Quality Assurance Manager

Merrick & Company•Greenwood Village, CO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Assurance Manager (QAM) position is a skilled quality assurance specialist who provides support for Merrick’s Nuclear Services and Technology (NST) projects at our Greenwood Village, CO office. The QAM is a Certified Lead Auditor who performs independent verification activities such as monitoring, auditing, and surveillance, required by the QA Program. The QAM assures effective establishment and maintenance of the QA program utilized for project activities.

Requirements

Certified Lead Auditor (CLA) qualifications or ability for rapidly achieving CLA qualification
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or Quality Assurance
10-12 years of experience with DOE or similarly related projects
Experience working with a design organization
Experience developing and implementing quality assurance and control programs
Knowledge of quality assurance regulatory, contractual, and technical documents (e.g. DOE O 414.1D, 10 CFR Part 830 Subpart A, 10CFR Part 50 Appendix B, and NQA-1-2008/9a and NQA-1-2019.)
Experience in reviewing procedures and other documents to verify quality requirements are adequately addressed and flowed down as necessary
Knowledge of construction QA activities supporting procurement and engineering products, including Commercial-Grade Dedication (CGD) work packages and application of graded approach in an NQA-1 environment
Knowledge about the application of engineering, procurement, and construction practices sufficient to comprehend specified QA requirements for these disciplines
Experience participating in and supporting quality assessments, surveillance, and/or audits
Experience and ability to ensure quality assurance requirements are met during the design, bid, build, and start-up of nuclear, non-nuclear, high, moderate, and low-hazard facilities and equipment
Knowledge on the development and implementation of ISO 9001:2015 including current lead auditor status or the ability to obtain lead auditor status
Ability to understand and interpret various physical, mechanical, and electrical documents, blueprints, drawings, specifications, and schematics
Active DOE security clearance or the ability to obtain one
Travel up to 20% for audits for vendor evaluations with international travel.
Must have current passport
Client requirements for this position require U.S. Citizenship

Responsibilities

Develop schedules for performing internal audits, assessments, and surveillance
Perform scheduled internal audits, assessments or surveillance on projects
Maintain the deficiency and corrective action tracking system, as assigned
Supporting project management with preparing corrective action plans/responses or verifying implementation of remedial actions resulting from audits and assessments
Aid with QA/QC matters on Work Scope and Project Plans
Propose technical solutions and alternatives on QA/QC matters
Communicate with Merrick's colleagues (Project Managers, Project Engineers, Technical Leads and Discipline Engineers) and the Client to assure that mutual expectations are well-defined and achieved
Stay current on project and related quality issues and supporting project team meetings with the client on short notice.