Senior NQA-1 QA Engineer for Nuclear Program Development

The Nuclear Company; Columbia, Northern (SC, KY); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Competitive compensation packages

Job summary

The Nuclear Company in Columbia, SC seeks a QA Engineer to lead build-out of the NQA-1 quality program. You will draft procedures with SMEs across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Licensing, shepherding them through reviews to approval.

As the program matures, you’ll shift to inspection/test engineering with defined witness/hold points and QA metrics. You will collaborate with multiple departments, ensure regulatory alignment, and maintain qualifications and training while reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or 10+ years field experience in the discipline.
• 3+ years working under ASME NQA-1 and/or 10 CFR 50 Appendix B programs with documented procedures.
• Proficient in applicable codes and standards (ASME NQA-1; ASME III/V/IX; IEEE/ISA; ACI 318; AISC 360).
• Strong technical writing and cross-functional coordination; ability to pull SME input and drive documents through multi-reviewer approvals.

Responsibilities

• Generate the NQA-1 program cross-functionally; author and develop Tier-3 implementing procedures with every department.
• Author or provide SME input to procedures, records, and technical documents.
• Review inspection and test procedures and acceptance criteria for nuclear systems and components.
• Identify inspection requirements and the applicable codes and standards with references; extract acceptance criteria from design.
• Set witness and hold points in inspection and test plans.
• Support QA plans and audit-ready artifacts; maintain QA metrics and performance indicators.
• Identify and report conditions adverse to quality promptly through CAP.

Skills

Technical writing

Cross-functional coordination

ASME NQA-1

10 CFR 50 Appendix B

Procedure development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Excel

Power BI

EDMS

Job description

The Nuclear Company in Columbia, SC seeks a QA Engineer to lead build-out of the NQA-1 quality program. You will draft procedures with SMEs across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Licensing, shepherding them through reviews to approval.

As the program matures, you’ll shift to inspection/test engineering with defined witness/hold points and QA metrics. You will collaborate with multiple departments, ensure regulatory alignment, and maintain qualifications and training while reporting