Tag: Quality
Associate Quality Assurance Program Manager/Quality Assurance Program Manager (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)
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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.
General Purpose
The quality assurance program manager leads information technology quality and testing initiatives across Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Establish and implement quality assurance objectives, strategies, and plans. Responsible for program deficiency tracking and reporting. Analyzes deficiencies in service or performance and recommends product or service improvements to address problems. Develop and maintain quality assurance standards for information technology.
Responsibilities
- Establish, maintain, and oversee the IT quality assurance strategy, objectives, and standards.
- Defines test strategy, tools, processes, and timelines for quality assurance of new and existing products and features.
- Builds, leads and mentors a team of quality assurance engineers, perform reviews, sets objectives and provides coaching to staff.
- Works closely and collaboratively with the project leads and development and architecture teams to establish the process for clear and efficient operations and communications related to the overall quality assurance process.
France’s Nuclear Storm: Many Power Plants Down Due to Quality Concerns
[Note: This article will appear in the forthcoming December 2016 print issue of POWER.]
The discovery of widespread carbon segregation problems in critical nuclear plant components has crippled the French power industry—20 of the country’s 58 reactors are currently offline and under heavy scrutiny. France’s nuclear safety chairman said more anomalies “will likely be found,” as the extent of the contagion is still being uncovered.
With over half of France’s 58 reactors possibly affected by “carbon segregation,” the nation’s nuclear watchdog, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has ordered that preventative measures be taken immediately to ensure public safety. As this story goes into production in late October, ASN has confirmed that 20 reactors are currently offline and potentially more will shut down in coming weeks.
The massive outages are draining power from all over Europe. Worse, new questions continue to swirl about both the safety and integrity of Électricité de France SA’s (EDF’s) nuclear fleet, as well as the quality of some French- and Japanese-made components that EDF is using in various high-profile nuclear projects around the world.…