What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA Specialist II position at Mission Support and Test Services, LLC?
Overview:
Key Responsibilities
MSTS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.
Annual salary range for this position is: 75,379.20 - 113,068.80.
Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.
Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750 professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today. In this environment, the best ideas need to be voiced and every opinion matters. As such, MSTS places great value on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and is committed to a diverse and equitable workforce, with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, and perspectives.
- MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
- MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.
NNSS COVID-19 attestation requirements: https://www.nnss.gov/pages/nfo/WorkingForMSTS.html
Responsibilities:
The Quality/Contractor Assurance organization is in search of a Quality Specialist II to support ongoing projects at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The primary work location is at the North Las Vegas facility but travel to the NNSS would be required at times.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct studies and make recommendations in response to potential or actual quality problems, and to the Quality Assurance Program.
- Provide assistance to other quality assurance professionals in the development and implementation of methods for promoting quality assurance.
- Provide instruction and/or material to assist field personnel in quality assurance matters.
- Perform surveillances of operations to determine compliance with codes.
- Ensure timely and orderly completion of inspections, assessments, and reports.
- Assists in quality training activities.
- Review material and equipment requisitions for adherence to quality standards and codes.
- Provide QA related support to the continuing development, maintenance, implementation, and institutionalization of the company’s Quality Assurance Program.
- Recommend actions related to non-compliance and follow through to ensure corrective actions are implemented.
- Maintain awareness of current additions or revisions to quality standards and procedures and apply them to work responsibilities as required.
- Conduct research, data compilation, and data analysis.
- Execute work in a disciplined manner to demonstrate compliance with laws, codes, orders, and MSTS policies and procedures.
- Recommend solutions for a range of complex problems and issues.
- Perform duties relating to independent verification and receiving inspection of procured Quality materials for line organizations.
- Generates non-conformance reports.
- Perform other duties assigned by Management.
Due to the nature of our work, US Citizenship is required for all positions.
- Bachelor’s degree in a Technical field related to the position or equivalent training and at least 2 years of relevant experience.
- Experience with Quality Assurance 10 CFR 830, DOE/NNSA Weapons Quality Policy NAP-24, NQA-1, ISO 9001, and DOE Order 414, is desirable.
- Able to exercise high degree of accuracy required in writing technical documents and ensuring all company policies and procedures are followed.
- Must possess independent judgment, creativity, initiative, and ability to apply knowledge and experience to resolve problems, compose correspondence and technical reports, and accomplish goals where established procedures may not be specific.
- Must be highly organized and able to prioritize and schedule multiple activities of the work assignment.
- Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with all types of people in a tactful, professional, and effective manner while screening and maintaining confidentiality.
- Knowledge of warehouse receiving, material control, and receiving inspection operations to include planning, verification, and supervising others in the performance of verification activities is desirable.
- Ability to verify and document the results of inspections of procured items in accordance with documented procedures, acceptance standards, and/or industry practices.
- Ability to work under limited direction.
- Must possess basic computer skills with software applications such as the MS Office suite.
- The primary work location is at the North Las Vegas facility but travel to the NNSS would be required at times.
- Flexible work schedule can be negotiated with the manager; employees can work 5/8's, 9/80's or 4/10's work-weeks.
- Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
- Must possess a valid driver's license.
Ability to obtain a HSPD-12 Personal Identity Verification credential under the Department of Energy Order 206.2, ‘Identity, Credential, and Access Management,’ and Supplemental Directive NNSA SD 206.2, ‘Implementation of Personal Identity Verification for Uncleared Contractors.’
MSTS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.
Annual salary range for this position is: 75,379.20 - 113,068.80.
Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.
Salary : $75,379 - $113,069