Quality Assurance Manager

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Competitive salaries

Job summary

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC in Aiken, SC, seeks a Quality Assurance Manager to support a multi-year civil, mechanical, and electrical construction project at the Savannah River Site. You will lead the QA program, ensure compliance with the QMS, ASME NQA-1, and DOE 414.1D, and coordinate QA activities with client representatives and project teams.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field and at least 10 years of QA/QM experience on regulated projects,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years of Quality Assurance/Quality Management experience on regulated projects (industrial, DOE, or nuclear).
• Experience implementing ASME NQA-1 requirements and DOE Order 414.1D.
• Experience with a formal QA program or QMS.
• Experience with audits, surveillances, nonconformance, corrective action, and quality records.
• Ability to interpret and implement quality requirements, procedures, codes, standards, and contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage implementation and oversight of the project QA program in accordance with QMS, ASME NQA-1, DOE 414.1D, contract requirements, and project procedures.
• Provide leadership and technical direction to QA personnel supporting construction, corrective action, document control, procurement quality, supplier quality, and other QA functions.
• Ensure project quality procedures, processes, and controls are effectively implemented and maintained.
• Plan and oversee internal audits, surveillances, assessments, and QA oversight activities.
• Support client, DOE, and external audits, including preparation, coordination, response, and resolution of findings.
• Evaluate project activities for compliance with procedures, quality requirements, codes, standards, and contractual requirements.
• Oversee nonconformance, CARs, CAQs, SCAQs; ensure timely resolution.
• Review quality trends and metrics to identify adverse trends and necessary management action.
• Develop, review, revise, and implement project quality procedures and documents.
• Ensure qualification and indoctrination of personnel performing quality-affecting activities.
• Oversee document control and quality records; ensure retrievability and auditable evidence.
• Oversee procurement and supplier quality activities, including qualification and source surveillance.
• Coordinate quality matters with project teams and stakeholders; prepare quality metrics for management review.
• Escalate significant quality issues and adverse trends per project requirements.

Skills

QA leadership

ASME NQA-1

DOE 414.1D

QMS implementation

Audits & assessments

Nonconformance handling

Quality metrics

Root cause analysis

Documentation control

Procurement quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality/related field

Job description

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Quality Assurance Manager opportunity to support the Savannah River Site.

Work Location:

Aiken, SC

Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager will support a multi-year construction project involving significant civil, mechanical, and electrical construction, including grading, storm drainage, demolition, earthwork, ductbanks, firewater, service water, process piping, electrical systems, and associated site infrastructure.

Duties

• Manage implementation and oversight of the project Quality Assurance program in accordance with the Quality Management System (QMS), applicable ASME NQA-1 requirements, DOE Order 414.1D, contract requirements, and project procedures.
• Provide leadership and technical direction to QA personnel supporting construction, corrective action, document control, procurement quality, supplier quality, and other project quality functions.
• Ensure project quality procedures, processes, and controls are effectively implemented and maintained throughout project execution.
• Plan and oversee internal audits, surveillances, assessments, and other QA oversight activities.
• Support client, DOE, and external audits and assessments, including preparation, coordination, response, and resolution of findings.
• Evaluate project activities for compliance with approved procedures, quality requirements, codes, standards, and contractual requirements.
• Oversee the project nonconformance and corrective action processes, including NCRs, Corrective Action Reports (CARs), Conditions Adverse to Quality (CAQs), and Significant Conditions Adverse to Quality (SCAQs).
• Ensure quality issues are properly evaluated, documented, tracked, trended, and resolved in accordance with applicable procedures.
• Review quality trends, recurring conditions, audit findings, NCR/CAR aging, and other quality performance indicators to identify adverse trends and areas requiring management attention.
• Oversee development, review, revision, and implementation of project quality procedures and implementing documents.
• Ensure personnel performing quality-affecting activities meet applicable qualification, certification, training, and indoctrination requirements.
• Provide oversight of document control and quality records processes to ensure controlled documents and records are properly maintained, retrievable, and auditable.
• Provide oversight of procurement and supplier quality activities, including supplier qualification, procurement document review, source surveillance, supplier performance, and receipt inspection interfaces.
• Interface with QC leadership to ensure field inspection and testing activities are effectively implemented within the project QMS.
• Coordinate quality matters with Project Management, Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Document Control, Commissioning, subcontractors, suppliers, client representatives, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare and/or review quality metrics, trend reports, audit results, corrective action status, and other quality information for management review.
• Ensure quality records provide adequate, complete, traceable, and auditable objective evidence of compliance.
• Escalate CAQs, SCAQs, significant quality issues, and adverse trends to appropriate project leadership in accordance with project requirements.

Skills/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Management, or related quality experience supporting industrial, nuclear, DOE, or other highly regulated projects, including demonstrated quality leadership experience.
• Working knowledge and experience implementing ASME NQA-1 requirements and DOE Order 414.1D.
• Experience implementing and maintaining a formal Quality Assurance Program or Quality Management System.
• Experience with audits, surveillances, assessments, nonconformance, corrective action, and quality records programs.
• Experience interpreting and implementing quality requirements, procedures, codes, standards, and contractual requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• NQA-1 Auditor or Lead Auditor certification.
• Extensive experience implementing ASME NQA-1-2019 requirements.
• Previous Quality Assurance management experience on a DOE or nuclear construction project.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary QA organizations supporting construction, engineering, procurement, document control, supplier quality, and corrective action programs.
• Experience with CAQ/SCAQ determination, root cause analysis, corrective action development, effectiveness reviews, and quality trending.
• Experience preparing for and supporting DOE, client, regulatory, or third-party audits and assessments.
• Experience with supplier qualification, procurement quality, and supplier oversight.
• Previous Savannah River Site or other DOE site experience.

Other Job Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen

WORKING WITH EDGEWATER TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES

Founded in 2003, Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC (Edgewater) is a New Mexico-based small business headquartered in Los Alamos, NM, with five (5) regional offices across the United States to locally support our growing presence at project sites. Edgewater has a proven track record and is a trusted provider of fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector commercial contractors involved in nuclear, high-hazard, or complex operations. Edgewater’s experience and guidance ensure that our customers perform hazardous operations, comply with regulatory requirements, and maintain the highest quality and safety standards.

Edgewater is committed to recruiting and maintaining a staff of highly skilled professionals to support our customers. In keeping with this objective, we offer highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre- and post-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Edgewater is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veterans, or individuals with disabilities in accordance with EO 14173.

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www.edgewatertech.net/careers