Quality Engineer

Position: Quality Engineer 3/4
What You Will Do

This position will be filled at the Quality Engineer 3 or 4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Come join our team! The Quality Engineer will be part of the Institutional Quality and Performance Assurance-Quality Support Services (IQPA-QSS) Group and will report to the IQPA-QSS Project Execution Team Leader and Group Leader. The IQPA-QSS mission is to support Institutional Programs and Projects to ensure quality requirements are implemented and compliant. The selected candidate will report directly to the IQPA-QSS Group.

The Quality Engineer will be deployed functionally to J-2 and programmatically to the Hydrotesting and Sub-critical Experiments Programs. Day-to-day assignments will be provided by the Dynamic Structure Design and Engineering Group (J-2) Group.

As the Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring quality requirements are incorporated into the Organization mentioned. Regular contact with other resources internal and external to the IQPA-QSS Group may be necessary to execute responsibilities successfully.

The position requires an experienced professional with a full understanding of specialized areas and an advanced to expert knowledge of quality programs, along with being able to resolve a wide range of issues in creative ways. The candidate will participate in nonconformance reporting, closures, and the corrective action processes, and will network with quality professionals in their own area of expertise.

The candidate works under limited direction while receiving general instructions on new assignments. All work is evaluated upon completion to ensure objectives have been met, while demonstrating good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Reviewing and preparing procurement documentation related to quality assurance, quality engineering, and quality control requirements.
• Participating in the development, implementation, and evaluation of processes, procedures, and applications to maintain an effective engineering, procurement, and program Quality Management System.
• Serving as the primary Point of Contact for nonconformance reporting and corrective action processes.
• Potentially leading, coordinating, and/or conducting audits and surveillances of quality-affecting engineering, procurement, construction, and ancillary project work.
• Performing extensive Supplier Quality and Source Verification Activities, including traveling to domestic and foreign vendors for LANL hold and witness points.

What You Need

Minimum

Job Requirements:


Quality Engineer 3 ($104,100 - $172,200)

• Advanced knowledge and application of nuclear codes and standards. For example: 10 CFR 830 Subpart A, DOE Order 414.1D, national consensus standard ASME NQA-1-2008/ASME NQA-1a-2009 Addenda to ASME NQA-1 - 2008, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide Series or equivalent.
• Advanced technical knowledge of the application of ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code for the procurement, fabrication, inspection, testing and In-Service inspection & evaluation of Pressure Vessels and Piping.
• Advanced experience participating in and supporting quality assessments, surveillances, audits and/or Non-Conformance disposition and closure.
• Advanced ability to understand and interpret various physical, mechanical, and electrical documents, blueprints, drawings, specifications, and schematics.
• Advanced ability to effectively communicate with all levels of personnel across multiple organizations to solve complex problems.
• Advanced knowledge application and sufficient experience to comprehend specified requirements for these disciplines; including Welding, Nondestructive Testing, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance and various Mechanical and Material Testing methods and applications.
• Advanced level technical knowledge of the application of engineering, procurement, and construction practices sufficient to comprehend specified requirements for these disciplines; including Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD) and application of the graded approach in an NQA-1 environment.
• Certified Welding Inspector - American Welding Society (AWS-CWI)
• Current certification or previous certifications in three or more of the following NDE Level II Inspection (RT, UT, MT, PT, VT), Piping or Pressure Vessel Inspection, Mechanical Inspections.

Quality Engineer 4 ($125,200 - $211,300)
In addition to what was outlined above, qualifications for QE 4 require:

• Expert level knowledge and application of nuclear codes and standards. For example: 10 CFR 830 Subpart A, DOE Order 414.1D, national consensus standard ASME NQA-1-2008/ASME NQA-1a-2009 Addenda to ASME NQA-1 - 2008, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide Series or equivalent.
• Expert level technical knowledge of the application of ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code for the procurement, fabrication,…