James West
Quality Management, Planning, Performance & Quality Mgmt Office

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Planning, Performance & Quality Mgmt Office
Bldg. 120, Room 1-13
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-8850
jwest@bnl.gov
James is the Quality Representative (QRep) for the Environment, Safety & Health Directorate (DH), Safety and Health Services Division (HP) and Radiological Control Division (RP) matrixed from the Planning, Performance, and Quality Management Office (PQ). As the QRep, James works closely with the line organizations to support the implementation of the BNL Quality Assurance Program, mitigate Laboratory risk and serve as a liaison back to the Quality Management Office. James uses Standards Based Management System procedures, quality tools, techniques, and methodologies to support the line organization’s efforts to provide best-in-class environment, safety, and health services delivered in ways that enable world leading science and operational excellence.
James is also Brookhaven National Laboratory’s (BNL) Suspect Counterfeit Items (S/CI) Subect Matter Expert and Coordinator providing support to search for, identify, and remove S/CI’s that pose immediate or potential threats to the safety of DOE and contractor workers, the public, and the environment or security at DOE facilities.
James came to BNL in 2012 after working in engineering and quality management in the product safety, quality assessment, home security, industrial automation, aerospace, and transit industries with companies such as Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Melville, NY, Honeywell, Syosset, NY, Festo Corporation, Hauppauge, NY, B/E Aerospace, Holbrook, NY and Clever Devices, Woodbury, NY. James has valuable experience in engineering and quality management gained by performing assessments of products, processes and systems for compliance with regulatory requirements and conformance with standards for product safety, industry specifications and quality management system standards.
Expertise
Quality Assurance Program (QAP)
Graded Approach for Requirements
Management System and Organizational Self-Assessment
Supplier Pre-Award Evaluation
Event/Issues Management
Integrated Operational Performance System (IOPS)
Lessons Learned
Calibration
Inspection and Acceptance
Document Control
Suspect / Counterfeit Items
Education
Bachelor of Technology; Electrical Engineering Technology. New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY.
Associate of Applied Science; Electrical Technology. Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY.

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Planning, Performance & Quality Mgmt Office
Bldg. 120, Room 1-13
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-8850
jwest@bnl.gov