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Bruce E. Langsteiner
Professional Summary
Mr. Langsteiner has over 30 years of experience in the quality field ranging from assessments to department and project management. He has the ability to develop QA/QC programs that are based on, or blend the requirements of the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of State (DOS), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental protection Agency (EPA), and industry, national, and international consensus standards (ISO 9001 & 14001). Mr. Langsteiner has the expertise to lead and conduct detailed and complex audits and assessments of any industry based on a concise set of requirements. He has also managed projects as well as taught the concepts of project management.
Mr. Langsteiner would add value to any company’s endeavor to improve the quality of their products or services by providing active oversight and quality program development and management.
Core Competencies
• ANSI N45.2 programs
• ASME Section IX
• ASME/NQA-1 programs
• Construction QA/QC
• Corporate Management programs review/assessment
• DOE/RW-0333P programs
• Health and safety program development, management, and assessment (VPP, ISMS, OSHA)
• ISO 9001 and 14001 programs
• Nuclear Industry Assessment Committee (NIAC) guidelines
• Project management
• Project management training & coaching
• QA/QC program development, management, and assessment
• QA/QC Training
• Regulatory compliance program development
• Root cause analysis, trend analysis
• USACE EM385-1-1and ER1110-1-12
Summary of Qualifications
• Extensive experience both nationally and internationally.
• Detailed knowledge and experience in quality engineering, government regulatory compliance, project management, heavy construction, nuclear energy and nuclear waste management, and health, safety, and environment (HSE) programs.
• Conduct and lead quality audits as a Certified Lead Auditor under ANSI N45.2.12/23, ASME/NQA-1, and DOE/RW-0333P of nuclear facility construction/operation along with supplier/vendor qualification and evaluation.
• Provide QA/QC oversight on large domestic and foreign construction.
• Provide corrective action coordination, deficiency trend analysis, quality training, quality document reviews, and licensing design reviews.
• Development of QA programs that blend the requirements of Department of Energy (DOE) Orders and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements documents along with national and international consensus standards.
• Development of HSE programs for environmental restoration in accordance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and other EPA requirements and guidelines.
• Able to provide expert guidance to private industry, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State.
• Provide project management training.
Professional Experience
10/2007 – 09/2009, Versar International Assistance Projects (VIAP), Baghdad, Iraq
Country Quality Assurance & Standards Manager (Consultant)
• Was appointed manager of an organization that was not providing the client with adequate information or services. Turned the program around such that $25 Million in additional work was awarded.
• Developed and maintained the QA program for VIAP.
• Led a thirty man organization in the oversight and assessment of 110 construction projects ($2.4 Billion) across Iraq.
• Provided training and mentoring to Iraqi engineers in quality assurance principles and processes.
• Interfaced with the contracting officer’s representatives for the Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment (AFCEE) to help properly identify and resolve quality issues.
• Tracked and trended deficiencies to identify common-causes and root causes.
• Deployed teams to conduct audits and surveillance of construction activities and AFCEE construction contractors’ QC programs and practices.
• Verified construction contractors’ compliance with the AFCEE contract statements of work and statements of requirements.
• Verified construction project compliance to the International Building Code, International Electrical Code, International Plumbing Code, ASTM, ASME, ACI, NFPA, NACE, UFC, NESC and any applicable Iraqi construction codes.
• Verified compliance with applicable requirements of OSHA regulations related to construction sites.
• Reviewed and approved detailed audit/surveillance reports for submittal to AFCEE for action.
• Followed-up on corrective actions to ensure resolution of identified deficiencies.
• Provided project management training to Iraqi and Kurdish government officials and businessmen.
05/2006 – 08/2007, Blackwater USA, Baghdad, Iraq
Quality Assurance Representative (Consultant)
• Provided quality assurance oversight for the Worldwide Personal Protective Services II (WPPS) contract in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Jordan.
• Ensured effective and consistent implementation of contract requirements with the US State Department.
