Quality Manager

Charles A. Smiroldo

*** ******* ************ ****, ********, NM 87048

Cell: 505-***-**** *****@*.***

Professional Summary

Quality professional with 40 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, software quality assurance, procurement quality, and quality engineering. Spent early career as mechanical design engineer, marine engineer, startup & test engineer, reactor refueling engineer, and BWR outage manager. Broad industry experience including government, nuclear power, construction, liquid natural gas, research & development, hazardous waste management, marine transportation, and manufacturing. Outstanding relationship building, training and presentation skills. Solid construction quality management experience on small to mega projects. Proven corporate quality leadership skills. Organized and detail-oriented. Excellent at juggling multiple tasks and working under pressure. Skilled at building constructive relationships with customers, regulators, and staff. Proven analytical, organizational, and creative problem-solving skills.

Skills

DOE 10CFR830, Order 414.1D

NQA-1-1979 thru 2017

ISO 9001, 14000, 17024

10CFR21, 50, 70, and 71, Subpart H

29CFR1903, 1904, 1926

30 Hr. OSHA training

Commercial Grade Dedication

Audits, assessments, gap analyses

Quality program development and implementation

Radworker training

HAZWOPER training

Team leadership

Mentoring and training

Certifications and Licenses

Certified ASQ Lead Auditor (Inactive)

BSI Certified Lead Auditor to ISO9001:2015

Certified NQA-1 Lead Auditor

National Registry for Environmental Professionals Registered Environmental Manager (Inactive)

USCG Third Assistant Marine Engineer, Steam and Diesel, Unlimited Horsepower (Inactive)

Work History

04/2020 to Present Furloughed due to Covid-19 pandemic

07/2018 to 03/2020 Senior Quality Engineer 2

Value Added Solutions, Inc. – Aiken, SC

Senior Quality Engineer 2 on Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) Construction Project and Ventilation Shaft Drilling Project at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP). These DOE capital projects are part of a 5 year, $500M construction effort to restore WIPP to full operations and to expand storage capacity.

Duties include: auditing and oversight of prime contractor and major suppliers; preforming field quality surveillances; receipt inspections; assessing and approving commercial grade dedication programs; reviewing/approving procedures, drawings, calculations, specifications, and reports; and continually verifying compliance to quality requirements.

03/2014 to 07/2018 Senior Quality Consultant

Smiroldo Quality Consulting, LLC. – Corrales, New Mexico

QA consulting assignment examples:

Served as Construction Project Quality Manager on $100M TRU Waste Facility (DOE, NNSA)

Supported Westinghouse in resolution of AP1000 nuclear power construction documentation issues (NRC)

Upgraded quality program; achieved ISO9001:2015, Quality Management System recertification (ISO)

Led successful effort to recertify LANL Clean Chemistry Division’s laboratory to DOE standards (DOE)

Wrote, trained, implemented ISO9001 program for satellite control systems manufacturer; achieved certification. (ISO)

Served as Lead Mechanical Quality Engineer on commercial grade dedication program (NRC)

07/2012-02/2014 Construction Project Quality Manager

Fluor Corporation – Houston, TX.

Quality manager on $18.5B engineer/procure/construct (EPC) liquid natural gas project in Brisbane, Australia

Managed ISO9001 quality program implementation for construction of 4 compressor stations, separation and storage facilities, installation of 700+ wells

Identified and assisted in resolution of serious material deficiencies involving 30,000 piping components

Served as primary quality contact with client and Fluor home office

07/2011-06/2012 Supplier Quality Surveillance Supervisor

Shaw Power Group – Stoughton, MA.

Multi $B nuclear power plant EPC project (4 AP1000 reactors), based in Shanghai, China.

Coordinated witness, hold, release and shipping activities at 150+ suppliers of balance-of-plant equipment.

Led and mentored 75+ quality surveillance engineers

05/2010-06/2011 Project QA Manager and (Acting) Quality Director

NuScale Power, Inc. – Corvallis, OR.

Small Modular Reactor (SMR) EPC design/build project

Developed NQA-1 quality program to support design, engineering, procurement, licensing, and construction activities

Prepared QA Topical Report approved by NRC

Assisted engineering to maximize modular construction and minimize production costs by applying LEAN manufacturing techniques

02/2009-04/2010 Construction Project Quality Manager

Parsons Commercial Technology Group – Charlotte, NC.

$100M+ gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility EPC project for URENCO USA.

Developed, managed project quality plan and procedures

Initiated audit/surveillance program, supplier assessments and commercial grade dedication program

Recruited, trained, managed 30+ quality team

03/2004-08/2008 Corporate Director – Quality

Kleinfelder, Inc. – San Diego, CA

Quality Director of international engineering, construction management, and environmental services firm. Nearly 2000 employees, over 60 office locations with $325M in annual revenues. DOE, NRC, USACE projects.

Developed first Corporate quality system

Served as PM on projects such as drilling/water sampling, levee and dam construction, and highway.

1969-2004 1996-2004 Science and Engineering Associates (Manager – Quality, Environment, Safety, Health)

1981-95 Management Analysis Co (Senior Quality Consultant to DOE and utilities)

1977-80 Exxon Nuclear (Startup engineer, PWR Start-up and Testing QM)

1972-77 GE Nuclear Energy Div. (On-site Refueling Support Engineer, Outage Manager)

1970-1972 LTJG, USN, USS Providence CLG-6 (Engineering Officer of the Watch, E Div. Officer)

1969-70 GE Knolls Atomic Power (Mechanical Design Engineer)

Education

MBA: Business, University of Phoenix – Albuquerque, NM

Bachelor of Science: Major-Nuclear Science, Minor-Marine Engineering, State University of New York Maritime College, Bronx, NY

Personal Information

Married

US citizen

Viet Nam Veteran, LTJG US Navy

Previously held Q and TS security clearances

Physically active, excellent health

Personable with a sense of humor (when appropriate)

Reliable and dependable

Previous ran for City Counsel

Enjoy golf, billiards, travel, jigsaw puzzles, snow skiing

Affiliations

Senior Member American Society for Quality

Presentations/Publications

Presentation: "Developing and Implementing an ISO/IEC Guide 25 Certified Quality

System", National Conference of Standards Laboratories, Workshop and Symposium.

Publication: "Upgraded Corrective Action Program Meets Goals", Power Engineering Magazine

Presentation: “Commercial Grade Dedication in the US” to leadership of China Atomic Energy Authority

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