Field Quality Engineer

Job Description Summary

The GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) Field Quality Engineer is responsible for various quality activities to support the production and fabrication of complex commercial nuclear plant components at GVH sites and GVH supplier locations. In this role, you will support a quality team to deliver products and services that meet nuclear customer expectations and comply with regulatory and industry requirements.

• Develop mechanical inspection procedures.
• Resolve materials, capability, and tolerancing quality issues.
• Support supervision, process control, evaluations, and qualification testing activities; including materials, component, welding, inspection.
• Provide supervision and guidance related to activities performed by inspection and test personnel, welding engineers, and welders for ASME Sections III, VIII, and IX.
• Work effectively in a dynamic team environment.
• Partner with manufacturing operations and project/product management ensuring consistent application of quality techniques and standards.
• Support manufacturing operations as needed to safely deliver quality parts on time to customers.
• Recommend and implement enhancements to the quality system. Implement continual improvement of quality work processes. Modernize quality techniques and process monitoring.
• Provide solutions to non-conformance issues and manufacturing challenges, including developing and implementing actions to prevent recurrence of non-conforming conditions.
• Perform/Analyze manufacturing process stability and capability studies. Support New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives in Service, including quality process development and design of experiments (DOE).
• Identify and implement proactive solutions for incremental and step change quality process improvements through use of statistical techniques.
• Embrace GE Hitachi’s nuclear safety culture, where work is performed with an overriding priority on integrity, safety, security, and quality.
• Maintain, review, update, and create quality documents for production activities.
• Maintain the most recent interpretations of relevant quality system requirements.
• Ensure that documented practices meet the true interpretation of the quality management system standards.
• Interface with a variety of individuals with diverse backgrounds, including internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in internal and external audits, including direct interaction with customers.
• Train team members in sound techniques and proper operation of quality instruments such as gages to meet quality and production targets.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college/university in materials, mechanical, welding, engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
• Minimum 2 years in working in Commercial Nuclear industry or Nuclear Military positions.
• Minimum of 3 years in manufacturing, quality assurance/quality control, materials engineering, or mechanical engineering roles, including experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with manufacturing or quality disciplines in operations, fabrication, and/or welding.

• Associates Degree from an accredited college or technical school in materials, mechanical, welding, engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
• Minimum 3 years in working in Commercial Nuclear industry or Nuclear Military positions.
• Minimum of 3 years in manufacturing, quality assurance/quality control, materials engineering, or mechanical engineering roles, including experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with manufacturing or quality disciplines in operations, fabrication, and/or welding.

• Demonstrated knowledge of Nuclear Quality Assurance, ASME, ISO, IAEA requirements and standards.
• Demonstrated ability to use production and quality measuring and test equipment; including manual, electronic, and programmable devices.
• Ability and willingness to complete/re-establish (if previously certified) qualification and certification as Mechanical Inspector, Visual Inspector, Auditor, and/or NDE disciplines as necessary for the role.
• Fluent in computer applications including MS Office applications/suites, production/procurement control systems, logic/programming, development of calculation formulas/scripts, and presentation graphics.
• Ability and willingness to maintain after hours cell phone availability.
• Ability and willingness to travel to business and supplier locations; ~75%.
• Candidates must be located in either Washington State or Wilmington, North Carolina.

• Strong mechanical aptitude (i.e. intuitive understanding of mechanical manufacturing and inspection processes).
• Manufacturing and/or quality engineering experience including product, process, and product development and qualification including fabrication, metallurgy and/or special…