Quality Assurance Engineer

Requisition ID:  285903

• Relocation Authorized:  National/International - Single
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Thacker Pass,NV
• Salary Range: $69,900 - $118,920 annually (Determined by function, education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant.)

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Project Overview:

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States by far – enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year.

As the EPCM contractor for Lithium Americas, Bechtel is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team contractors engineering and building the facility. We are also managing procurement of about $1 Billion in goods and services.

Earth work began in 2023 and design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway.

The project is located in the high desert and wide-open spaces of north-central Nevada about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada and 3 hours northeast of Reno.

Planned with sustainability and the environment in mind, the facility will use its excess process heat to generate electricity and will recycle process water up to seven times. Once the second phase of the project is complete, Thacker Pass will produce more than 16 times the current U.S. output of lithium.

Bechtel is proud to play a critical role in the U.S. transition to cleaner energy and offers the following opportunity on the Thacker Pass Project.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will help improve work processes by mapping work activities and systems, gathering and analyzing data, and participating in assessments. You will assist with developing, implementing, and maintaining quality management tools, aggregating performance data, and tracking effectiveness of corrective actions. Your work will help resolve and reduce the risk of work quality related issues. #LI-SM2
 

Major Responsibilities:

Level 1

• Assists in determining relevant quality parameters through statistical and analytical techniques to improve work processes and reducing the risk of quality related issues 
• Maps work processes and systems to support process and design failure modes and effects analysis 
• Assists in aggregating information and data on design and work-process interfaces to assess performance 
• Gathers and analyzes quality data and metrics to assess work process performance 
• Assists in developing and implementing quality system tools and procedures to support work processes 
• Participates in independent assessments to enable mitigation of technical and project management risks 
• Assists in tracking the effectiveness of corrective actions and process improvement activities 
• Assists in maintaining quality management system elements and tools 
• Assists with identifying potential failure points and error precursors in requirements, work processes and designs. 
• Assists in developing implement sampling and test/inspection plans

Level 2 

• Assists with identifying potential failure points and error precursors in requirements, work processes and designs  
• Gathers and analyzes quality data to assess work process performance 
• Assists in determining relevant quality parameters through statistical and analytical techniques to improve work processes and reducing the risk of quality related issues 
   

Education and Experience Requirements:

Level 1

• Requires a University Hire with 1-2 years of experience or 5-6 years of relevant work experience

Level 2

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 2-5 years of relevant experience or 6-9 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 3-5 years of relevant experience or 5-8 years of relevant work experience which includes roles in Quality Assurance and Control.
• Performs Quality role across all functions during Construction phase.
• Assists in determining relevant quality parameters through statistical and analytical techniques to improve work processes and reducing the risk of quality related issues
• Maps work processes and systems to support process and design failure modes and effects analysis
• Assists in aggregating information and data on design and work-process interfaces to assess performance
• Gathers and analyzes quality data and metrics to assess work process performance
• Assists in developing and implementing quality system tools and procedures to support work processes
• Participates in independent assessments to enable mitigation of technical and project management risks
• Assists in tracking the effectiveness of corrective actions and process improvement activities
• Assists in maintaining quality management system elements and tools
• Learns to use basic causal analysis tools and participates in/supports apparent cause evaluations to assist in the resolution of basic to moderately-complex issues
• Assists with identifying potential failure points and error precursors in requirements, work processes and designs.
• Assists in developing implement sampling and test/inspection plans.
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Total Rewards/Benefits:

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At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off (160 hours annually, accrued 6.16 hours per pay period), nine paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well-designed 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components

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