Credentials that matter
Skills and tools
- ASME NQA-1
- DOE Order 414.1d
- 10 CFR 50
- NRC Regulations
- Quality Management
- Procurement Quality
Required qualifications
- Strong quality judgment and field awareness in nuclear construction or manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated document and records management discipline.
- Supplier and procurement quality experience in regulated industries.
- Construction execution awareness and project delivery experience.
- Proactive ability to identify and escalate quality, documentation, turnover, and operations-readiness risks.
- Knowledge of NQA-1, DOE Order 414.1D, and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B quality standards.
About this role
Oklo is seeking a Project Quality Assurance Manager to oversee QA activities across EPC, construction, procurement, manufacturing, and operations-readiness for advanced reactor projects. This role ensures execution aligns with NQA-1, DOE Order 414.1D, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, and NRC regulatory requirements while coordinating between internal teams, contractors, vendors, and suppliers.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain project-level Quality Assurance Plans, procedures, inspection/test plans, audit plans, and quality records for EPC, construction, procurement, manufacturing, and operations-readiness activities aligned with NQA-1 and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B.
- Translate licensing, quality program, code, contractual, and project requirements into executable instructions for project teams, EPC contractors, suppliers, and internal teams.
- Develop and maintain quality requirements for QL-1 and quality-significant structures, systems, components, materials, and construction activities, including acceptance criteria, verification methods, and objective evidence.
- Develop care, custody, and control transfer plans from EPC and construction contractors to Oklo for asset acceptance, configuration control, and operations readiness.
- Define handover and operational-readiness criteria including system boundaries, turnover scope, asset ownership, equipment preservation, punch-list closure, and required records.
- Develop internal procurement quality plans aligned with commercial grade dedication, supplier quality, and licensing requirements.
- Provide QA oversight of construction execution, including work package readiness, field implementation, inspections, testing, commissioning support, and turnover.
- Review drawings, specifications, procedures, work packages, procurement documents, RFIs, submittals, and quality records for regulatory alignment.
- Manage corrective action processes including condition reports, nonconformances, audit findings, root cause evaluations, and effectiveness reviews.
- Plan and execute audits and surveillances of project activities, EPC contractors, suppliers, procurement, manufacturing, and document control.
- Support supplier qualification, audits, surveillance, and commercial grade dedication implementation.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Construction, Operations, and Regulatory teams to resolve quality issues.
Location, schedule, and travel
Not specified
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