Quality Engineer

Position Overview

The QMO has an immediate opening for an experienced Quality Engineer. This position will serve as a subject matter expert in some or all aspects of quality or assurance fields, including planning or directing activities concerned with contractor assurance or quality standards. This position will also serve as a cross functional contributor to special projects within BNL. This role may also engage with appropriate Brookhaven Site Office (BHSO) counterparts and the Battelle Integrated Performance Management Community of Practice as needed. This position reports to the QMO Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in, and potentially lead, causal analysis in response to events or issues.
• Participate in or lead teams in the development of effective corrective actions.
• Perform analysis of event data and assessment results to identify common themes and trends.
• Make professional judgments on the adequacy and effectiveness of processes, systems, and programs. Evaluate performance to standards and management expectations.
• Provide input to assessment planning that identifies significant areas of risk and the assessment approach that will best serve management.
• Interpret regulations and assess means of meeting requirements in a diverse operational and research environment.
• Collect performance data through interviews, document reviews, observations, and inspections.
• Motivate and lead multidisciplinary teams, engaging effectively with personnel from a variety of backgrounds and levels of knowledge to achieve assigned goals.
• Provide assessment and analysis deliverables and communicate results in a clear, concise, and timely manner to appropriate level(s) of management.
• Interface with all levels of Laboratory management and the Brookhaven Site Office (BHSO).
• Support Contractor Assurance and the Laboratory's Enterprise Risk Management process.
• Promote operational excellence and foster a learning and improvement culture.
• Additional special projects for the Quality Management Office as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus at least three years of full-time professional experience in quality management related field such Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or process improvement 
• Demonstrated track record of leadership and a broad exposure to quality-related techniques and methodologies
• Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to synthesize results into clearly written documents
• Excellent interpersonal communication and team building skills
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Seven plus years of full-time professional experience in quality management related field
• Master’s degree
• Demonstrated experience leading interdisciplinary teams
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Auditor (CQA)
• Trained Causal Analyst (e.g., BlueDragon, Taproot root cause methodology)
• Experience with statistics and data analytics and background in data-driven decision making
• Familiarity with BNL’s Integrated Operational Performance System (IOPS)
• NQA-1 knowledge/experience

Additional Information:

• This is a fully onsite position located at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY.

Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation. This is a multi-level role and the full salary range for this position is $92300 - $130000/ year. You will be placed at the level and salary commensurate with your experience.  Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate’s qualification, education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.

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