Amentum
Quality Specialist
Amentum, RICHLAND, WA
The WTCC Quality Specialist - Reports directly to the WTCC Quality Engineering and Audit Manager and is responsible to conduct WTCC commissioning & operations independent audit and assessment activities conducted by the WTCC QA Department, including maintenance activities, as appropriate. Also, provides departmental support to ensure QA, QE, and QC activities are planned, prepared, conducted, and documented in accordance with approved WTP programs and procedures for WTP Facilities, including Low Activity Waste (LAW), Balance of Facilities (BOF), Effluent Management Facility (EMF), and the Analytical Laboratory (Lab) (LBL) structures, systems and components (SSCs).
This position shall be performed under the day-to-day direction, control, and supervision of WTCC.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES/TASKS
REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS
Education: Associate's or higher degree related to science in engineering, architecture, technology or equivalent education or specific training in area of expertise from an accredited university or college
Experience: At least 2+ years of operations, engineering, and/or technical auditing/assessment experience or equivalent. In Lieu of a degree, 6 years of experience in operations, engineering, and/or technical experience or equivalent.
Preferred Experience:
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
(EFNM) Exposed Field Non-Manual- Performs desk work, including writing, computer workstation processes, and telephone operation. Arranges for and/or performs presentations, oral reports, planning meetings, and other formal and informal contacts, requiring long periods of sitting. Oversees field activities through inspections, testing and equipment operations, which requires walking, standing, bending, and turning along with wearing of personal protective equipment. Occasional loading, transport, and unloading of tools and/or supplies specific to an activity.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $76,393.70 - $114,972.97 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com
This position is located at the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 4 x 10 schedule, M-Th, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Must be able to work in the United States without Sponsorship
Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy (DOE) badge for access to the Hanford site.
Amentum is a global company with a heritage dating back more than 100 years and delivering solutions in nuclear energy, infrastructure, operations and maintenance, and national security. Our predecessors helped build Hoover Dam, protected fighting forces in World War II, and supported the Manhattan Project. Today, our teams clean up legacy nuclear waste around the world, manage the United Kingdom's defense portfolio, design programs and tests for Navy submarine electronic systems, and provide integrated supply chain services needed in developing countries during the pandemic.
Amentum has joined with Bechtel to create an LLC, known as the Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.
Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.
Labor Law Posters
EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans
This position shall be performed under the day-to-day direction, control, and supervision of WTCC.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES/TASKS
- As a QA Auditor obtaining and maintaining qualification as a WTP Program QA Auditor and Lead Auditor;
- Under the guidance of the QA Audit Supervisor or assigned Audit Team Leader, plan, perform and report on the results of assigned QA Audits and Assessments;
- Verifying the adequacy, implementation, and effectiveness of the WTP QA program for activities and report the results to management;
- Develop and execute risk-based quality assurance audit and surveillance checklists;
- Ensure that deficiencies and enhancements identified by the QA Audit group are appropriately documented
- Assist with preparation of internal quality assessment related procedures;
- Follow up on corrective actions for QA-identified issues to verify adequacy and sustainability;
- Assist in the development of and maintain metrics related to the Quality Audit group's scope of work;
- Lead Peer Reviews of QA work products before completion;
- Lead QA related projects: HPI initiatives, Causal Analysis Participation, Quality process problem solving, etc.;
- Develop job related instructions and tools for improvement in group performance;
- Assist in tracking the generation and issuance of various QA/QC documentation Also, provide status updates within the department, and to the Project as a whole;
- Actively maintain visibility on project schedules to aid in the scheduling and coordination of QA, QE, and QC departmental functions;
- Support the Waste Treatment Plant Nuclear Safety Quality Culture by emphasizing the values of safety and quality in the performance of work in order to protect self, others, and the environment;
- This job description is not intended to include every duty, task or instruction for which an employee is responsible. Other tasks may be assigned, based on business needs and the department supervisors request
REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS
Education: Associate's or higher degree related to science in engineering, architecture, technology or equivalent education or specific training in area of expertise from an accredited university or college
Experience: At least 2+ years of operations, engineering, and/or technical auditing/assessment experience or equivalent. In Lieu of a degree, 6 years of experience in operations, engineering, and/or technical experience or equivalent.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience with nuclear programs and/or Department of Energy sites is strongly desired but not required.
- Previous Hanford Site experience is preferred but not required.
- Current or Previous NQA-1 Auditor and/or Lead Auditor is preferred but not required.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
(EFNM) Exposed Field Non-Manual- Performs desk work, including writing, computer workstation processes, and telephone operation. Arranges for and/or performs presentations, oral reports, planning meetings, and other formal and informal contacts, requiring long periods of sitting. Oversees field activities through inspections, testing and equipment operations, which requires walking, standing, bending, and turning along with wearing of personal protective equipment. Occasional loading, transport, and unloading of tools and/or supplies specific to an activity.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $76,393.70 - $114,972.97 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com
This position is located at the Construction Site (22 miles north of Richland) and works a 4 x 10 schedule, M-Th, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Must be able to work in the United States without Sponsorship
Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy (DOE) badge for access to the Hanford site.
Amentum is a global company with a heritage dating back more than 100 years and delivering solutions in nuclear energy, infrastructure, operations and maintenance, and national security. Our predecessors helped build Hoover Dam, protected fighting forces in World War II, and supported the Manhattan Project. Today, our teams clean up legacy nuclear waste around the world, manage the United Kingdom's defense portfolio, design programs and tests for Navy submarine electronic systems, and provide integrated supply chain services needed in developing countries during the pandemic.
Amentum has joined with Bechtel to create an LLC, known as the Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.
Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.
Labor Law Posters
EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans