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Industrial Specialist (General)

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This position is no longer accepting applications(closed Aug 17, 2026).

Summary

Oversees foreign supplier production for defense contracts, conducting surveillance, contract reviews, and reporting on labor issues and material shortages.

See below for important information regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. All OCONUS CMOs requires medical clearance which may include immunization and/or physical exam.

Serves as an Industrial Specialist (IS) performing a variety of technical surveillance and analysis activities for the Contract Management Office (CMO) on any contract type or phase.

Plans, evaluates, and maintains technical surveillance over multiple foreign supplier production operations.

Conducts manufacturing surveillance duty travel to contractors throughout Europe and the Middle East.

Performs contract review to identify contractual technical requirements and develop required tasks for the execution of the surveillance plans.

Engages in active discussions with their contract management team (CMT) in the event of discordant labor situations or negotiations.

Reports imminent strike information IAW DCMA policy.

Performs analysis and reports information associated with work stoppages.

Serves as a member of a PST along with other CMO personnel representing Systems Engineering, Contract Administration, Property and Quality Assurance.

Produces reports which meet DCMA policy to provide advance understanding of premature material/parts buys, material/parts shortages and slippages of critical program milestones.

Promptly reviews the over and above work requests (OAWRs) to ensure that the contractor is following the correct procedures, formatting, and content including description and need for the over and above work scope.

Concerning OAWR, assesses the validity of additional work scope and associated proposed labor and material costs, ensuring the additional work scope is not covered by the basic contract.

Reviews contract requirements along with any other customer-negotiated requirements to gain a clear understanding of contractual requirements.

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