Environment, Safety & Health and Quality Assurance
The SSO Environment, Safety and Health & Quality Assurance (ESHQA) office is responsible for direction, day-to-day oversight and contract administration activities in support of the of ES&H programs at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), serves as the NNSA lead for site environmental planning, compliance, monitoring, and permitting; conducts process for the National Environmental Policy Act; provides oversight of ES&H matters including independent readiness assessments, performs programmatic ES&H assessments, conducts accident investigations and safety related employee concern reviews; implements and oversees the ISMS; provides subject matter expertise and technical support at the SNL facilities as requested; manages the Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health Program; oversees the Environmental Management System, and provides oversight and direction for SNL waste management, water, air, and pollution prevention programs.
For Quality Assurance and Control, ESHQA serves as Site Office Quality Assurance Agency; establishes local procedures for quality assurance activities including DOE O 414.1C for ES&H and QC-1 for weapons and performs product acceptance for the U.S. government; performs quality surveys of war reserve components and manufacturing processes; and supports quality and process improvement initiatives such as the six sigma and lean manufacturing.
The Assistant Manager for ESHQA is supported by the Assistant Manager for Facility Operations on safety software used for consequence analysis for potential accidents and design basis events, design for structures, systems and components, and instrumentation and controls.