Project Quality Manager

The role

The Project Quality Manager owns project-level quality execution across engineering, procurement, and construction activities. This senior leadership role manages Project Quality Assurance Leads and Project Quality Engineers to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain project quality plans aligned to 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, ASME NQA-1, ASME III and contractual/regulatory acceptance criteria.
• Establish quality hold points, witness points, and surveillance schedules for each active project.
• Maintain project-level quality metrics and reporting.
• Perform and oversee site surveillances, hold-point inspections, and receipt inspections.
• Review purchase orders and contracts to verify quality requirements.
• Verify deliverables meet contractual and regulatory acceptance criteria.
• Identify, track, and ensure proper closeout of non-conforming conditions.
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality on audits, assessments, and approved-supplier status.
• Support disposition of nonconformances and corrective actions through the Corrective Action Program.
• Manage and mentor Project Quality Assurance Leads and Project Quality Engineers.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in nuclear quality assurance and quality control.
• Solid working knowledge and experience of nuclear and non-nuclear codes, standards, and methodologies, including 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, ASME NQA-1, and ASME BPVC.
• Qualified nuclear Lead Auditor.
• Demonstrated managerial and leadership experience, including managing embedded project quality staff.
• Experience developing project quality plans and performing surveillances and hold-point inspections.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Quality Control (QC) and receipt inspection experience
• Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, construction, or energy projects
• nuclear development projects
• Experience developing project quality processes from the ground up in a program build-out setting
• Familiarity with NQA-1 program elements and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B criteria at the project level
• Relevant certifications in quality assurance, auditing, or project management (e.g., ASQ CQA, certified nuclear Lead Auditor)

About the company

Blue Energy builds nuclear plants in a factory on an assembly line to reduce costs and time. Their mission is to make nuclear energy abundant, affordable, and repeatable at global scale.