Quality Systems Specialists - Manager
Cummins Inc.
Quality Assurance Specialist II
Navarro Research and Engineering
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Tennessee
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About the role
- Perform quality assurance and improvement functions in support of the OREM Quality Assurance Program and Quality Implementation Plan (QIP) requirements.
- Coordinate and execute the OREM Integrated Assessment Plan/Schedule and external DOE/contractor assessment activities.
- Conduct formal and informal assessments, including leading Quality Audits as an NQA-1 Lead Auditor.
- Support corrective action tracking systems: data entry, retrieval, review, analysis, and compilation of ES&H and QA reports.
- Serve as Integrated Safety Management Systems Verifications coordinator and/or assessor (contractors and DOE).
- Coordinate and/or assess Operational Readiness Reviews and Readiness Assessments.
- Administer, maintain, and provide user support for assessment and oversight activity tracking systems.
- Participate in assessment planning, schedule coordination, team participation, and reporting.
- Conduct surveillances, inspections, audits, walkthroughs, safety and health-related investigations, For-Cause Reviews, and Accident Investigations.
- Support Management Self-Assessments and development/implementation of Quality Assurance Program Plans and related management system descriptions (including 10 CFR 830.120 and NQA-1 documents).
- Develop organizational procedures or supplemental documents to support the OREM QIP and EM Quality Assurance Plan.
- Apply causal analysis methodologies and perform reports and data analyses using statistical software.
- Monitor, validate, verify, and close corrective actions; collect data for tracking and trending of issues and actions.
- Develop and maintain tracking/trending systems, lessons learned, and computer programs; provide data reporting and operational awareness support.
- Provide integrated reporting of contractor and DOE performance and results; prepare ad-hoc and monthly status reports.
- Provide quality improvement support including assessment planning, scheduling, logistics coordination, technical review, and preparation of evidence packages.
- Perform quality control and quality engineering tasks.
Requirements
- Minimum Associate of Science degree in Engineering or related field.
- Specific training in industry standards and DOE standards for nuclear quality assurance programs.
- Minimum 10 years' experience in implementation of quality assurance programs
- Qualified lead auditor (ASQC, NQA-1, or ISO)
- Support to at least 10 documented assessments, 2 startup readiness reviews and 1 accident investigation
- Expert knowledge of Word and familiarity knowledge of the other MS Office Suite products (Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project)
- Demonstrated experience with technical report preparation and data analysis
- A Department of Energy L or Q clearance preferred.
- US citizenship is required due to government contract and/or clearance requirements.
