Prin QA Spec

Job Description
Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.

Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more. MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

(Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

• Assist in directing and coordinating the Company’s Quality Assurance Program and perform technical work to ensure effective quality services are provided.
• Plan and implement high quality technical standards and practices and perform internal assessments to ensure compliance with quality codes and standards.
• Contribute in preparing long range plans and implement quality programs in response to new missions.
• Promote quality through training and communication with other Company organizational units.
• Participate in early stages of planning quality activities; prepare program proposals and ensure they are met.
• Perform or supervise vendor and subcontractor evaluations as required.
• Review material and equipment requisitions for adherence to quality standards and codes as required.
• Consult with line organization supervisors and departmental representatives on quality matters to ensure that procedures and work practices comply with the MSTS Quality Assurance Program (QAP), other management systems, and governmental requirements.
• Recommend actions related to non-compliance and follows through to ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Maintain awareness of current additions or revisions to quality standards and procedures and applies them to work responsibilities as required.
• Provide training, mentoring, and technical guidance to less experienced QA personnel.
• Conduct QA related assessment and provide training, briefings, and orientation in areas of expertise.
• Execute work in a disciplined manner to demonstrate compliance with laws, codes, orders, and MSTS policies and procedures.
• May serve as lead on teams with well-defined scope of work.
• Develop solutions for a range of complex problems and issues.
• Perform duties relating to independent verification and receiving inspection of procured Quality materials for line organizations.
• Generate non-conformance reports.
• Provide receipt inspection support.
• Provide receipt inspection reports for MSTS POs used in all phases of Project work activities.
• Attend work package walkdowns or tabletop reviews for planned Project work activities.
• Perform QA oversight on Project work activities.
• Conduct walkdowns for ongoing Project work activities.
• Attend Plan of the Day or meetings to support Project work activities.
• Provide timely support and feedback as requested supporting Project work activities.
• Perform work package closeout reviews for completed Project work activities.
• Prepare CaWeb or NCRs for conditions identified and follow-up until closure as required.
• Perform surveillances of Project work activities as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in a Technical field related to the position or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience.
• Able to obtain Lead Auditor Certification,…