Amentum is looking for a Quality Specialist to join our team in Mclean, VA! As a Quality Specialist, you will plan and direct activities concerning the development, application, and maintenance of quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished material or product. Quality assurance and quality control are important aspects to this job family. Quality assurance includes all those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that an item or a facility will perform satisfactorily in service. Quality control includes all those aspects of quality assurance, which provides a means of control and measures the characteristics of an item, process, or facility to established requirements. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret US Government clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Top Secret clearance. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: · Guides and directs lower-level personnel on the set-up and performance of tests. · Acts as liaison with outside suppliers in establishing or modifying specifications for purchased items. · Devises and applies testing procedures for parts or sub-assemblies received from outside vendors. · Participates in the development, maintenance, and refinement of internal quality control and reliability programs. · Ensures that the company and customer’s requirements are met on assigned products, programs, areas, or functions. · Recommends corrective action to quality problems. · Provides technical support and advises other engineering groups. · May work in any of the following areas of quality control/assurance engineering: design, incoming material, process control, product evaluation, inventory control, product reliability, research and development and administrative application. · Ensures adherence to company policies, procedures, and related government regulations. · Under limited supervision performs work that is varied and that is somewhat difficult in character. · Participates in project-wide system audits and surveillance, including supplier or subcontractor audits or surveillance to approved audit checklists and procedures. · Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data. · Interprets product quality trends. · May lead workers engaged in measuring, testing, and tabulating data concerning quality and reliability. · May compile and write training material and conduct training sessions on quality control activities. · Reviews drawings, process procedures, procurement documents, and quality control reports. · Identifies and reports quality problems or trends. · May specialize in a particular area of quality control engineering, such as design, incoming material, process control, product evaluation, inventory control, product reliability, research and development, and administrative application. · Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested. MINIMUN REQUIREMENTS: · High School Diploma or Equivalent. · 8+ years of experience in area of specialization. · Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret US Government clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Top Secret clearance. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: · Bachelor’s degree preferred. Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands: Typical office environment with no unusual hazards, occasional lifting to 20 pounds, constant sitting and use of a computer terminal, constant use of sight abilities while writing, reviewing, and editing documents, constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communication, and constant mental alertness. Must possess planning/organization skills and must be able to work under deadlines. Other Responsibilities: Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams. Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities. Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job. 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