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Electric Boat

Rad Con Quality Advocate

Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, us, 06349

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Overview In this roll the successful candidate will fill the position as a Quality Advocate (QA) in support of the Radiological Services Director at the Groton Shipyard.

The Radiological Services QA will establish and monitor processes to ensure nuclear new construction, overhaul, and repair work is conducted in accordance with regulatory, contractual, customer, and company requirements at the Groton shipyard and the SUBASE New London Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department. The Quality Advocate will also assist in monitoring the performance of critical nuclear support functions such as radiation health, radiological oversight, nuclear and radiological training, and radiological emergency response functional areas.

The Radiological Services QA is responsible for:

Creating, evaluating, and adjusting performance metrics appropriate to proper continued assessment of nuclear waterfront Directorate performance

Collecting, organizing, and analyzing metric data

Developing and tracking to completion corrective actions to improve Directorate performance

Focusing and supporting Directorate resources on correcting negative performance trends

Chairing or otherwise assisting department leadership in problem resolution efforts, as appropriate. Assistance includes, but is not limited to, Deckplate Learning Sessions (DLSs), Team Learning Sessions (TLSs), Critiques, Corrective Action Board agenda items, Supervisor of Shipbuilding Method letters, Level I problems, Incident Reports, and NASVEA Findings.

Tracking and trending Directorate commitments, debriefing nuclear work, developing and implementing standard procedures in support of Directorate quality objectives

Coordinating and overseeing department and Directorate self-assessments

Participating in audits, developing responses to audit findings, RDRs, CARs, and other deficiency reports

Leading the Directorate surveillance program and utilizing surveillance data to identify and develop process improvements

Serve as a member of the Directorate Quality Improvement Group

Developing and providing training in support of critical self-assessment, problem resolution, and learning organization objectives

Leading a team of Quality Advocates in support of the items noted above

Maintain a position in the Radiological Emergency Response Organization

Other duties as assigned

The QA will be required to interface with the Navy, Nuclear Operations, Nuclear Engineering, Naval Reactors, RadCon, Nuclear Quality and other organizations and various levels of management. Regular interface with Nuclear Directorate department leadership is key in this role.

Qualifications Required:

10+ years working in support of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP)

Familiarity / experience with EB Problem Resolution Procedures and Processes

Ability to Obtain and Maintain a Secret level DOD security clearance or higher

Ability qualify as a Radiation Worker and obtain required dosimetry

Preferred:

Experience leading or as a team member assigned to resolve one or more of the following:

EB management agenda item

Level I problem

PCO item

CAB item

NAVSEA Finding

Previous experience in a Quality/Audit/Problem Resolution Role

Completion of EB problem resolution training

Experience chairing or otherwise assisting in problem resolution efforts, including Deckplate Learning Sessions (DLS’s), Team Learning Sessions (TLS’s), Critiques, Corrective Action Board (CAB) agenda items, Supervisor of Shipbuilding Method letters, Level I problems, Incident Reports, and NASVEA Findings.

Engineering or equivalent technical degree

Skills

In depth understanding and ability to leverage data to predict future performance outcomes, prevent problems, and develop recommendations to improve performance

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrated leadership experience and abilities

Demonstrated ability to evaluate and solve complex problems

Physical Qualifications Climbing, Color Vision

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