Project Quality Assurance Manager

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Project Quality Assurance Manager to support our project quality assurance, EPC, construction, procurement, manufacturing, records, and operations-readiness activities.

Position Description

The Project Quality Assurance Manager supports the planning, implementation, oversight, and closeout of project quality assurance activities for Oklo EPC, construction, internal procurement, procurement receipt, manufacturing, document control, records, turnover, and operations-readiness work.

This role helps ensure project work is planned, documented, verified, and completed in accordance with Oklo standards, licensing commitments, quality assurance requirements, contractual obligations, safety expectations, and applicable site and regulatory requirements. The role translates NQA-1, DOE Order 414.1D, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B aligned quality principles, commercial grade dedication expectations, procurement quality requirements, and project-specific requirements into practical execution plans.

This position serves as a key quality coordination and oversight point between Oklo, EPC contractors, vendors, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, and internal stakeholders including Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Construction, Project Controls, Quality Assurance, Document Control, Records Management, Safety, Security, Regulatory, and Operations teams.

Success in this role requires strong quality judgment, field awareness, document and records discipline, supplier and procurement quality experience, construction execution awareness, sound decision-making, and the ability to proactively identify and escalate quality, documentation, turnover, and operations-readiness risks before they affect safety, quality, cost, schedule, licensing, or project milestones.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Develop, implement, and maintain project-level Quality Assurance Plans, procedures, inspection and test plan expectations, audit and surveillance plans, and quality records requirements for EPC, construction, procurement, receipt, manufacturing, turnover, and operations-readiness activities.
• Translate licensing, quality program, NQA-1, DOE Order 414.1D, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B aligned, code, contractual, and project requirements into clear, executable instructions for project teams, EPC contractors, suppliers, and internal Oklo teams.
• Develop and maintain quality requirements for QL-1 and other quality-significant structures, systems, components, materials, services, and construction activities, including acceptance criteria, verification methods, objective evidence, traceability, and required hold or witness points.
• Develop the care, custody, and control transfer plan from EPC and construction contractors to Oklo so Oklo can accept assets, preserve configuration control, and take the project into operations.
• Define handover and operational-readiness criteria, including system boundaries, turnover scope, asset ownership, equipment preservation, punch-list closure, open item control, walkdowns, acceptance reviews, completion statements, and required records before Oklo assumes operations.
• Develop internal Oklo procurement quality plans in accordance with applicable licensing, quality, technical, commercial grade dedication, supplier quality, and project requirements.
• Define required procurement documentation for Oklo-issued procurements, including quality clauses, supplier documentation requirements, certificates of conformance, material traceability, inspection and test documentation, critical characteristics, deviations, and turnover records.
• Develop the internal plan for procurement receipt, receipt inspection, material acceptance, storage, preservation, release for manufacturing or c…