Nuclear: Quality Assurance Specialist-Remote

A Talascend client with projects across North America has a need for a Quality Assurance Engineer, this is a remote position. 

REQUIREMENTS:

• High School diploma or equivalent required; Degree preferred
• Certified Lead Auditor (CLA) qualifications or ability for rapidly achieve CLA qualification.
• A minimum of five (5) years of recent DOE project experience within the non-reactor nuclear industry.
• A total of eight (8) years industry experience related to quality assurance.
• Skilled worker experience in developing and implementing QA/QC programs.
• Skilled worker knowledge of quality assurance regulatory, contractual, and technical documents (e.g. DOE O 414.1D,10 CFR Part 830 Subpart A, and NQA-1-2008 and 2009 Addenda, NQA-1-2019).
• Skilled worker experience in reviewing procedures and other documents to verify quality requirements are adequately addressed.
• Skilled worker knowledge of construction QA activities supporting procurement and engineered products, including Commercial-Grade Dedication (CGD), work packages, and application of a graded approach in an NQA-1 environment.
• Skilled worker knowledge to comprehend specified QA requirements in the application of these requirements to engineering, procurement, and construction practices.
• Skilled worker experience participating in and supporting quality assessments, surveillance, and/or audits.
• Skilled worker experience in ensuring quality assurance requirements are met during the design, bid, build, and start-up of nuclear, non-nuclear, high-, moderate-, and low-hazard facilities and equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and interpret various physical, mechanical, and electrical documents, blueprints, drawings, specifications, and schematics.
• Solid oral and written communication skills and demonstrated experience interacting and effectively communicating with all levels of project and client personnel.
• Proven ability to plan, prioritize, and schedule tasks to ensure completion in accordance with requirements, deadlines, and budget.
• Skilled knowledge of NQA-1 quality assurance including Part II, Subpart 2.7, Subpart 2.14, and DOE O 414.1D.
• Moderate knowledge of welding and nondestructive examination standards, documentation, and worker qualifications (AWS D1.1, AWS D1.3, ASME Section IX, ASME B31.1, ASME B31.3, ASNT, ACI, etc.).
• U.S. Citizenship 

• Performing scheduled internal audits, assessments, or surveillance on projects.
• Reviewing and providing updates of the deficiency and corrective action tracking system.
• Supporting project management by preparing corrective action plans/responses and/or verifying implementation of corrective and remedial actions identified during audits and assessments.
• Aid with QA/QC matters associated with Work Scope and Project Plans.
• Propose technical solutions and alternatives on QA/QC matters.
• Communicate with Merrick colleagues (Project Managers, Project Engineers, Technical Leads and Discipline Engineers) and the Client to assure that mutual expectations are well-defined and achieved.
• Stay current on project and related quality issues.
• Support project team meetings as required.
• Extensive travel to vendor and client locations as needed domestically & internationally