Quality Control Engineer, M&TE Lead

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower's Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. TerraPower, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier, less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining, or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power.

Job Summary:

The Natrium Quality Control Engineer, M&TE Lead, is responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring the site Measuring and Test Equipment (M&TE) control and calibration program within the assigned area of responsibility. The role leads assigned QC personnel and coordinates with Construction, Startup, Field Engineering, Quality, Procurement, and calibration service providers to ensure M&TE is controlled, calibrated, verified, documented, and available to support construction and startup activities in accordance with project procedures and quality requirements. #LI-CL1

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead assigned Quality Control Engineers, inspectors, technicians, and administrative personnel supporting the M&TE program.
• Manage the site M&TE program, including equipment receipt, storage, issue, use, recall, quarantine, calibration, post-use verification, and disposition.
• Maintain accurate M&TE inventory, checkout, calibration status, and database records.
• Develop, implement, and revise M&TE procedures, instructions, forms, reports, and other required documents.
• Coordinate M&TE procurement, calibration services, subcontractors, service providers, and original equipment manufacturers.
• Perform inspections, surveillances, and acceptance activities, and review records for accuracy, traceability, and compliance with project requirements.
• Identify and document nonconforming, lost, stolen, damaged, overdue, or suspect equipment, and oversee corrective actions through closure.
• Perform impact evaluations for equipment that fails calibration, exceeds calibration limits, or requires review of prior use.
• Coordinate with Construction, Field Engineering, Startup, Procurement, Quality Assurance, and other project teams to support the timely and compliant use of M&TE.
• Provide technical direction, work prioritization, coaching, training, and qualification support for assigned personnel.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Project Field Quality Control Engineer.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction, or a related field from an accredited university and 8 to 10 years of relevant experience, or 12 to 14 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Physical ability to conduct field inspections and participate in project walkdowns, including extensive walking on a construction site, climbing ladders and scaffolding, using fall protection and other PPE, walking on elevated or uneven surfaces, and accessing small or confined spaces.
• Possess the right to work and remain in the United States without sponsorship.
• Ability to complete and pass required pre-employment drug screen, background check, physical, and project nuclear access screening, as applicable.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of M&TE types, controls, calibration requirements, and documentation practices used on large industrial or nuclear construction projects.
• Experience implementing M&TE control, calibration, receipt, issue, recall, post-use verification, and impact evaluation requirements.
• Experience working in NRC-regulated, NQA-1, or equivalent nuclear quality environments.
• Combination of education, training, and experience that supports ANSI/NQA-1 Level II certification in the M&TE discipline; ability to meet project certification requirements for Level II or Level III M&TE QC, as applicable.
• Working knowledge of quality control procedures, corrective action processes, nonconformance documentation, completed-record review, and records traceability requirements.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook, and ability to use quality control databases and project standard computer applications.
• Familiarity with Oracle and Forms Plus databases; super user or subject matter expert experience preferred.
• Knowledge of basic safety awareness programs, safety compliance, and field work practices applicable to construction environments.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, self-directed work habits, and ability to collaborate effectively across Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Startup, Quality, and subcontractor organizations.

• Experience working on new nuclear construction projects or in a calibration laboratory operating under a 10 CFR 50 Appendix B quality assurance program.
• Certified Level II or Level III M&TE Quality Control experience in a commercial nuclear power, NQA-1, or equivalent quality program environment.
• Good working knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and quality requirements, such as ACI, AISC, ASME, and NQA-1, as applicable to assigned scope.
• Proficiency with typical Quality Control and construction systems, such as CAIS, CAMP, NCD, M&TE database, TEAMWorks, Construction Viewer, InfoWorks, and BPS.
• Previous Bechtel experience in Construction Quality Control, Field Engineering, Construction, Startup, or project field support functions.
• Working knowledge of Bechtel work process procedures and related Bechtel standard application programs.

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