Quality Specialist

Requisition ID:  274737

• Relocation Authorized:  National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Richland, WA 
• Salary Range: $90,990 - $160,220 annually (Determined by function, education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant.).

 

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is designing, constructing, and commissioning the world’s largest radioactive waste treatment plant for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant will use vitrification technology to process and solidify 56 million gallons (210 million liters) of radioactive and chemical waste stored at the Hanford site, which is a byproduct of plutonium production during World War II and the Cold War era.

The project is the largest undertaking of its kind and one of DOE’s most technically challenging cleanup projects. Its construction spans 65 acres (26 hectares) with four major nuclear facilities – Pretreatment, Low-Activity Waste Vitrification, High-Level Waste Vitrification and Analytical Laboratory – as well as operations and maintenance buildings, utilities, other support facilities.

This position is located at the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 4 x 10 schedule, M-Th, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Selected applicant needs to be able and willing to work weekends as needed. Selected applicant needs to be able and willing to work night shift (5:30pm to 4:00am) and weekends as needed.

The Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) is a limited liability corporation created by Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) and Amentum. WTCC is a subcontractor to BNI, the prime contractor, to deliver the construction, turnover, startup, and commissioning activities for the WTP project.

 

Position Summary:

The WTCC QA Senior Quality Specialist – Reports directly to the WTCC Quality Engineering and Audit Manager and is responsible to conduct WTCC commissioning & operations independent audit and assessment activities conducted by the WTCC QA Department, including maintenance activities, as appropriate. Also, provides departmental support to ensure QA, QE, and QC activities are planned, prepared, conducted, and documented in accordance with approved WTP programs and procedures for WTP Facilities, including Low Activity Waste (LAW), Balance of Facilities (BOF), Effluent Management Facility (EMF), and the Analytical Laboratory (Lab) (LBL) structures, systems

 

 

Responsibilities:

• As a QA Auditor obtaining and maintaining qualification as a WTP Program QA Auditor and Lead Auditor.
• Under the guidance of the QA Audit Supervisor or assigned Audit Team Leader, plan, perform and report on the results of assigned QA Audits and Assessments.
• Verifying the adequacy, implementation, and effectiveness of the WTP QA program for activities and report the results to management.
• Develop and execute risk-based quality assurance audit and surveillance checklists.
• Ensure that deficiencies and enhancements identified by the QA Audit group are appropriately documented.
• Assist with preparation of internal quality assessment related procedures.
• Follow up on corrective actions for QA-identified issues to verify adequacy and sustainability.
•  Assist in the development of and maintain metrics related to the Quality Audit group's scope of work.
•  Lead Peer Reviews of QA work products before completion.
• Lead QA related projects: HPI initiatives, Causal Analysis Participation, Quality process problem solving, etc.
• Develop job related instructions and tools for improvement in group performance.
•  Assist in tracking the generation and issuance of various QA/QC documentation Also, provide status updates within t