Quality Assurance; QPA Specialist

Description

Job Title:

Quality Performance Assurance (QPA Specialist 1/2)

Location:

Los Alamos, NM, US

Organization Name: IQPA-IQ/IQPA-Institutional Quality

Position Level: This position will be filled at the QPA Specialist 1 or 2 level, depending on the skills, education, and experience 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! This position is based in the Institutional Quality (IQPA-IQ) group and reports to the IQPA-IQ Receipt Inspection and Verifications Leader. The selected candidate’s primary responsibility is to ensure product quality through receipt inspections. These inspections require planning, performing, and reporting/presenting results. Inspections are performed in accordance with customer specified criteria and in accordance with nuclear facility (NQA-1) and weapons related (DOE/NNSA NAP-401.1) requirements to ensure that specified technical and quality requirements are met.

Other duties include: providing assistance to LANL customer organizations on quality assurance issues and activities, and supporting the supply chain quality programs such as receipt inspection, suspect/counterfeit, and supplier evaluation.

In addition to the responsibilities at the lower level, at this level you will be expected to have experience in quality concepts and principles and initiating and reviewing quality inspection reports.

• Basic knowledge and experience of 10 CFR 830 Subpart A, DOE Order 414.1D, national consensus standard ASME NQA-1-2008/ASME NQA-1a-2009 Addenda, NAP-401.1, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide Series or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge and experience with quality concepts and principles and how these are applied.
• Experience with inspection principles and practices.
• Experience in performing detailed reviews of quality documentation to ensure compliance with customer and regulatory defined requirements.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and demonstrated experience interacting and effectively communicating with all levels of customers and management.
• Experience in preparing and presenting quality assurance reports.
• Experience in effective decision-making and risk management regarding complex technical issues.

• Demonstrated full understanding of quality concepts and principles and how these are applied plus working knowledge of other related fields and, in addition, documented record of resolving a wide range of issues.
• Demonstrated basic knowledge of and experience with quality assurance regulations, orders, and national consensus standards.
• Demonstrated experience with inspection principles and practices in addition to performing detailed reviews of quality documentation to ensure compliance with customer and regulatory defined requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in scheduling and arranging own activities in accomplishing objectives.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing and presenting quality assurance reports; strong oral and written communication skills; and experience interacting and effectively communicating with all levels of customers and management.

Training/

Certifications:

Current or former professional certification(s) in the quality field required.

Education/Experience at lower level: Position requires an Associate’s Degree in a relevant field or combination of technical certification and 2 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Education/Experience at higher level: Position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field and 5 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

• Experience in the preparation of QA procedures for review, approval, and issues in accordance
• Previous experience as a qualified receipt inspector.
• Experience leading and supporting quality assessments, surveillances,…