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PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - QA 1430-SRS-AIKEN, SC
Deadline: 8-17-2025(All official documents must be completed and returned before the deadline for candidate consideration.)
Projected Start Date: 8/25/2025
Duration: 1 YEAR with two (2) 1 Year Renewal Options
One(1) Position Available!
US Citizenship Required
Travel may be required to support this position, up to 30%.
JOB SUMMARY:
Define scope of technical and quality engineering programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems. Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, cost-effective, and timely results. Give quality guidance to less senior professionals on related tasks.
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs
seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering and quality assurance
principles; evaluate the results of programs through surveillances, monitoring, assessments, and reviews;
prepare reports and recommendations based on these evaluations; and, identify and recommend
improvements where established technology, methodology, and procedures are inadequate for solution.
Keep informed of the advancement of technology and requirements as applied within one's area of
specialization and expertise.
• Develop QA programs and procedures and ensure compliance and effective execution of technical and
quality assurance requirements within the assigned facility or program area. Be accountable for
compliance with the approved schedules and that personnel under one's technical guidance are
appropriately trained and effectively utilized.
• Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical and quality
engineering tasks identified by management. Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures
of budget and review quality of work completed to ensure that technical and quality requirements are met.
• Serve on a Facility Review Board, providing QA expertise in support of facility start-up and/or
operation. Support facility/project needs within the assigned area by conducting procurement, procedure,
and work package reviews.
• Communicate objectives and results to customers, colleagues, and management. Prepare reports,
professional papers, and articles for internal publication; Occasionally prepare reports for external
publication. Communicate with DOE-SR personnel regarding QA Program and corrective action status.
• Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies. May also participate in
national technical societies, advanced studies, or national consensus standards committees.
• Demonstrate commitment to TQ concepts by active participation and successful implementation of Div./Dept. TQ initiatives.
• Serve as a QA expert in evaluating the QA Programs of major program participants, including
subcontractors and suppliers, in order to recommend corrective actions, redirect efforts, and provide
judgment regarding a project or facility's potential for success. Present findings to program or facility
management and Site QA.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
OTHER DUTIES AS REQUIRED:
• Must be able to prepare and/or assist in the preparation of Program Plans, Program
Implementation Plans, and systems engineering management plans and perform mission analyses
in support of individual SRNS and DOE / NNSA programs and projects. Missions may be
identified from discussions with key SRNS and DOE / NNSA personnel, as well as review of
existing source documents such as strategic plans; operational concept documents; and program
and project plans. Potential new missions will be assessed for consistency with, and relation to,
existing missions. Traceability from source documents to missions must be maintained using an
automated systems engineering tool to the maximum extent practical.
• Must be able to develop risk management plans to manage the risks for organizations, projects
and programs. Risks must be identified and defined in accordance with applicable risk
management plans. Must be able to identify program / project risks and develop / track mitigation
strategies.
• Must be able to perform alternative / decision analyses in support of individual programs and
projects. Alternative solutions may be developed and evaluated utilizing a structured decision
analysis method. Decision criteria will be established and weighted, and alternate solutions will
be evaluated against the decision criteria. Sensitivity analyses will be performed, and a
recommended solution could be given.
• Must be able to conduct systems engineering training and develop any required specific training
required by the Task Order, when applicable. The training will be provided to give students an
overview of the SE process or specific components of the process. The system engineering
training will be integrated with specific program's tools and documentation. The training must
include practical hands-on examples / workshops which directly relate to the specific program.
• Must be able to provide feedback to SRNS and DOE / NNSA engineers and managers working
with the Subcontractor employees on how to improve their techniques in the fields of program /
project management and systems engineering.
• Must be able to perform requirements analyses in support of individual programs and projects.
Performance, functional, and interface requirements and constraints will be determined,
requirements trade-offs may be conducted and impacts of each alternative must be developed.
Requirements and constraint conflicts analyses must be performed, and resolutions
recommended. Automated systems engineering tools will be used to the maximum extent
practical to identify and manage requirements and to maintain the traceability of requirements to
source documents.
• Must be able to perform functional analyses in support of individual programs and projects and
for site-level integration. Functions will be subdivided to the level specified, and performance
requirements will be assigned to functions. Must be able to define, refine, and integrate functional
architectures (including generation of functional flow block diagrams).
• Must be able to provide systems synthesis support in assigning functions to structures, systems,
and components, physical architecture elements for individual projects, and site-level integration.
Implementation of requirements must be documented in automated systems engineering tools to
the maximum extent practical. Traceability to originating requirements shall be maintained.
• Must be able to be perform system integration and interface control activities in support of
individual program / projects. System definitions must be developed, boundaries must be defined,
and interface requirements must be developed and managed. Automated systems engineering
tools will be used to the maximum extent practical to develop and control system interfaces.
• Must be able to provide analysis and critique of SRNS and DOE / NNSA systems engineering
and program / project management techniques, approaches, and practices. The analysis will
include causative factors, good practices, and recommended improvements.
• Must be able to develop process description documents that establish the process to be used by
organizations to conduct project / program management and/or systems engineering. These
processes must conform to the project management and systems engineering standards as defined
in the individual task plans.
Work Hours:
Up to a 40-hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including
5/8s (8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10's (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80's (9 hours/day, five days on week AA and four days on week BB. Work week excludes SRNS holidays. Each workday has 30-minute lunch. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the discretion of the Manager.
The work performed under this subcontract will be located at SRS, NNSA offices in Washington DC,
and/or NNSA sites across the USA (e.g., Y-12, LANL, Sandia, Pantex, Kansas City, and LLNL) and/or at
the subcontractor's home office (for unclassified work).
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION:
PH.D. degree in Engineering/Science with 5 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or
Engineering experience in the fields of Operations, Maintenance, Construction or Industrial
Manufacturing
• MS degree in Engineering/Science with 8 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or Engineering
experience in the fields of Operations, Maintenance, Construction or Industrial Manufacturing
• BS degree in Engineering/Science with 10 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or Engineering
experience in the fields of Operations, Maintenance, Construction or Industrial Manufacturing
• Non-Technical degree with 13 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or Engineering experience
in the fields of Operations, Maintenance, Construction or Industrial Manufacturing
• HS Diploma or GED with 18 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or Engineering experience in
the fields of Operations, Maintenance, Construction, or Industrial Manufacturing.
EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
• At least 16 years of multi-disciplined professional Quality Assurance, or engineering
related experience with increasing levels of responsibility in an operations, maintenance, construction, or manufacturing environment, of which, 10 years must have been in a senior position.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Current or prior certification as a lead auditor. ASQC-Certified Quality Engineer is desirable.
Experience with government business practices with DOE / NNSA, is preferred.
OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Area Security Access: A clearance is not required for this position.
Sound basis in System(s) Engineering (SE)
o Must have experience successfully executing a broad range of SE applications
o Must have experience leading implementation of SE processes required to achieve the
intended benefits, e.g., project success, process transformation, overcoming cultural
paradigms
• Must have experience working with the Nuclear Weapons Complex.
• Must have experience supporting DOE projects (line items to General Plant Projects), programs and missions
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OLH is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
OLH, Inc. ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact Svetlana Schel at 706-922-5014. Persons with hearing and speech-impairments can contact OLH, Inc. by emailing hr@olhinc.com.
Please note: We do not accept resume submission from third-party paid recruiting sources.
- Location:
- Aiken, SC, United States
- Category:
- Computer And Mathematical Occupations