Quality Assurance Engineer IV

Geosyntec Consultants; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Longenecker & Associates, a Geosyntec Company, seeks a Quality Assurance Engineer IV to support work at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM. The role focuses on maintaining an effective quality program for critical DOE projects, requiring extensive experience and security clearances.

You will guide QA processes, collaborate across organizations, and contribute to advanced quality standards. Candidates should have a STEM degree and U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Quality Assurance, Industrial Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contracts.
• Ability to successfully pass a federal background investigation for DOE Q clearance.
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven testing required.

Responsibilities

• Guides the development, implementation, and evaluation of quality processes and procedures.
• Leads advanced concepts and standards based on professional principles.
• Serves as an expert on complex quality issues at the Laboratory.
• Provides creative solutions when analysis of data is ambiguous.
• Has impact on future concepts, products or technologies.
• Coordinates networks with internal and external stakeholders and decision makers.
• Works under consultative direction toward long-range targets; assignments are often self-initiated.
• Uses independent judgment to achieve objectives with wide latitude.

Skills

Quality Assurance

DOE/DOE Q awareness

Independent judgment

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering or related field

Job description

Overview

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Quality Assurance Engineer IV to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Los Alamos National National Lab in Los Alamos, NM.Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service. We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family. To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/ .

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The main duties include, but are not limited to:

• Guides the development, implementation, and evaluation of processes, procedures and applications contributing to the overall objectives of maintaining an effective quality program.
• Individuals at this level have broad expertise or unique knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
• Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards based on professional principles and theories.
• Viewed as an expert in the field within the Laboratory. Works on unusually significant, unique or complex issues.
• Provides solutions that are highly creative and where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
• Has impact on successes of future concepts, products or technologies.
• Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in failure to reach goals crucial to significant organizational objectives and would profoundly affect the image of the organization.
• Creates formal networks involving coordination among groups, and other key decision makers.
• Regular contacts with other resources internal and external to the organization.
• Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range targets. Assignments are often self-initiated.
• Virtually self-supervisory.
• Uses independent judgment for determining course of action to accomplish objectives. Uses wide latitude in the methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Education and Licensure

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Quality Assurance, Industrial Systems Engineering, or a related field. (Required)

Skills, Experience And Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 12 Years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. (required)
• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance. (required)
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & LOCATION DETAILS:

Please note that federal contractors are required to maintain a drug-free workplace. Regardless of state laws permitting medical or recreational marijuana use, employees working under federal contracts may be subject to federal requirements that prohibit marijuana use.