Senior Quality Engineer – Nuclear QA Lead

Amentum company; Richland (WA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement benefits (including 401(k)

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a WTCC Quality Engineer to help implement the WTCC Quality Assurance Program and ensure compliance with WTP QA Manuals. You will support document development, training, audits, and corrective actions across the Hanford site projects.

Role emphasizes attention to quality across large- and medium-scale projects, with emphasis on NQA-1 Lead Auditor qualifications and collaboration with senior QA staff. Requires extensive DOE-related experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, science or equivalent education or specific training in area of expertise.
• Minimum of 13-15 years of applied technical and/or quality assurance experience.
• Experience with DOE facilities is desired.

Responsibilities

• Support WTCC implementing document/procedure development to ensure quality program requirements are appropriately addressed.
• Provide input into the required training for WTCC quality assurance and quality control personnel.
• Support the development, revision, and implementation of QA program documents, procedures, and quality-related instructions.
• Assisting in the identification of quality attributes in planning processes to ensure work/testing/analysis is accomplished in accordance with WTP QA program requirements.
• Providing technical discipline support for identification and resolution of quality related issues.
• Assessing implementation and compliance, identifying and reporting quality assurance program deficiencies to line management and the WTCC Site Quality Manager.
• Participates in audit teams as an auditor responsible for development of audit checklists, writing audit reports and audit findings.
• Obtaining and/or maintaining NQA-1 Lead Auditor qualification.
• Ensuring that significant issues are raised to senior management attention to facilitate prompt resolution.
• Recommend programmatic improvements affecting multiple organizations.
• Assist with and ensure the identification, documentation, evaluation, segregation, and disposition of nonconformance’s, conditions adverse to quality; and for notification to affected organizations.
• Works with the personnel responsible to ensure accurate development of corrective action plans.
• Responsible for quality assurance activities with moderate complexity or impact to the project or site of a medium or large project.Provides technical direction to junior level quality personnel.Possesses broad knowledge of industry and regulatory standards and design criteria pertinent to a particular discipline
• Works with project personnel to identify quality trends and assist in the development of quality metrics.
• Review and maintain QA/QC documentation, metrics, and status reporting for departmental and project use.
• Support the Waste Treatment Plant Nuclear Safety Quality Culture by emphasizing the values of safety and quality in the performance of work in order to protect self, others, and the environment.
• Personal ownership for completion of training, obtaining and maintaining required qualifications Assist in development of WTCC quality program documents (e.g., QA Plan) for WTCC activities.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Auditing

Documentation

Training development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, science or equivalent education or specific training in area of expertise

Job description

Amentum is seeking a WTCC Quality Engineer to help implement the WTCC Quality Assurance Program and ensure compliance with WTP QA Manuals. You will support document development, training, audits, and corrective actions across the Hanford site projects.

Role emphasizes attention to quality across large- and medium-scale projects, with emphasis on NQA-1 Lead Auditor qualifications and collaboration with senior QA staff. Requires extensive DOE-related experience.