Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Material Quality Engineer to work in our Procurement Quality department. Our team works a 9x80 schedule located out of our Idaho Falls facility with every other Friday off. You will report to the Procurement Quality Manager. You will function as a Material Quality Engineer (MQE) to generally support the function of Procurement including catalog set-up, review and approval of requisitions, oversight, and other assignments in the INL Quality Assurance organization. Responsibilities Include: - Review and approve Quality Level 1, 2, and 3 Catalog ID initiations in Asset Suite by reviewing acquisition documentation for applicable quality requirements to ensure basic quality requirements are identified and incorporated. - Impement quality assurance procedures, technical methods, control systems, and protocols to ensure quality standards are in place and product quality is achieved in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. - Help maintain and update the Master Material Catalog. - Resolve discrepancies in material descriptions and ordering data with the requestor. - Review and approve Purchase Orders and Contracts, ensuring lab-wide and facility-specific clauses are incorporated into procurement documents. - Partner with customers to provide procurement strategies following procurement and engineering procedures. - Conduct independent QA assessments, management assessments, and surveillances with peers and management to ensure that facility/program/project activities and related documentation maintain consistency. - Participate in supplier evaluations and source inspections if requested. - Provide technical expertise and assistance to program, project, facility management and personnel related to procurement quality and implementation issues. - Work with line management on significant matters requiring coordination across organizations lines. - Provide solutions to resolve facility, program, or project compliance issues. - Provide input to subject matter experts and functional area managers to promote continuous improvement in INL Quality and related processes. - Work with internal and external customers to determine that needs are met. - Ensure quality program compliance through the review and concurrence of Quality affecting documentation. - Maintain complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, and practices required for delivering quality techniques and tools. - Maintain proficiency and required training and qualification for quality engineering responsibilities and participate in professional development activities. - Perform other duties as assigned.
