Senior Manager, Nuclear Quality Assurance

Location: Kemmerer,Wyoming,United States

TITLE:                Senior Manager, Nuclear Quality Assurance

LOCATION:        Kemmerer, WY, USA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Senior Manager Nuclear Quality Assurance

The Senior Manager Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA) reports directly to the Site Director and is focused on the development of the NQA program for Kemmerer Power Station (KPS). In this role, you will help develop and approve NQA processes and procedures used by KPS in the execution of quality requirement necessary for a Nuclear Power Plant. This position will be responsible for ensuring Kemmerer Power Station’s quality assurance program meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50 appendix B and NQA-1 for a Nuclear Power Plant. This role will also be responsible for ensuring quality audits of Kemmerer Power Station programs are complete and quality audits of suppliers are performed in accordance with approved procedures. The successful candidate will integrate and coordinate with other departments, project partners, regulators, and outside organizations working on program development.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes a plan for creating, organizing, and tracking the KPS NQA program.

• Helps to develop the processes and standards for writing and revising KPS NQA procedures.

• Coordinates with other departments for cross-discipline procedure reviews and database implementation.

• Uses industry lessons learned and best practices to develop high-quality procedures and processes to minimize the risk of events.

• Engages with industry peers, 3rd party vendors, NUPIC, NEI, Nuclear Quality Management Leadership (NQML) and other organizations to find innovative methods & technologies for implementing the Quality Assurance Program.

• Ensuring NQA procedures comply with company standards, NRC regulations, INPO accreditation criteria, and other codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.

• Provides regular training and mentoring to company personnel on the processes and standards associated with the license holder’s NQA processes and procedures.

• Incorporates information gained from INPO Significant Operating Experience Reports, NRC Circulars, Bulletins, and Information Notices, plant design changes, plant procedure changes and revisions, and new regulations, and training effectiveness reports into the NQA procedures, as applicable

• Monitor and provide input into the issues management process as warranted. 

• Ensure the collection and maintenance of auditable quality documents and records is performed.

• Mentor junior QA staff.

• Perform self-audits and supplier audits to support the NDP.

• Develop and executes a plan for management and self-assessments

• Works closely with both Operations, Natrium, and TerraPower QA staff to ensure the appropriate level of oversight is occurring for supplier and Ke