Quality Assurance Engineer Associate II

Advanced Technologies and Laboratories (ATL), a Planned Systems International (PSI) company, is hiring for a Quality Assurance Engineer Associate II in Richland, WA.

This position will support Navarro-ATL.

Navarro-ATL is located in Richland, WA and operates , manages, and maintains the 222-S Laboratory Complex for the Department of Energy.

Navarro-ATL members are Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN), and Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International (Gaithersburg, MD).

Quality Engineers are responsible for providing quality assurance/control engineering services in support of Navarro-ATL activities at the 222-S Laboratory .

The laboratory is a category 3 nuclear facility implementing NQA-1-2008 with the NQA-1A-2009 addenda .

The QA Engineer serves as a subject matter expert on quality functions primarily in support of facilities engineering .

include design control, procurement support, identification and/or processing of non-conforming items, corrective actions, audits, limited QC inspections, and maintenance of quality program documentation.

Under limited supervision:

• Demonstrates understanding of the application of Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) and Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) and can review and approve safety basis documents.
• Reviews drawings, process procedures, and quality reports. Identifies and reports quality problems or trends.
• Perform quality control inspections.
• Develops quality plans, procedures, and audit checklists.
• Provides quality assurance support to procurement efforts through process oversight, qualification of vendors, review of procurement documents, development of quality assurance requirements, and evaluation of proposals.
• Ensures sampling plans, quality standards, and quality instructions are utilized in assessing the quality levels of products and processes.
• Participates in identifying and dispositioning non-conforming items . Provides recommendations concerning the disposition of defective materials.
• Performs program audits and surveillance, including supplier or subcontractor audits or surveillances
• Provide quality guidance to engineers, technicians, and inspectors.