Joseph Manganello

• I left a government/DOD full-time job to pursue online/crypto investing and to take care of my Mother who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Half of my time was spent online investing, the other half was caring for her; scheduling and taking her to doctors appointments, researching and administering medications, etc... During this time I began to research holistic medicine and cannabis and its health benefits for cancer patients and combat veterans (which I am). After digesting a large amount of information and knowledge, I began to grow cannabis as a means of medicine and fell in love with the plant and all its beauty and benefits. To date, I have had at least 20 indoor and 2 outdoor grows completed, both with autoflower and photo period strains. I have intermediate knowledge of the entire process from seed to smoke and love every step.

Assigned to the Quality Assurance Audits and Process Control Branch, Code 132, as the only Lead Auditor for the External Audit Program.

Responsible to lead and perform audits and surveillances to verify that contractor's Quality Management Systems and processes produce services and products that conform to pre-established government requirements. Reviews and evaluates Objective Quality Evidence, to include work specifications, instructions, technical manuals and drawings to identify quality characteristics critical to product acceptability. Performs in-process inspections and evaluations of special control processes including welding, cableway installation processes, preservation of critical coated areas, and calibration to ensure contractor's conformance to required specifications.

Responsible, as Lead External Auditor, for initiating correspondence to contractors and other government agencies relative to administration of contractually required quality assurance programs. Manage and perform the evaluation, auditing, and surveillance of the contractor's quality systems, special processes, and material controls to assure all quality elements required of contractor's products and services are met.

Investigates and resolves complaints related to the quality of work and when inadequacies are detected. Requests corrective action by the contractor and/or SWRMC employees, as applicable, while maintaining good working relationships with involved personnel.

Often sought after for advice on auditing processes and quality assurance. Responsible for the implementation of "Process Auditing" within the External Audits Program, which allows for the inspection and monitoring of contractor's products and services at different phases of the production/repair process. Verifies that repairs and testing is accomplished per specifications, which requires of my knowledge and familiarity with the research of product specifications, MIL Standards, MIL Specifications, Federal Specifications, Testing Society Specifications, material processes and treatments, and elaborate use of measuring equipment and instrumentation. Possess a high level of ability and skill when reviewing work specifications and other contract documents to ensure adequate quality requirements are specified.

*I am a Combat Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF 3) enlisted as a Staff Sergeant with 13 years of service in the Pennsylvania Air Force National Guard who separated under honorable terms*

Provides data for fleet maintenance historical records, complete maintenance data collection, man-hour accounting, and other forms as required.

Coordinating/implementing safety and occupational health program activities and administrative duties for safety and environmental programs at shop facilities.

Instructs, directs, and assigns maintenance repair tasks to subordinates. Explains work requirements to subordinates, sets deadlines and sequence of operations. Balances work load for subordinate work groups. Analyzes production, cost and personnel utilization records, and makes adjustment in operations to correct problems. Recommends promotion or reassignment of subordinates and reviews personnel actions prepared by supervisors. Makes formal appraisal of supervisors' work performance and reviews appraisals submitted by them.

Develops, publishes, and ensures employee compliance with standing operating procedures within section. Implements and complies with agency, state, and federal regulatory Occupational Safety and Health, and environmental requirements. Prepares for and participates in various types of readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization and command support exercises. Identifying hazardous conditions, exposures, and practices at shop facilities.

Advise and brief management, staff, operating officials and supervisors on principles and techniques of safety and occupational health management in the prevention and control of accidents in such areas as work methods, protection devices and motivational techniques.

Coordinating efforts from organizations outside the command and/or host nation representatives to ensure fuel safety and environmental programs are sufficiently maintained to perform fueling operations. Providing technical and administrative management for fuel/environmental program (e.g., spill prevention and clean-up, asbestos management, air quality, oil recovery and disposal).

Conducting inspections of facilities, plans, and equipment to ensure compliance with safety regulations. Establishing safety, occupational health, and environmental related policies and procedures. Conducting safety and environmental inspections or reviews of facilities, plans, and equipment to identify problem areas. Analyzing safety design features and specifications to develop new methods to control hazardous fueling products and operations.

This position was created for me to resolve know issues with NAVSUP WSS Code 87 Defective Material Screening and Disposition. As a GS-0830-11 (former position held from 02/2010 to 08/2012), my work required the knowledge and qualifications of an engineer, in addition to, performing those duties closely associated with logistics management and quality assurance. My work was highly technical in nature, such as: translating design and engineering data into logistics support concepts, determining subsequent requirements, and executing a systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide confidence that adequate technical requirements are established. Thereby, ensuring all products and services conform to established technical requirements and overall satisfactory performance is achieved. All of which, requires the knowledge, skills, and abilities of a person with a sound engineering background. Therefore, closely relates, and is competent to, the level of work performed by a logistics manager, GS-0346-11, and a quality assurance specialist, GS-1910-11. Accordingly, such work can be classified as both, the Logistics Management Series, GS-0346, and/or the Quality Assurance Series, GS-1910, even though it is being performed by an employee (myself) who both, meets the qualification requirements of the Mechanical Engineering Series, GS-0830, and performs them as well.

Responsibilities include, performing material management and engineering functions necessary to support the procurement of Nuclear Reactor Plant (NRP) repair parts, equipment and components. Assigned equipment's are Reactor Vessels, Steam Generators, Pressurizers, Main Coolant Pumps, Charging Pumps, Secondary Cooling Pumps, Primary and Secondary Reactor Plant System Nuclear Level One Valves, Rod Control Equipment, Radiation Control Equipment, Nuclear Grade Chemicals, Low Chloride Pipe Insulations, High Efficiency Filters, Fasteners, Silver Brazing Rings, Weld Rods, Electrodes, Pipe, Barstock, Fittings, and other mechanical equipment installed in or used for maintaining Nuclear Propelled Ships and land based prototypes.

Responsible for all actions associated with the screening and segregating of defective material movements, per Product Quality Deficiency Reports. This consists of the following: all stock screening actions including notification to Navy and DLA stock points, use of the transaction history file to notify end use customers of requisitions filled with suspect material, screening of On Board Repair Parts (OBRP), providing MILSTRIP documents to effect movement of material to organic activities for inspection and repair, monitoring the status of inspection and organic repair, monitoring the return and repair/replacement of material to commercial contractor facilities, ensuring all assets moved for inspection, repair, replacement are returned to the supply system, issuing Naval Messages to the FLEET (when necessary), balancing the logistical needs of new construction, overhaul and ship alteration with the integrity of the supply system. These actions require working with SUPSHIP, NAVSEA 08H (Naval Reactors), Naval Shipyards and NAVSUP WSS 875 Program managers to minimize impact to schedule and availability when defective material is discovered.