QA/QC Scientist, Intermediate

The Savannah River National Laboratory’s Environmental and Legacy Management Directorate seeks an experienced engineer/scientist with quality assurance/quality control experience to support our analytical service groups and research portfolio.  The role is designed team with researchers, analysts, and statisticians to define, implement and assess technical and performance specifications to meet defined quality requirements.  Success in this role will require a working knowledge of quality control implementation, quantitative processes in an analytical laboratory setting, and applied statistics to define measurement uncertainty parameters. 

The successful candidate must be extremely detail oriented and self-motivated. 

The work scope will include developing and implementing appropriate quality management systems for a variety of measurement systems and projects. Quality control techniques and statistical process control methods will be utilized to identify, qualify, and validate measurement methods, tools, and/or systems, track trends, identify improvement actions, and track performance. 

The successful candidate for this role shall:

• Ensure analytical measurements and accredited methods within their cognizance are maintained within applicable requirements,
• Ensure the adequacy of measurement control for data quality and accreditation requirements,
• Support analytical method development and method readiness activities, 
• Provide oversight of analytical methods to ensure the analytical methods and associated implementing procedures meet the required data quality objectives.

The position requires positive teamwork, a willingness to problem-solve and work through puzzles, and personal/professional accountability. Productive technical interfaces with management, researchers, and external assessment organizations are required to assure applicable certifications are maintained (ISO-17025, NFAC, ISO-9001, NQA-1, ASTM, etc). This will be accomplished by leading internal assessments and management reviews of quality programs, method-specific quality plans and processes, and providing support on anomaly resolution. 

This individual will have responsibilities to ensure that all services comply with relevant standards, regulations, and industry best practices specific to method-specific quality plans and process.  The individual must be able to publish and present technical reports or presentations within strict timelines to meet scheduled deliverables. They also need to continuously provide feedback to management regarding schedule and status of audits, assessments, proficiency testing, and critical deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have a B.S. degree and demonstrated knowledge and experience directly related to quality, analytical measurements, and statistics 
• Strong oral/written communication skills. 
• Excellent organization skills
• Basic computer skills (MS Office) 
• This position will require selected candidate to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Security Clearance for which U.S. Citizenship is legally required. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solves complex scientific and/or technical problems.
• Takes a new perspective on existing solutions.
• Exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
• Practices investigative techniques to determine the best approach.
• Creates internal alliances outside the immediate team or department.
• Understands how their role relates to others on the team and the role of the team.
• Works safely with particular attention to quality. 
• Complies with all policies and standards. 
• Statistically assesses analytical processes and methods to define operational parameters and measurement sensitivity/uncertainty limits.

 

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Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program laboratory applying state of the art science and practical, high-value, cost-effective solutions to complex technical problems to protect the nation. Located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken SC, the laboratory develops and deploys innovative technologies to address some of the nation’s environmental, energy, and national security challenges.

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