<p>Location: Oak Ridge, TN</p> <p>Job Title: Contractor Assurance Professional</p> <p>Career Level From: Senior Associate</p> <p>Career Level To: Senior Specialist</p> <p>Job Specialty: Quality Assurance</p> <p>What You'll Do</p> <p>This position is responsible for providing technical and administrative support for Contractor Assurance Elements including but not limited to, Issues Management Program, Lessons Learned, Management Assessments, Metrics,Performance Indicators, Trending, Worker Feedback and Improvement (People Based Quality). Principle responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Developing and maintaining necessary programmatic elements to support contractor assurance programs, i.e., procedures, charters, desktop instructions, plans, etc. </li><li>Coordinating and communicating with functional points of contact to implement and facilitate work executionthroughout the project. </li><li>Benchmarking applicable programs to implement best practice. </li><li>Preparation and participating in briefings, presentations and meetings. </li></ul> <p>What You Can Expect</p> <ul> <li>Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security </li><li>Top-notch, dedicated colleagues </li><li>Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization </li><li>Career advancement and professional development programs </li><li>Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives </li></ul> <p>Minimum Job Requirements</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience. </li><li>OR Master's degree: Minimum 1 year of relevant experience. </li><li>OR Ten or more years of relevant education, training, and/or progressive experience may be considered tosatisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting. </li></ul> <p>Preferred Job Requirements</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor degree from an accredited university and 2 years of experience working on or supporting theUranium Processing Facility Project or similar Department of Energy site. </li><li>Beginning to intermediate knowledge and application of 10 CFR 830 Subpart A, DOE Order 414.1D, national consensus standard ASME NQA-1-2008/ASME NQA-1a-2009 Addenda to ASME NQA-1 - 2008, and U.S. </li></ul> <p>Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide Series or quality assurance work experience germane to high value, safety significant construction/start-up projects.</p> <ul> <li>Beginning to intermediate knowledge/skills in analyzing information; reporting research results; promoting process improvement and a quality culture; managing processes, methods and procedures; quality engineering; conducting statistical analysis and applying statistical analysis methods; critical thinking and problem solving techniques. </li><li>Experience utilizing the UPF business system applications (e.g., Microsoft package, ActionWay, InfoWorks). </li><li>Beginning to intermediate knowledge of requirements and program implementation practices for one ormore contractor assurance elements. </li><li>Experience in the development, preparation, review and approval of quality assurance procedures, guides, plans, schedules, etc. </li><li>Experience in training and making presentations. </li><li>Six sigma training and/or certification. </li><li>NQA-1 Lead Auditor Qualification. </li></ul> <p>Why Y-12?</p> <p>You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.</p> <p>Notes</p> <p>The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.</p> <p>If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.</p> <p>Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.</p> <p>This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.</p> <p>This position may be categorized as a "designated position" identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.</p> <p>CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.</p> <p>CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.</p>