Rad Con Quality Advocate

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 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.

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

• 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