Location: Piketon, Ohio
Title: Sr. Quality Assurance Specialist
Schedule (FT/PT): Regular Full Time
Travel Required: No
Clearance: Active DOE L Clearance Required
North Wind Dynamics, LLC is an Alaska Native-owned Small Disadvantaged Business, specializing in infrastructure support services and facilities maintenance, base operating services, waste management, radiological services, security control, force protection, environmental services, janitorial services, professional, administrative, and management services.
POSITION PURPOSE:
The Senior Quality Assurance Specialist on own initiative utilizes established quality assurance operating procedures and accepted methods and practices to plan and carry out assignments without direct technical assistance from the Quality Assurance Manager as follows: oversight activities; operating experience/lessons learned processes; nonconformance, incident, occurrence, and enforcement (NTS) reporting processes; safety and health support; and other tasks as assigned.
The Senior Quality Assurance Specialist reports directly to and is fully accountable to the Quality Assurance Manager. Supervision is accomplished through reports and discussions between the Senior Quality Assurance Specialist and the manager, covering actions taken or recommended and assignments completed. Completed assignments are generally evaluated for conformance to established policies and quality assurance program requirements, timeliness of activities, and soundness of technical decisions. Specific work products may be reviewed through checks of reports and other products.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Coordinates the oversight activities processes. Responsible for executing the following tasks: develop and issue annual integrated oversight plan, perform Quality management and independent assessments in accomplishment of plan, and maintenance of associated performance documents.
Coordinates the Operating Experience (OE)/Lessons Learned processes. Responsible for executing the following tasks: Elevate to management for resolution of unresolved and emergent OE issues and OE trends that need management attention associated with OE and lessons learned actions or decision; collect and report to management information on program effectiveness; coordinate and provide oversight of the OE program and facilitate the identification, documenting, sharing and use of internal and external OE information. Forward OE and requests for feedback to Senior Managers as appropriate. Maintain records and oversight of the program and be the NWD point-of-contact for the DOE Corporate OEP.
Coordinates the nonconformance, incident, occurrence, and enforcement (Noncompliance Tracking System (NTS) reporting processes and databases. Takes lead with completion, tracking, and distribution of associated reports. Ensures corrective action plans are developed as appropriate, entered into CTS, and tracked to completion. Maintain records and oversight of the processes.
Supports safety and health in implementation of the Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) and Voluntary Protection Program to the extent achievable, generally given a lower priority than other assignments, with the understanding and approval of the Quality Manager.
Demonstrates a personal commitment to quality and safety and health. Provides leadership and direction to team members. Mentors other personnel on quality and safety requirements and methods of accomplishment.
Maintains a safe working environment. Demonstrates awareness and implementation of applicable environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) requirements while also alerting co-workers of such requirements as needed.
Demonstrates the ability to get along with co-workers, customers, and clients.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Safety Responsibilities:
Keep work area in order and free of hazards.
Perform work within the contr
