QA Engineer

About the role

QA Engineer supporting a multi-year construction project at the Savannah River Site involving significant civil, mechanical, and electrical construction, including grading, storm drainage, demolition, earthwork, ductbanks, firewater, service water, process piping, electrical systems, and associated site infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Perform Quality Assurance activities supporting implementation of the project Quality Management System (QMS).
• Verify project activities comply with applicable ASME NQA-1 requirements, DOE Order 414.1D, approved procedures, contractual requirements, and project quality requirements.
• Perform quality surveillances, assessments, and compliance reviews of construction and other quality-affecting project activities.
• Assist with internal, client, DOE, and external audits, including preparation and collection of objective evidence and follow-up of identified findings.
• Review quality records, inspection documentation, work packages, and other project documentation for compliance with established requirements.
• Identify quality issues, procedural deficiencies, and Conditions Adverse to Quality (CAQs) and ensure they are appropriately documented and communicated.
• Support Nonconformance Reports (NCRs), Corrective Action Reports (CARs), corrective actions, and resolution of quality issues.
• Support development and revision of quality procedures, instructions, and other QMS documents.
• Verify implementation of approved quality procedures and processes through field observations and documentation reviews.
• Support personnel qualification, certification, indoctrination, and training record requirements associated with quality-affecting activities.
• Assist with quality metrics, trending, audit findings, corrective action status, and management review information.
• Coordinate QA activities with Quality Control, Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Document Control, subcontractors, and other project personnel.
• Maintain complete, accurate, traceable, and auditable quality records.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, construction quality, or related experience supporting industrial, DOE, nuclear, or other highly regulated work.
• Working knowledge of ASME NQA-1 quality requirements and DOE Order 414.1D.
• Experience working within a formal Quality Assurance Program or Quality Management System.
• Experience performing or supporting quality surveillances, assessments, audits, inspections, or compliance reviews.
• Knowledge of NCRs, corrective actions, quality records, and document control requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret procedures, specifications, technical requirements, and quality program documents.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field.
• NQA-1 Auditor or Lead Auditor certification.
• Previous DOE, nuclear, or highly regulated construction experience.
• Experience with ASME NQA-1-2019.
• Experience with CAQs/SCAQs, root cause analysis, corrective action, and quality trending.
• Previous experience in a QA Engineer, Quality Engineer, QA Specialist, Quality Specialist, Quality Professional, or similar role.
• Previous Savannah River Site or other DOE site experience.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance.
• Pre- and post-tax 401(k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning day 1.

About the company

Founded in 2003, Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC (Edgewater) is a New Mexico-based small business headquartered in Los Alamos, NM, with regional offices across the United States. Edgewater provides fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector commercial contractors involved in nuclear, high-hazard, or complex operations.