Quality Assurance Support Specialist; Senior Biocontainment​/Controls QA)

Arcetyp LLC is a growing small business that provides a broad range of consulting services to US Federal Government, US Military, and Commercial clients. Services include Management & IT Consulting, Program & Project Management, and Professional & Admin Services.

We accept direct hire candidates only, W2 employee hires. We do not accept 1099 independent consultants. We do not accept staffing firms. We do not accept corp-to-corp (C2C) candidates. We can't sponsor H1B.

Arcetyp LLC is looking for a Quality Assurance Support Specialist. This position is onsite and located in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

• Provides onsite quality assurance support for major repair, replacement, maintenance, and construction projects.
• Supports procurement and installation activities associated with UMCS, BAS, ESS, and related facility systems.
• Evaluates project schedules and performs technical and project documentation reviews.
• Coordinates daily with Facility Managers, Project Managers, facilities staff, laboratory personnel, and other Government personnel.
• Attends meetings supporting operations, repair, maintenance, and construction activities.
• Provides weekly project status updates to Government officials.
• Conducts field surveys to investigate existing facility layouts and conditions.
• Reviews, commissions, troubleshoots, and performs quality control inspections of high-containment research facility systems and projects.
• Coordinates with laboratory personnel regarding project reviews and planned utility outages.
• Coordinates with infection control and safety personnel to ensure compliance with applicable requirements.
• Ensures conformance with applicable NFPA codes, BMBL guidance, AAALAC standards, CDC biosafety and biosecurity requirements, safety standards, and other agency criteria.
• Identifies and reports compliance issues to appropriate Government officials.

• Extensive knowledge of high-containment medical research facilities and biosafety laboratory environments.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical controls, building automation, and facility control systems.
• Knowledge of commissioning, validation, troubleshooting, and quality assurance/quality control practices.
• Knowledge of high-containment facility requirements, including BSL-3 and BSL-4 environments.
• Ability to review technical documentation, project schedules, facility systems, and construction activities.
• Knowledge of applicable CDC biosafety, biosecurity, auditing, accreditation, and certification requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with engineering, facilities, laboratory, safety, and Government personnel.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in high-containment medical research facilities.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in mechanical controls.
• Minimum 5 years of Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience at a biosafety laboratory.
• Minimum Associate's degree in a technical discipline such as electrical, mechanical, or related engineering field.
• Experience with high-containment medical research facilities up to BSL-4 involving mechanical controls engineering, programming, installation, plumbing, and validation.
• Experience reviewing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and performing quality control inspections of high-containment medical research design and construction projects up to BSL-4.
• Experience with CDC auditing, accreditation, and certification processes for select-agent and high-containment medical research facilities.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must currently hold a minimum Secret security clearance and maintain the required clearance throughout contract performance.

• Electrical, mechanical, and/or controls trade experience.
• Proficiency with Direct Digital Controls (DDC) and design.
• Prior Government construction experience.
• Excellent communication skills.

U.S Citizenship.

Fort Detrick, MD

Pay and benefits information for this position will be provided to interested candidates that apply. Arcetyp offers a package of compensation and benefits to full-time salaried employees. Pay and Benefits from our client: we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred…