall activities, customer complaints, or other public health concerns.

Determines the relevance of data and documentation in plant records, laboratory test data, and observes activities for compliance with regulations and Defense Health Agency and/or Army Public Health Center policies, technical communications, and procedures.

He/she conducts inspections resulting from customer complaints, evaluates associated hazards, and recommends final disposition of product and includes these factors in written reports.

Incumbent generates reports and updates databases in the Veterinary Service Information Management System server.

Investigates Hazardous Food and Drug Recalls and Vendor and Local Recalls involving potentially dangerous subsistence and non-prescription drugs with the potential of being in or entering the DOD supply channels.

Conducts inspections and coordinates with local military and civilian public health agencies in the investigation of food borne illness outbreaks and other food related bio-terrorism events.

He/she serves as alternate certification official for new commercial sanitary auditors.

Provides guidance to auditor trainees and in the absence of the PHA-I primary trainer responsible for managing the commercial sanitary audit training program.

NOTE: The duties regularly require extended periods of standing, walking, and driving in addition to periods of being at a desk and computer.

TDY Travel may be required.

Tour of duty is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday from 08. 00 to 17. 00, including a 1-hour uncompensated lunch break.

Qualifikationsanforderungen MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must meet the qualification requirements in the Qualification Standards Handbook as summarized below.

EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have a minimum of 1 year of Specialized Experience equivalent to at least the UA-05 grade level.

Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Diploma di Laurea triennale plus 60 CFU towards a Diploma di Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica or Diploma di Master universitario di primo livello, education must be directly related to the occupation.

A copy of the diploma must be provided.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: In order to qualify for this position, your application must provide sufficient experience and/or education to meet the requirements of the position.

You will be rated based on the experience and education described on your application.

Copies of education documents (e. g.

"Diploma di Laurea", transcripts, High School Diploma) and driver's licence type "B" must be submitted at the time of application to the following email address: ****** Please specify the vacancy announcement number on the subject line of the email message.

Failure to submit documents in a timely manner may result in a disqualification rating.

Auswahlkriterien auswählen Applicants are required to possess a valid Italian driver's license type "B".

Beschäftigungsbedingungen Incumbent must posses and be able to maintain the military driver's license equivalent to Italian driver's license type "B".