QC Inspection Team Leader; QPA Manager

What You Will Do

Come join our team! Los Alamos National Laboratory - one of the most innovative and creative multidisciplinary research institutions in the world - is looking for an experienced professional to join our leadership team in the Institutional Quality and Performance Assurance Plutonium Infrastructure Quality (IQPA-PIQ) Group. This position will report to the IQPA-PIQ Group Leader. The PIQ mission is to support the execution of plutonium pit production through the modernization of the TA-55 infrastructure and capabilities, with a focus on the 30 pits per year mission and major equipment installation throughout the Pajarito Corridor.

Candidates must have the ability to be Q-cleared, participate in the Human Reliability Program (HRP), and may be required to support Night or Backshift Work schedules, as necessary. Typical QC Inspection Team Leader responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting the implementation of the Associate Laboratory Directorate for Plutonium Infrastructure (ALD-PI) quality management plan relating to construction in nuclear and radiological facilities.
• Collaborate across the project portfolios, resource allotment, effective communication, and resolution of quality issues.
• Participating in quality program implementation to include management review boards, oversight, trending, surveillances, NCRs, etc.
• Supporting the Laboratory mission by providing expert level quality support, executing strategic leadership, facilitating performance improvement, strengthening the quality culture, and advancing the Laboratory's growth as a learning organization.

Quality Program Management:
Demonstrated construction management and fabrication facility experience, preferably in the field. High-level knowledge implementing quality programs in support of nuclear facility operations or programs. Lead work activities that implement Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1 2008/2009a, AG-1, etc., that implements engineering specifications, DOE Orders, (10 CFR 830 Subpart A - Quality Assurance Requirements, Doe Order 414.1D - Quality Assurance).

Leadership and Management

Skills:

Demonstrated record of successful technical leadership and proven ability in supervising staff and contractors, directing assignments, assuring training and development, resolving conflicts, mentoring, team building, managing staff requirements, motivating employees, and monitoring performance.

Knowledge and Expertise:
Thorough knowledge and experience in developing work scope, schedules, budgets, and coordinating work activities. Experience planning for and managing tactical execution of work, and tracking/reporting progress. Experience performing work in a construction environment and executing work in compliance with facility requirements, conduct of operations, conduct of engineering, and conduct of maintenance standards.

Project Management

Skills:

Demonstrated skills supporting simultaneous projects, executing organizational strategies, participating in strategic and operational planning and program implementation. Experience operating in facilities compliant with government agencies' ordinances and regulations regarding QA compliance programs.

Communication and

Collaboration:

Demonstrated success developing working relationships with internal and external customers (DOE, LAFO, NNSA, DNFSB) and providing effective two-way written and oral communications.

Education and Experience:

Position requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years of related experience in organization-level performance-based management, quality, and/or a technical discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Clearance:
  Active DOE Q Clearance.
• LANL Mission/DOE/NNSA:
  Familiarity with the LANL mission and LANL Quality Assurance Program to include SD330, Los Alamos National Laboratory Quality Assurance.
• Construction/QC Inspection:
  Experience working within construction type environments and/or experience with work related to quality control / NDE inspection.
• Complex Technical Organizations:
  Knowledge of and experience in deploying quality program requirements in large, complex organizations and the ability to meet milestones within mission schedules.
• Management
  
  Experience:
  
  A minimum of 2 years related management experience is preferred.

The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

• For Full Consideration:
  Applicants are to include a comprehensive cover…