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NOTE : This position is available for the Houston area and fully remote work with occasional travel as required for business needs. Must have experience in the nuclear industry with ASME NQA-1 / 10 CFR 50 Appendix B / 10 CFR 21
Position Summary
The QA Project Engineer supports company / client projects by representing quality assurance in the planning, coordination, and execution of assigned project activities. The Project Engineer serves as a central point of contact between the QA team and other internal and external stakeholders for project-related cross-functional quality and process related issues. The QA Project Engineer is responsible for understanding and communicating project quality requirements, ensuring they are well understood and appropriately reflected in internal documentation, and working with quality and other personnel to ensure that project quality requirements are flowed to suppliers as applicable.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Interact with project team and management from multiple companies to manage cross-functional quality interfaces.
- Provide input and support on a wide spectrum of quality and process related solutions.
- Support and coordinate quality responses to customer Requests for Information and other marketing related activities.
- Develop and maintain a quality requirements traceability matrix and incorporate it into project activities as applicable.
- Manage first-of-a-kind issues and adapt to a constantly shifting business development environment; interface with planners and other personnel to ensure that quality activities for a given project are accurately represented and accounted for in work management plans.
- Proactively identify and resolve project issues and anticipated challenges, including escalation of issues within the NuScale organization when necessary.
- Provide direction and coordinate project related activities through quality leads, supervisors, and managers.
- Develop and maintain processes and procedures needed for the efficient execution of quality project activities.
- Support project risk assessment and risk mitigation activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Core Competencies
Business Acumen : A strategic thinker with good business perspective and an understanding of the company's business.Problem Solving : Decisive with good judgment, identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.Oral / Written Communication : Strong communication skills, externally and internally.Planning / Organizing : Prioritizes and plans work activities, organizes personal and project timelines and deadlines.Adaptability : Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands.Dependability : Consistently on time and at work, responds to management expectations.Team Building : Develops strong interpersonal networks and trust within the organization.Safety Culture : Adheres to the NuScale Safety culture and is expected to model safe behavior.Quality Assurance : Commits to the understanding and implementation of quality assurance regulations, standards, and guidelines of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and NQA-1.Minimum Skills, Qualifications And Abilities
Education : A minimum of a Bachelor of Science in a technical field from an accredited college or university.Experience : Minimum of 8 years of experience in quality assurance with a broad range of responsibilities. Must be familiar with ASME NQA-1 / 10 CFR 50 Appendix B / 10 CFR 21. Must have worked as a quality lead for large, complex projects and developed requirement traceability matrices.Additional Experience (desired) : Prior commercial nuclear experience; Knowledge of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section III, Division 1; Experience with ISO 9001 and other international quality standards and regulations.Industry Requirements : Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.Physical Demands
Ability to understand and communicate clearly using a phone, personal interaction, and computers.Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend new concepts quickly, and apply them accurately in a rapidly evolving environment.Employee frequently required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands to operate office equipment, and reach with hands and arms.Ability to travel locally and nationally using common forms of transportation.Disclaimer
Employee(s) must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employee(s) assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and / or skills required of all employees in this classification.
Equal Opportunity
NuScale Power, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status.
Pay And Benefits
The target pay range for this position is $127,104 – $153,401 annually. The full pay range is $113,955 – $178,237 annually. At NuScale, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, full-time working experience, education and training, equity within the department. For information on employee benefits, please visit our Careers Overview page : Employee Benefits | NuScale Power
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