Project Quality Lead
On-siteIdaho Falls, Idaho, United States
Job Summary
Lead and execute project quality assurance and control activities across engineering, procurement, construction, inspection, testing, and turnover in accordance with ASME NQA-1 and ANSI/ANS-15.8. Supervise quality specialists, inspectors, and assigned resources; plan work, review technical deliverables, mentor personnel, and resolve complex quality issues. Interpret regulatory and contractual requirements to approve translation into practical controls, procedures, work instructions, and acceptance criteria. Lead audits, surveillances, and assessments of internal organizations, EPC contractors, and suppliers; develop audit plans, lead teams, and verify closure of findings. Direct field oversight of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation work; plan and perform source, receiving, in-process, construction, and final inspections; witness tests, and verify objective evidence. Review nonconformance reports, deviations, corrective actions, and technical dispositions; coordinate root cause evaluations and effectiveness verifications. Ensure quality records are complete, traceable, and retrievable; develop and present quality metrics and trend analyses.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of quality assurance, quality control, quality engineering, inspection, construction, or related experience in nuclear energy, Department of Energy work, EPC projects, or another highly regulated, technically complex environment
- Working knowledge of ASME NQA-1 and/or ANSI/ANS-15.8 and demonstrated ability to apply quality assurance and quality control requirements to engineering, procurement, construction, inspection, testing, or project execution activities
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, quality, physical science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, technical training, and relevant experience
- Experience reviewing drawings, specifications, procedures, procurement documents, inspection and test plans, construction work packages, supplier documentation, and objective quality evidence
- Experience personally performing field inspections and supporting surveillances, audits, nonconformance control, corrective action, and quality records activities
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in an active project or construction environment, exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and communicate quality concerns clearly and professionally
- Ability to work on-site in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and travel to supplier, contractor, or other project locations as business needs require
- Qualification or certification as an NQA-1 auditor or lead auditor, ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Engineer, or Certified Quality Inspector, or a construction inspection certification such as AWS CWI, ACI, ICC, NICET, or equivalent
- Familiarity with 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR Part 21, DOE Order 414.1D, commercial grade dedication, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, AWS codes, ACI 318/349, or other codes and standards used in nuclear construction
- Experience with electronic quality management systems, construction management systems, document control platforms, inspection databases, and digital turnover or completion management tools
- Thorough understanding of ASME NQA-1 and ANSI/ANS-15.8 quality assurance and quality control principles, including organization, design control, procurement document control, instructions and procedures, document control, item control, special processes, inspection, test control, measuring and test equipment, nonconformance control, corrective action, records, and audits
- Understanding of the EPC project lifecycle and how quality requirements are planned, flowed down, verified, documented, and closed across engineering, procurement, supplier fabrication, construction, testing, commissioning, and turnover
- Understanding of construction quality assurance, quality control, and inspection practices for civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation and controls work, including the use of inspection and test plans, inspection checklists, hold points, witness points, acceptance criteria, and objective evidence
- Understanding of procurement and supplier quality controls, including supplier qualification, purchase-order quality clauses, source inspection and surveillance, material traceability, receipt inspection, supplier documentation, and final data packages
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, codes, standards, construction work packages, test procedures, and acceptance criteria, and recognize when field conditions require engineering or quality review
- Understanding of nonconformance control, corrective action, root cause analysis, extent of condition, effectiveness review, trending, and the disciplined escalation of conditions adverse to quality
- Understanding of audit and surveillance practices, quality records, document control, configuration management, change control, and the maintenance of traceable and retrievable project documentation
- Ability to use software and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Workspace, Jira, Confluence, electronic QMS platforms, construction management systems, document management systems, and data visualization tools
- Preference for efficiency to excess process
- Self-motivation
- Enthusiasm to the team
- Ability to be a part of the vision
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting nuclear facility construction, research reactor or advanced reactor projects, fuel-cycle facilities, or Department of Energy nuclear projects
- Experience working directly with an EPC contractor through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and project closeout
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