Quality Lead

Quality Lead – Carlsbad, NM
Monday- Friday- 50 hours/ week. 
Contract: 12 months w/ potential to extend. 
TASK AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promote safety within area of specialty
• Coordinate and lead a team of 3rd party contractor Quality Assurance inspectors to ensure construction and fabrication is conducted in accordance with relevant specifications
• Control and manage associated costs for Quality Assurance activities.
• Provide a senior level of expertise in quality management, inspection and testing for disciplines such as welding, coating, civil works, piping, pressure vessel and tank fabrication, equipment installations and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
• Advise supervisor on all quality matters associated with engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction activities.
• Assist / mentor / train contractors and suppliers with development and improvements to quality control and inspection activities.
• Manage conflict within the QA Team in New Mexico to preserve reputation of the QA team as being helpful and contributing (not policing).
• Develop and maintain a trusting working relationship with New Mexico supervisors and managers.
• Rollout quality related initiatives and improvements in the New Mexico area across engineering, procurement and construction.
• Assist Quality Supervision with internal development and improvement to Quality Assurance processes and procedures across Engineering, Procurement and Construction.
• Manage quality interfaces and coordination between Suppliers, Contractors, Quality Assurance, Reliability Team and other Project Team disciplines (e.g. Engineering, Construction)
• Ensure that Contractor and Supplier quality documents are reviewed for accuracy and adequacy.
• Periodically participate in Mechanical Completion walkdowns, PSSR walkdowns, Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), final inspection release activities, review of supplier Quality Control documents and support closure of punch list items
• Keep Quality supervision informed of significant quality issues and updated with status of quality issues.
• Assure that internal quality assurance and inspection records, reports and data are maintained and delivered as required.
• Provide early warning of potential quality problems and promote solutions to mitigate and prevent re-occurrence.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 15 years’ experience in Quality and/or Inspection with a major oil and gas producer or EPC is required.
• Ability to deal with high stress situations with calm and measured professionalism is required.
• Strong knowledge of ASME, NACE, API, AWS, ACI and other industry codes related to fabrication and construction is required.
• Willing and able to travel to the field and/or shop locations to troubleshoot quality issues is required.
• Current or previous certification as an ASQ Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence (CMQOE) is highly preferred (or commitment to obtain certification within 12 months of hire).
• Associates or higher degrees in Engineering or Science is preferred.
• Current or previous certification as an ISO 9001 Lead Auditor is preferred.
• Experience managing supplier quality surveillance programs is preferred.
• Current or previous certification(s) in Non-Destructive testing techniques (RT, UT, PT, MT) is preferred.
• Experience in quality training is preferred.

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