Safety & Mission Assurance Director

Safety & Mission Assurance Director

Amentum

Position contingent upon award of contract*

The Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) Director is responsible for the SOCS Quality Management System (QMS) that includes the oversight of Quality, Safety, and Environmental programs and associated regulatory compliance, the Continuous Improvement (CI) Program. Develops accident prevention policies and programs, and implements training. Manages post-accident investigations in accordance with regulatory agencies. Monitors and tracks contract deliverables and deduction schedules. The S&MA Director is a proactive communicator influencing open communication across SOCS and the Spaceport for Mission Success.

• Manages and ensures appropriate training and certifications for a diverse, skilled S&MA team.
• Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; prepares and completes action plans; implements production, productivity, quality, and customer‑service standards; identifies and resolves problems; completes audits; determines system improvements; implements change.
• Supports financial objectives by analyzing requirements, processes and regulatory compliance.
• Performs informal and formal process audits to ensure best practices are in place for current environment. Validates quality processes by establishing product specifications and quality attributes; measures production; documents evidence; determines operational and performance qualification; writes and updates quality assurance procedures.
• Manages the personnel training schedule in accordance with OJT and NASA standards.
• Manages the Techdoc system maintaining policies, procedures, and checklists teaming with department POCs.
• Establishes informal network; develops quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses; identifies critical control points and preventive measures; establishes critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures; monitors inventories.
• Maintains and improves product quality by completing product, company, system, compliance, and surveillance audits; investigating customer complaints; collaborating with management to develop new product and engineering designs, and manufacturing and training methods.
• Prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re‑validations.
• Updates job knowledge by studying trends in quality management; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Researches safety regulations and informs senior management of changes; implements actions to maintain compliance.
• Ensures all injuries and incidents are reported and managed according to Amentum and Government requirements.
• Manages injury review process to determine and correct root cause; performs job hazard analyses, system auditing and ergonomic task analysis to ensure safe working conditions.
• Manages special safety assignments and projects to ensure adherence to safety regulations and to determine needs for updating safety codes; implements safety policies and procedures.
• Formulates, implements and maintains policies, programs and techniques necessary to achieve company goals and regulatory requirements including record retention.
• Develops approach and expectations for the CI Manager to promote Lean Six Sigma and other methodologies through training, and mentoring to become Green Belt Certified across the contract to lead process improvement projects.
• Develops a culture of operation excellence and process improvement within the environment; obtains Program Manager and key personnel buy‑in.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Quality, Environmental Technology, Business, or Management related field.
• 15+ years field safety experience with 5 years in S&MA management; experience leading personnel in conducting work…