Quality Assurance Manager (USO

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, Terra Power originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world.

They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. Terra Power’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

Terra Power is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Terra Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

The Quality Assurance (QA) Manager reports directly to the Director of Nuclear Oversight and is focused on implementing the QA program for Kemmerer Power Station (KPS). In this role, you will help revise and improve QA processes and procedures used by KPS in the execution of quality requirement necessary for a Nuclear Power Plant. This position will be responsible for ensuring Kemmerer Power Station’s quality assurance program meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, by complying with NQA-1 and other industry consensus standards for the construction and operation of a Nuclear Power Plant.

This role will also be responsible for ensuring quality audits of Kemmerer Power Station programs are complete and quality audits of suppliers are performed in accordance with approved procedures. The successful candidate will integrate and coordinate with other departments, project partners, regulators, and outside organizations working on program development.

• Manages department personnel to ensure all training, qualification, and certification requirements are met, provide direction in their work assignments, and ensure that the department maintains readiness to support plant activities.
• Provides managerial oversight of work product from department personnel, ensuring all quality-related activities and records satisfy program and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinates with other departments for cross-discipline procedure reviews and database implementation.
• Uses industry practices to develop high-quality procedures which minimize the risk of NQA events.
• Engages with industry peers, third-party vendors, NEI, and other organizations to find innovative methods & technologies for implementing the Quality Assurance Program.
• Ensures USO quality implementing procedures comply with program and company standards, NRC regulations, INPO accreditation criteria, and other codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Provides regular training and mentoring to company personnel on the processes and standards associated with the license holder’s NQA processes and procedures.
• Incorporates information gained from INPO Significant Operating Experience Reports, NRC Circulars, Bulletins, and Information Notices, plant design changes, plant procedure changes and revisions, and new regulations, and training effectiveness reports into the NQA procedures, as applicable
• Ensure the collection and maintenance of…