Performance Assurance Specialist

Geosyntec Consultants•Oak Ridge, TN

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Performance Assurance Specialist to contribute to our mission supporting our work at UCOR in Oak Ridge, TN. Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service. We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family. To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/

Requirements

Bachelors degree in relevant field.
At least 2 years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Prior experience in performance assurance and/or contractor assurance related area.
Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship.
Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance.
Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with nuclear or highly regulated / high hazard programs including experience with corrective action and Quality Assurance systems, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Commercial Nuclear Power.
Trained/certified Causal Analysis.
Experience in the Department of Energy environment, and an understanding and knowledge of DOE Order 226.1 and other applicable DOE directives.
Trained/certified in LEAN or LEAN Six Sigma (preferably to Green Belt or higher).
Knowledge of environmental remediation and waste management projects.
Experience using software application for Issues Management, Corrective Actions, etc.

Responsibilities

Programmatic development, improvement and implementation of Performance Assurance areas: Issues Management, Event Investigation – TROTS (The Rest of the Story) Management, Assessments and Integrated Assessment Schedule, Lessons learned / Operating Experience, Performance indicators and metrics.
Processing issues in the issues management system.
Analyzing the issues management data.
Routine reporting and communication with other organizations.
Supporting or leading Apparent Cause or Root Cause Analyses.
Conducting training on the Performance Assurance procedures and processes.
Identify, analyze and effectively communicate issues and opportunities for improvement from multiple sources, e.g., observations, oversight activities, performance data, metrics, indicators, trends, causal analyses, event investigations.
Collaborate with other team members, and across all organization and management levels to develop this role and execute responsibilities commensurate with business needs and experience.