Nuclear Quality Engineer – Test Reactor Operations & Engineering

Idaho National Laboratory is seeking a Nuclear Quality Engineer to support the Advanced Test Reactor’s (ATR) quality assurance and technical quality programs. This role provides Quality Engineering support across facility operations, engineering, maintenance, planning, projects, modifications, procurement, and outage execution, with responsibilities spanning design and quality requirements, work control, supplier and Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD) activities, and Corrective Action Program (CAP) participation.

The successful candidate will have opportunities to support a broad range of quality disciplines, including field execution, welding and NDE activities, and the ATR Inservice Inspection (ISI) Program. This position offers the opportunity to work throughout the lifecycle of complex nuclear facility activities while collaborating closely with Engineering, Planning, Work Control, Technical Quality, and other facility organizations to ensure applicable DOE and NQA-1 requirements are effectively implemented.

Our team works a 4x10 schedule located out of our Advanced Test Reactor’s (ATR) facility with every Friday off.

• Collaborate with Engineering and research organizations to define and implement design and quality requirements, participate in design reviews, and implement applicable quality assurance procedures, methods, and inspection plans.

• Provide technical quality expertise and guidance to facility management, programs, projects, and internal/external customers to ensure applicable requirements are understood and implemented.

• Conduct and support quality assessments, surveillances, audits, readiness reviews, and commercial grade surveys to evaluate compliance and provide management visibility of organizational performance.

• Participate in continuous improvement activities and collaborate with INL organizations to improve quality processes, efficiency, and integration.

• Maintain required Quality Engineer qualifications, training, technical proficiency, and specialized certifications as applicable to assigned responsibilities.

• Review and approve applicable material requests, construction services, maintenance work orders, and other activities through Asset Suite, Ariba, or other established systems, as assigned.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Evaluate and verify quality-level determinations for structures, systems, components, items, and services to ensure appropriate classification and implementation of applicable quality requirements.
• Develop and/or review work and program-controlling documents for nuclear facilities.
• Develop and execute Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD) plans and Receipt Inspection Plans (RIPs), and support supplier quality oversight activities including CGD surveys, source inspections, and supplier audits.
• Participate in the Corrective Action Program (CAP), including condition reporting, root cause evaluation support, and verification of corrective action effectiveness.
• Provide nuclear facility oversight and Quality Engineering support for operations, maintenance, modifications, projects, procurement, and outage execution.
• Review and approve welding data sheets in accordance with applicable specifications, procedures, drawings, and code requirements.
• Coordinate with Supply Operations to resolve inventory discrepancies involving quality-affecting or quality-controlled materials.
• Serve as the Quality Engineering representative on project teams supporting ATR infrastructure improvements, modifications, and other facility projects.
• Review work packages and perform field walkdowns to ensure applicable Quality, inspection,…