Senior Quality Assurance Manager - DOE/Nuclear Projects

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, 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,