Superblock Quality Assurance Inspector

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$120,510 - $178,464 Annually

$120,510 - $147,564 Annually for the 302.1 level
$145,740 - $178,464 Annually for the 302.2 level

This is the lowest to highest salary in good faith we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. Pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Superblock Quality Assurance Inspector. You will contribute to the execution of quality assurance plans and procedures to provide assurance that Strategic Deterrence activities are performed in compliance with Directorate and LLNL/LLNS policies, federal, state, and local laws and regulations associated with quality assurance programs. Your work will primarily have you solving highly complex technical problems and implementing a wide range of quality assurance functions, such as procurement assistance, field and receipt inspections, technical document review, quality assurance and work control program implementation, and audit and assessment performance. In this role, you will work closely with facility and programmatic customers as well as other Laboratory support organizations.

This position will support Strategic Deterrence nuclear and non-nuclear facilities and is based in Livermore, California. Interactions will include facility management, program management, Strategic Deterrence management, and external regulators such as U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board representatives. This position is in the Superblock Quality Assurance group within the Strategic Deterrence (SD) Directorate.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

In this role you will

• Provide advanced technical and administrative oversight to ensure implementation of LLNL quality assurance program requirements by analyzing and interpreting highly complex data to provide inspection services to SD facility and programmatic organizations.
• Perform technical inspections and field walkdowns in support of facility and programmatic activities at SD facilities in accordance with quality assurance standards and requirements.
• Coordinate the completion of competing complex tasks.
• Implement the nonconformance process.
• Provide technical advice and direction to technicians, making frequent decisions using independent discretion and judgment.
• Provide advanced technical support to vendor inspections and reviews.
• Present results, both verbally and in writing, of technical reviews and inspections to various Laboratory subject matter experts and managers.
• Travel to off-site locations, as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the 302.2 level

• Collaborate with program personnel to perform independent assessment and audit activities in a variety of conditions and environments, such as nuclear facility radioactive materials area, Site 300, High Explosive Applications Facility (HEAF), RHWM, and other SD facilities.
• Perform highly advanced technical reviews and present the results to management, both internal and external to the Laboratory.
• Monitor and manage the nonconformance process.
• Provide technical advice and direction to technicians, making frequent decisions using a high degree of independent discretion and judgment.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U. S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical engineering, or a related scientific field, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Significant experience in quality assur