Los Alamos National Laboratory

Quality Performance Assurance (QPA) Specialist 1/Receipt Inspector

Los Alamos National Laboratory$66K — $103K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Basic knowledge of 10 CFR 830 Subpart A, DOE Order 414.1D, and NQA-1 standards.
  • Experience with quality concepts and their application.
  • Familiarity with inspection principles and practices.
  • Ability to review quality documentation for compliance.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, particularly in interactions with management and customers.
  • Experience in preparing and presenting quality assurance reports.
  • Skilled in decision-making and risk management regarding complex technical issues.

Responsibilities

  • Perform receipt inspections to ensure product quality.
  • Report and present findings from inspections to stakeholders.
  • Assist LANL customer organizations with quality assurance issues.
  • Support supply chain quality programs including inspections and supplier evaluations.
  • Participate in project planning meetings for inspection items.

Benefits

  • Working in a dynamic and engaging environment at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • Exposure to high-stakes quality assurance processes in nuclear contexts.
  • Opportunity to interact with key organizational stakeholders.
  • Professional development and potential for skill enhancement in quality assurance.
Full Job Description
Description

Job Title Quality Performance Assurance (QPA) Specialist 1/Receipt Inspector

Location Los Alamos, NM, US

Organization Name Institutional Quality Group (IQPA-IQ)

Minimum Salary 66100

Maximum Salary 103600

What You Will Do

This position is open for external candidates only to apply.

The selected candidate's primary responsibility will be to ensure product quality through performance of receipt inspections. These receipt inspections require planning, performing, and reporting/presenting of results. Receipt inspections are performed in accordance with customer specified criteria and in accordance with nuclear facility (NQA-1) and weapons related (DOE/NNSA NAP-24) requirements in order to ensure that specified technical and quality requirements are met.

Other duties will include; provides assistance to a key LANL customer organization on quality assurance issues and activities, and supporting the supply chain quality programs e.g., receipt inspection, suspect/counterfeit, and supplier evaluation. This individual will also support project planning meetings and schedule discussions related to items required for inspection.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:
  • Basic knowledge and experience of 10 CFR 830 Subpart A, DOE Order 414.1D, national consensus standard ASME NQA-1-2008/ASME NQA-1a-2009 Addenda, NAP-401.1, or U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide Series or equivalent.
  • Basic knowledge and experience with quality concepts and principles and how these are applied.
  • Experience with inspection principles and practices.
  • Experience in performing detailed reviews of quality documentation to ensure compliance with customer and regulatory defined requirements.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills and demonstrated experience interacting and effectively communicating with all levels of customers and management.
  • Experience in preparing and presenting quality assurance reports.
  • Experienced in effective decision-making and risk management regarding complex technical issues.

Education/Experience: Position requires an Associate's Degree in a relevant field or combination of technical certification and 2 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience in the preparation of QA procedures for review, approval, and issues in accordance with requirements and/or standards.
  • Previous experience as a qualified receipt inspector.
  • Experience leading and supporting quality assessments, surveillances, and/or audits.
  • Occasional travel may be required to perform receipt inspection duties.


Essential Job Functions (can perform with or without reasonable accommodation): This position requires the ability to lift up to 40 pounds, bending, twisting, kneeling, working on your feet, working outdoors, working in a warehouse environment, working in radiation buffer areas, and ability to perform visual inspections using corrected or non-corrected vision.

Work Location: The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Work Environment: Working in a noisy environment; Work near sources of ionizing/non-ionizing radiation.

Position Commitment: Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.
Note to Applicants: Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China - including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau - as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Additional Details

Directive 206.2: Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.

Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government, and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.

*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.

New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.

Regular Position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.

Employment Status Full Time

Appointment Type Regular

Regular

About Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory initially organized during World War II for the design of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. It is located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico in the southwestern United States. LANL conducts research in fields such as national security, space exploration, renewable energy, medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing. It is the largest institution of its kind in the world. LANL is managed and operated by Triad National Security, LLC, which is composed of Battelle Memorial Institute, the University of California, and the Texas A&M University System.
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