arcetyp
Quality Assurance Support Specialist (Senior Biocontainment / Controls QA)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Minimum 10 years of experience in high-containment medical research facilities.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in mechanical controls.
- Minimum 5 years of Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience at a biosafety laboratory.
- Minimum Associate's degree in a technical discipline such as electrical, mechanical, or related engineering field.
- Experience with high-containment medical research facilities up to BSL-4 involving mechanical controls engineering, programming, installation, plumbing, and validation.
- Experience reviewing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and performing quality control inspections of high-containment medical research design and construction projects up to BSL-4.
- Experience with CDC auditing, accreditation, and certification processes for select-agent and high-containment medical research facilities.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Must currently hold a minimum Secret security clearance and maintain the required clearance throughout contract performance.
Nice to have
- Electrical, mechanical, and/or controls trade experience.
- Proficiency with Direct Digital Controls (DDC) and design.
- Prior Government construction experience.
- Excellent communication skills.
Full description
Arcetyp LLC is a growing small business that provides a broad range of consulting services to US Federal Government, US Military, and Commercial clients. Services include Management & IT Consulting, Program & Project Management, and Professional & Admin Services.
We accept direct hire candidates only, W2 employee hires. We do not accept 1099 independent consultants. We do not accept staffing firms. We do not accept corp-to-corp (C2C) candidates. We can't sponsor H1B.
Arcetyp LLC is looking for a Quality Assurance Support Specialist. This position is onsite and located in Fort Detrick, Maryland.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Provides onsite quality assurance support for major repair, replacement, maintenance, and construction projects.
- Supports procurement and installation activities associated with UMCS, BAS, ESS, and related facility systems.
- Evaluates project schedules and performs technical and project documentation reviews.
- Coordinates daily with Facility Managers, Project Managers, facilities staff, laboratory personnel, and other Government personnel.
- Attends meetings supporting operations, repair, maintenance, and construction activities.
- Provides weekly project status updates to Government officials.
- Conducts field surveys to investigate existing facility layouts and conditions.
- Reviews, commissions, troubleshoots, and performs quality control inspections of high-containment research facility systems and projects.
- Coordinates with laboratory personnel regarding project reviews and planned utility outages.
- Coordinates with infection control and safety personnel to ensure compliance with applicable requirements.
- Ensures conformance with applicable NFPA codes, BMBL guidance, AAALAC standards, CDC biosafety and biosecurity requirements, safety standards, and other agency criteria.
- Identifies and reports compliance issues to appropriate Government officials.
NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
- Extensive knowledge of high-containment medical research facilities and biosafety laboratory environments.
- Strong knowledge of mechanical controls, building automation, and facility control systems.
- Knowledge of commissioning, validation, troubleshooting, and quality assurance/quality control practices.
- Knowledge of high-containment facility requirements, including BSL-3 and BSL-4 environments.
- Ability to review technical documentation, project schedules, facility systems, and construction activities.