Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer I, II, or III (Supplier Surveillance Representative)

Overview

Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer I, II, or III (Supplier Surveillance Representative) to be based in our Aiken, SC location on the Savannah River Site (SRS). 

Apply online using a current resume under the careers section of www.savannahrivermissioncompletion.com. 

The Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer I, II, or III (Supplier Surveillance Representative) provides quality assurance for the implementation of and compliance to federal and state regulatory requirements applicable to safely manage chemical and radioactive material during construction, operation, and closure activities at the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF).

Responsibilities

• Defines basic to moderately complex scopes of technical and quality assurance (QA) engineering programs and develops effective, quality solutions.
• Develops standard QA programs and procedures within and sometimes across multiple organizations and one or more disciplines and ensures compliance and effective execution of technical and quality assurance requirements within the assigned facility or program area.
• Defines specific problems based on general information from management and customers.  Plans Quality Assurance efforts and coordinates activities with those of other divisions, departments, and sections in focused areas to solve problems.
• Ensures compliance with quality assurance requirements, proper utilization and training of personnel operating under one's quality/technical guidance, and compliance with approved schedules and staffing estimates.  Ensures appropriate quality performance of the end process/program developed and designed to resolve the original problem.
• Incorporates technical and quality engineering practices such as:  technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes, and coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.
• Accountable for compliance with the approved schedules and ensures personnel under one's technical guidance are appropriately trained and effectively utilized. 
• Prepares plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical and quality engineering tasks identified by management.
• Performs assessments, surveillances and oversight activities to ensure compliance with procedural and regulatory requirements.
• Develops schedules, monitors progress, monitors expenditures of budget and reviews quality of work completed to ensure that technical and quality requirements are met. 
• Determines scheduling requirements for assigned tasks, in collaboration with management.
• Supports facility/project needs within assigned area by conducting procedure reviews, work package reviews and/or procurement document reviews.
• Develops program performance reports that identify such items as company and program level compliance with requirements, corrective action program trends, and identification of programmatic improvements.
• Evaluates the results of programs through surveillances, monitoring, assessments, and reviews; prepares reports and recommendations based on these evaluations.
• Effectively communicates results and objectives to customers, colleagues, and management.
• Periodically communicates QA Program and corrective action status with DOE-SR personnel and company first and mid-level management.
• Provides technical support to site training division on a rotational basis and provides QA expertise and guidance to the training organization. 
• May identify and recommend improvements where established technology, methodology, and procedures are inadequate for solution.
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional responsibilities as a Sr. QA Engineer II:

• Defines scope of medium to complex technical and quality assurance (QA) engineering programs and develops effective, quality solutions.
• Develops standard QA programs and procedures across multiple organizations and disciplines and ensures compliance and effective execution of technical and quality assurance requirements within the assigned facility or program area.
• Defines scope of medium to complex technical and quality assurance programs and develops effective quality solutions.
• Routinely communicates QA Program and corrective action status with Department of Energy customer personnel including mid-level and executive management.
• Serves as knowledgeable task specific subject matter expert in evaluating programs, subcontractors, etc to ensure quality program effectiveness and recommends problem solutions.
• Coaches and mentors o