• Ensured appropriate and applicable flow-down of contract requirements to Blackwater USA subcontractors.
• Assessed the effectiveness of implementation of contractual requirements by subcontractors.
• Provided guidance and recommendations to Blackwater USA WPPS management concerning quality issues.
• Conducted HSE and O&M assessments of the facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Prepared assessment reports that captured deficient conditions and provided recommended resolutions for deficiencies.
• Verified implementation of corrective actions and conducted trend analysis of root causes to prevent recurrence of deficiencies.
12/2004 – 4/2006, Lucent Technologies, Baghdad, Iraq
Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Environment, Health, and Safety Country Manager (Consultant)
• Took charge of a program that had lacked QA/QC Environment, Health, and Safety (EH&S) leadership for nearly 6 months and turned it around such that the client was provided with the high quality product expected from Lucent Technologies, Inc.
• Consulted to Lucent Technologies, Inc. management and technical staff to ensure delivery of consistently high-quality products and services.
• Provided QA/QC oversight for $250 million worth of construction and system installation activities.
• Developed the Quality Management Plan (QMP) and quality program for Lucent Technologies, Inc. for the construction of the Advanced First Responder Network (AFRN) in Iraq in accordance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Regulation ER1110-1-12 and the Quality Management and the Unified Facilities Guide Specification Section 01451A.
• Developed the EH&S Program for Lucent Technologies, Inc. for the construction of the Advanced First Responder Network in Iraq in accordance with USACE specification EM 385-1-1.
• Developed task order-specific quality plans and accident prevention plans.
• Developed and monitored the effectiveness of implementation of the QMP and EH&S programs and procedures.
• Provided EH&S and QA/QC training for Lucent project staff.
• Conducted training sessions for Iraqi local nationals to transfer knowledge concerning QA and EH&S.
• Monitored construction activities of subcontractors nation-wide for compliance with the EH&S, QA programs, and the International Construction Code.
04/2004 – 12/2004, Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), Al Taji, Iraq
Senior Quality Inspector, LOGCAP III
• Provided oversight of construction activities and facilities maintenance activities including electrical, plumbing, carpentry, HVAC-R, grounds maintenance, vector control, service order desk, and camp life support activities.
• Conducted audits and field inspections of services and construction activities.
• Ensured compliance with the LOGCAP III Quality Assurance Plan.
• Provided instruction and training to LOGCAP III project personnel to ensure adequate knowledge of the Quality Assurance Plan and standard operating procedures.
2001 – 2004, Bechtel National, Inc.
Senior Quality Engineer/NQA-1 Certified Lead Auditor
• Provided guidance and leadership to quality engineers in the development of the Quality Assurance Manual and quality implementing procedures for the construction of the River Protection Project, Waste Treatment Plant (RPP-WTP).
• Ensured regulatory compliance through the performance of internal and external audits and surveillance of RPP-WTP organizations.
• Conducted numerous qualification audits/surveillance of suppliers of key items and services to the RPP-WTP in accordance with the Nuclear Industry Assessment Committee (NIAC) guidelines, NQA-1, DOE Order 414.1a, and DOE/RW-0333P.
1999 – 2001, Bechtel BWXT
Consulting Technical Specialist/NQA-1 Certified Lead Auditor
• Provided programmatic leadership through quality engineering support to the INEEL Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Program Staff and facilitated implementation of a rigorous quality assurance program within the SNF Program and Operations organizations.
• Provided expert quality engineering support based upon DOE/RW-0333P, NQA-1, and DOE Order 414.1a requirements.
• Ensured regulatory compliance through the performance of surveillance, assessments, and audits of SNF Program activities and suppliers.
• Provided QA coverage for the construction of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) at the INEEL for the storage of the materials from the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.
• Developed and maintained a deficiency tracking/trending database that ensured deficiencies were handled in a timely fashion with the intent of identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Provided root cause analysis training and guidance to SNF personnel.
• Administered the SNF QA Program budget.
