Site QA Manager

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 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. TerraPowers 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 companys 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 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 ones 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 applicants 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%

TerraPowers 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 TerraPowers 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: $ 141386 - 212079

*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 individuals 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: Experience:

Manager