Civil Lead Construction Quality Inspector (LCQI)

Amentum is seeking a full-time Lead Construction Quality Inspector who will report directly to the Project Quality Assurance Manager (PQAM) and support the Construction Manager (CM) for field-related quality process concerns. The Lead CQI supports the Amentum QA team by leading a team of CQI’s and performing direct observations and oversight of subcontractors’ implementation of their quality assurance program, plans, and procedures to ensure effective implementation and verbatim compliance is maintained. This will include the arrangements needed to assure quality during the subcontractor’s procurement, manufacture, and construction phase for systems, structures, and components (SSCs). The Lead CQI works with internal Amentum departments and subcontractors to address ongoing quality issues, continued process improvements, and ensure internal and external quality requirements are met. 

The Lead CQI is responsible for overseeing their assigned team and subcontractor’s quality interfaces and performance and reporting internal and subcontractor programmatic/process compliance issues/concerns to Amentum Quality and Construction Management. The role requires direct involvement in the interactions between Subcontractors, Engineering & Design (Title III), Procurement, Auditors, and Inspection & Test Agencies (ITA’s), as necessary to support the Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project (SFHP) Facility construction activities. The Lead CQI needs to work well with others, effectively communicate, and have sufficient knowledge to provide guidance and direction to internal/external customers to reduce quality issues and defects, proactively identify risks, and lead initiatives to assure the applicable requirements are met. The Lead CQI duties require the successful candidate to be present on-site for work. The SFHP Facility site is located in Scoville, Idaho (approximately 51 miles from Idaho Falls, Idaho). This is not a remote or hybrid position.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to a team of assigned CQI’s for the assigned discipline to ensure the team is supporting the project sufficiently in accordance with the project requirements and provide mentorship, guidance, and direction as needed to the team. Providing feedback to the PQAM on CQI performance, assignment and resource needs.
• Develop and implement a strategy and arrangements for independent observations/oversight activities as required, to ensure that the subcontractor meets specified quality requirements.
• Effectively communicate and have sufficient knowledge of the invoked Codes and Standards for the project to provide guidance, direction, mentorship, and leadership to a team of CQI’s under the assigned Lead discipline.
• Schedule, perform and record direct observations and oversight of activities affecting quality to assure subcontractors’ and the assigned CQI team effective implementation of approved quality plans and procedures (internal/external).
• Provide review and oversight of the CQI teams documentation and reports of daily work journals. Additionally, Document and report the outcomes of witnessed activities daily.
• Identify, track and report internal and Subcontractor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the assigned lead discipline.  Reporting quantitative metrics to the PQAM monthly.
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