Sr. Quality and Safety Programs Specialist

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.•,

2d•Remote

About The Position

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is seeking a motivated Sr. Quality and Safety Programs Specialist to contribute to their mission supporting federal DOE clients. L&A has been a trusted partner for over 30 years, enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex by providing high-caliber staff and experts for nuclear security and environmental remediation. Geosyntec is an international engineering and consulting firm known for its technical leadership and client service, working on environmental, natural resources, and civil infrastructure projects. The company invests in its people, offering competitive pay, benefits, and well-being programs.

Requirements

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 if required.
Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship.
Successful candidates will be able to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.
Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing.
At least 10 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience; roles requiring the understanding of, and operation to comprehensive regulatory requirements.
Effective written, listening, and oral communication skills.
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of applications.
NQA-1 or ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems experience and understanding of OSHA requirements and associated implementation.
Ability to obtain NQA-1 Lead Auditor certification.
Ability to travel to client sites to support task/mission activities (typical duration 3-10 business days).

Nice To Haves

Active DOE or DoD security clearance is strongly preferred.
Experience implementing and advising implementation of requirements in a systematic manner using a graded approach.
Ability to provide oversight of programs, assume leadership responsibilities for team activities and interact with and coordinate with multiple organizations, including federal counterparts.
Proficiency with data analysis tools.
Experience developing and/or implementing regulatory program and procedures in an industrial setting.
Experience in performing and ideally, leading regulatory program assessments and audits.
Applicable professional certifications.

Responsibilities

Supports multiple areas in support of L&A client tasks and missions and corporate program activities.
Ensures the timely and effective execution of assigned client and corporate tasks consistent with established requirements and applicable implementing procedures.
Drives needed corrective and improvement actions, trending, and metric analysis to foster continuous improvement.
Coordinates with task team to plan and deliver task deliverables.
Develops and tracks assigned program performance to objectives and performance targets metrics.
Promotes and acts to improve program effectiveness.
Develops and improves program procedures.
Identifies and documents risks.
Verifies completion and effectiveness of corrective actions.
Plans and supports and/or leads client tasks and internal audits and assessments to evaluate the health of the overall programs.
Reviews actions associated with audit and assessment findings and opportunities for improvement to ensure objective evidence is appropriate.
Trains personnel on the program requirements and practices.
Assists with client supplier performance evaluation activities.