Description
Title: Site QA Manager
Location: Location: Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States
Job Type: Full-time
Description:TITLE: Site QA Manager
LOCATION: Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA
TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications all for significant human health benefits."
TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.
Site QA Manager
The Site QA Manager is a manager within the Natrium organizational structure who has been given responsibility under the Natrium Department Directors and corresponding Senior Manager for the technical, performance, and personnel management of a team within the Natrium Project Organization. They are responsible for defining, coordinating, and executing a specific portion of the interdisciplinary technical scope within the Natrium Project through project completion. The Site QA Manager is responsible for building their team through hiring/staffing the correct mix of skillset, experience, and knowledge. They are responsible for growing the personnel within their team through annual goal setting and monitoring, career growth opportunities, and encouraging professional development. The Site QA Manager will ensure their staff is trained to appropriate standards and will leverage both internal and external means to provide support as needed.
The Site QA Manager will have QA management experience in NRC 10 CFR 50, Appendix B regulated environments. They will drive work performance and technical quality across their team, through schedule planning and monitoring, cost planning and management, staffing planning and management, and risk management. Experience with industry codes, standards and guides such as ASME, AWS, AISC, ASTM, EPRI, NEI, ISO, NEC and IEEE are strongly desired.
Responsibilities
• Develop and manage a highly-effective team focused on meeting and defining quality requirements:
o Demonstrate visible, continuous leadership in the areas of safety and quality.
o Focus on maintaining an inclusive and welcoming work environment which fosters innovation and synergy.
o Hire, train, and qualify personnel.
o Identify and propose staffing needs, prepare job descriptions, and interview candidates.
o Set yearly goals, hold mid-year reviews, and perform annual performance reviews.
o Support employee professional development and career objectives.
o Coach for performance.
o Help resolve employee concerns.
o Recommend promotions, transfers, and other staffing changes.
• Ensure the Project and technical scope are being met while meeting quality requirements:
o Estimate effort and durations required for scheduled activities.
o Participate and provide input and feedback to Pre-Job Plan meetings.
o Assign applicable personnel to activities.
o Monitor and report status of activities.
o Oversee partner and vendor technical work, as required.
o Approve timecards and contractor invoices.
o Help develop and review statements of work with Procurement personnel for supplier technical activities.
o Identify and communicate opportunities for work process improvements with department business manager.
o Coach team members, including employees, partners, and contractors on Nuclear Safety Culture, Procedural Use and Adherence expectations
o Develop and ensure growth opportunities for employees.
• Ensure the technical adequacy and quality of work products:
o Ensure technical adequacy of work performed.
o Participate in Corrective and Preventive Actions, Continuous Improvement, Lessons Learned/Operation Experience, and Risk Management processes.
o Provide reviews and approvals attesting to technical adequacy of work products.
o Review quality affecting procedures (e.g., engineering, procurement, document control, records, and resting).
o Ensure compliance with TerraPower Engineering procedures and guidelines, including applicable quality standards.
o Review procurement specification, purchase orders, contracts, task orders and agreements, and flow-downs applicable quality assurance requirements in Order/Contracts.
o Keep one's team technically synchronized with each other and with the Project; help remove roadblocks, break down silos and promote resilience and resourcefulness.
o Facilitate definition of technical interfaces/handoffs from other teams.
o Provide technical oversight of contractor, supplier, and partner work, where applicable.
o Keep senior managers, department directors, and lead technical staff informed of major emerging technical issues, while working to solve these problems with others.
o Provide input to technical risk harvesting exercises.
o Assist in the identification of regulations, codes, and standards applicable to the work.
o Ensure technical documents meet applicable regulatory guides, codes, and standards.
o Ensure design conducted in accordance with Project requirements, configuration management and change control plans and practices.
Key Qualifications and Skills
• B.S. engineering related discipline from an accredited university and 8+ years direct experience, or an M.S. or Ph.D. with commensurate experience.
• NQA-1 Audit Team Lead qualification or ability to achieve qualification within first year.
• 12+ years' experience in a Quality Assurance function with 5+ years as a Manager in a nuclear (NRC, DOE) Quality Assurance function preferred or in a regulated environment such as EPA, aerospace, or similar industries.
• Experience successfully managing and leading a team of technical QA professionals.
• Exceptional communication skills to integrate with a geographically and organizationally diverse engineering team are required.
• Experience managing projects executed under a high degree of regulatory oversight, with a preference for experience building Nuclear Power Plants.
• Strong technical acumen, with the ability to understand complex technical concepts is highly desirable.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• The successful candidate will possess a high-degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly, and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
Job Functions
Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. The information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed, and workplace accommodation may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.
• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day
• Travel required 10-20%
TerraPower's technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower's export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.
Job details
Job Type: Full-time
Salary Range Level 12: $ 141,386 - 212,079
*We typically place offers in the lower to middle portion of the range to maintain internal equity and allow room for growth. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual's qualifications experience. This range is specific to Wyoming.
Benefits:
• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
Medical
o Vision
o Dental
o Life
o Life and Disability
o Gender Affirmation Benefits
o Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
o 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
o 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities
• Flexible Work Schedule
TerraPower Career and Benefits information: https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/
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