Quality Assurance Manager

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

Aiken, SC

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Must be a US Citizen

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