Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Summary

Amentum has an opening for a Quality Assurance Specialist in Kuwait.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Ensures effective implementation of ISO 9001:2015 QMS and Quality Control Plan.
• Acts as point of contact with customer quality surveillance entities to ensure that customer requirements and expectations are being achieved.
• Assists with continual process improvement initiatives.
• Monitors customer complaints and works to ensure that effective corrective actions plans are developed and implemented.
• Implements performance metric analysis and status reporting process.
• Conducts quality self-assessments using Amentum project quality assessment guidelines.
• Conducts Quality related training as required (i.e., ISO awareness, root cause analysis, corrective action, process improvement)
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education:
• High school diploma or equivalent

Experience:
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a Quality Specialist, or equivalent, role.

Specialized Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Possess quality management system knowledge in accordance with applicable industry and current ISO 9001 quality standard requirements.
• Possess the ability to analyze, evaluate, and recommend improvements in quality system processes
• Past experience utilizing Lean / Six Sigma DMAIC methodologies highly preferred.
• Capable of developing management level presentations and reports.
• Requires a collaborative work style that fosters cooperation and teamwork.
• Must have high level of proficiency in the use of MS Office, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook and other related applications.
• Effectively plan and organize assigned work with a focus on matters of significance.
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.

Certification, License & Clearance:
• Secret Clearance is required.
• Must be a U.S Citizen

Work Environment, Physical Demands & Mental Demands:
• Ability to perform job duties efficiently and effectively.
• Must be able to work in extreme environmental conditions including dust and high temperatures.
• Must be able to endure long hours, exposure to weather and hazardous conditions.
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs.

Certification, License & Clearance:

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification highly preferred