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A Weapon Quality Assurance Manager provides direction and oversight of the implementation and compliance of weapon quality and nuclear enterprise assurance requirements for a defense programs production agency facility. This function ensures that quality principles and relevant threat intelligence are integrated into production agency processes to promote communication, improvement, resolution and mitigations to meet defense program mission delivery.
• Provide leadership and direction for managers of weapon quality inspection, engineering, programs, and assurance organizations.
• Develop departmental strategies to meet long term company objectives in weapon quality and nuclear enterprise assurance for an assigned facility/process.
• Ensure departmental training and qualification programs meet NNSA expectations and requirements.
• Coordinate with program management to ensure funding and resources to achieve long-term strategic objectives.
• Communicate with federal and contractor customers and partners to promote transparency, improvements, and issue resolution in support of mission delivery
• Partner with other quality organizations in the nuclear security enterprise to improve processes and policies
• Provide timely communication to federal customers at SRS NNSA field office and division level headquarters on key performance elements and processes.
• Collaborate with intelligence community on emerging threat intelligence and provide direction on mitigation strategy development.
• Primary point of contact for NSE complex level teams for weapon quality
• Ensure NNSA delegated authority requirements are met for weapon quality processes and activities.
• Provide oversight to ensure process integrity for acceptance of weapon product on behalf of NNSA.
• Oversee weapon quality management system (WQMS) development and implementation.
• Possess advanced knowledge and experience with relevant policies/standards and ensure requirements are met for weapon processes and operations. This includes but is not limited to:
• NNSA Weapon Quality Policy NAP 401.1A
• Defense Programs Business Process System (DPBPS) SD 452.3-1A
• NNSA Nuclear Enterprise Assurance policies (SD 452.4-1)
• Applicable DOE Orders for nuclear weapon processes, quality assurance (e.g. DOE O 414.1E or current revision) and nuclear facility operations
• ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) standards
• Provide leadership and direction for managers of weapon quality inspection, engineering, programs, and assurance organizations.
• Develop departmental strategies to meet long term company objectives in weapon quality and nuclear enterprise assurance for an assigned facility/process.
• Ensure departmental training and qualification programs meet NNSA expectations and requirements.
• Coordinate with program management to ensure funding and resources to achieve long-term strategic objectives.
• Communicate with federal and contractor customers and partners to promote transparency, improvements, and issue resolution in support of mission delivery
• Partner with other quality organizations in the nuclear security enterprise to improve processes and policies
• Provide timely communication to federal customers at SRS NNSA field office and division level headquarters on key performance elements and processes.
• Collaborate with intelligence community on emerging threat intelligence and provide direction on mitigation strategy development.
• Primary point of contact for NSE complex level teams for weapon quality
• Ensure NNSA delegated authority requirements are met for weapon quality processes and activities.
• Provide oversight to ensure process integrity for acceptance of weapon product on behalf of NNSA.
• Oversee weapon quality management system (WQMS) development and implementation.
• Possess advanced knowledge and experience with relevant policies/standards and ensure requirements are met for weapon processes and operations. This includes but is not limited to:
• NNSA Weapon Quality Policy NAP 401.1A
• Defense Programs Business Process System (DPBPS) SD 452.3-1A
• NNSA Nuclear Enterprise Assurance policies (SD 452.4-1)
• Applicable DOE Orders for nuclear weapon processes, quality assurance (e.g. DOE O 414.1E or current revision) and nuclear facility operations
• ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) standards