1998 – 1999, Westinghouse Government Environmental Services
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer/NQA-1 Certified Lead Auditor
• Provided QA/SQA support and expertise to all Waste Isolation Division (WID) organizations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for the construction and operation of the low level TRU waste repository.
• Led and conducted internal and vendor surveillance and audits.
• Developed and maintained the corrective action tracking system and the nonconformance reporting program.
• Conducted statistical trend analysis based on all deficiency documents with the intent of identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Provided Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) screening for WID procurements, procedures, and plans.
• Conducted environmental assessments of Transportation, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) sites for the disposition of RCRA wastes generated at the WIPP site.
1995 – 1998, Commodore Advanced Sciences, Inc.
Senior Quality Assurance Specialist/NQA-1 Certified Lead Auditor
• Provided QA/SQA support to the DOE Carlsbad Area Office (CAO).
• Lead surveillance and audits, developed CAO QA implementing procedures, and provided general QA support as necessary.
• Reviewed transuranic (TRU) waste generator QA documents to ensure compliance with NQA-1 (1994), Subpart 2.7.
• Tracked task management parameters to ensure proper personnel utilization. Modified and maintained the corrective action tracking system for the CAO.
• Led Independent Review Team assessments of data packages for the WIPP Technical Assistance Contractor to qualify existing data in support of the WIPP repository performance assessment and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Reviewed and assessed the adequacy of QA programs of participants on the WIPP project to determine effectiveness, adequacy, and equivalency to NQA-1, NQA-2, and NQA-3.
• Participated on proposal writing teams in response to federal government requests for proposals.
1993 – 1995, WASTREN, Inc.
Director, Quality Assurance Center of Excellence/Project Manager
• Responsible for the development of QA and Total Quality Management (TQM) programs for client companies.
• Developed the TQM program for Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Nuclear Regulatory Commission Program.
• Provided QA program development support for the Transportation System Development Program at SNL.
• Revised the SNL Cask Systems Development Program's (CSDP) QA program.
• Conducted internal and external audits and developed the Waste Stream and Residue Identification and Characterization QA Program and the Non-Radioactive Hazardous Waste Certification and Disposal QA Program for EG&G Rocky Flats, Inc.
• Assisted in the development of an Environment, Health, and Safety program for the environmental restoration of the 881 Hillside at Rocky Flats.
• Prepared an ISO 9001-based QA program for the environmental cleanup of Belarus, Russia.
• Developed proposals in response to federal government requests for proposal.
1987 – 1992, Science Application International Corporation
Assistant Project Manager, Senior Quality Assurance Specialist/Certified Lead Auditor
• Developed the QA Management Plan for the environmental restoration of the Hanford site.
• Developed the QA System Requirements document (DOE/RL-90-28) for the DOE Richland, WA Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Office.
• Developed the QA program for the Rocky Flats Plant (RFP) Environmental Restoration (ER) Project.
• Led the effort to develop QA implementing procedures for the RFP ER project.
• Conducted assessment and compliance audits of RFP ER activities.
• Developed the QA Program Plan for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for the Yucca Mountain Project.
• Conducted internal/vendor audits and surveillance for the USGS.
Additional Experience Prior to 1987
Mr. Langsteiner was employed by Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) as a quality assurance engineer at the Fort St. Vrain nuclear power plant. Prior to his employment with PSCo, he was employed by Florida Power and Light as a quality control inspector at the Turkey Point Units. Mr. Langsteiner received his initial training in quality and nuclear energy by serving honorably in the US Navy’s nuclear power program.
Education
University of Phoenix, Denver, CO Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (1990).
Other Education, Training, and Certifications
Certified Quality Auditor, American Society for Quality (1998)
McCoy and Associates, Inc., Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Training (1997)
Software Quality Engineering, American Society for Quality (1996)
ISO 9000 Quality System Documentation Course, American Society for Quality (1994)
Environmental Health & Safety for Hazardous Waste Site Operations (HazWOper), Front Range Community College (1990)
Lead Auditor Certification Course, Stat-A-Matrix (1973)
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