Quality Assurance Lead

Position Summary

This position is responsible for auditing and validating all aspects of the organization’s quality assurance (QA) compliance. The position will lead efforts to enhance quality of service (QOS) policy and procedure to mitigate risk and escape points through administration of internal corrective action requests (CARs) to the organization’s quality assurance department. Responsible for establishing compliance plans, policies, and procedures at all levels so quality improvement efforts will meet or exceed internal and external customers’ needs and expectations.

Essential Functions

• Acts as a mentor to new quality assurance employees.
• Works across the organization to develop and promote a culture of Quality by conducting and validating QA audits across projects.
• Develop and revise QA compliance policies, procedures, and templates to mitigate risk.
• Lead company efforts to resolve QA discrepancies identified by the customer or outside agencies.
• Advise, coach and train operations, QA team, and supply base, as needed.
• Ensure ISO certification and compliance for Marinette Marine.
• Participate in strategic and business planning and in setting business goals and objectives.
• Oversee development of Training techniques that provide consistency while utilizing technology and cutting edge approaches to optimize performance and compliance.
• Maintain a commitment to and promote the company vision statement and the Quality Policy of the organization.
• Demonstrate leadership skills that align with the mission, vision, and values of the Company.

Position Qualifications

• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Applied Learning - Ability to participate in needed learning activities in a way that makes the most of the learning experience.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Resource Management (People & Equipment) - Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, as well as personnel.
• Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.

Skills & Abilities

• Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED), Degree preferred. Prefer current NDT certifications.
• Experience: Five to ten years of related experience with quality assurance in a shipyard.
• Computer Skills: General Computer Skills, Microsoft Office.

Physical Demands

• Vision (Near, Distance, Peripheral, Depth Perception).
• Sense of Sound (hear alarms and radios).
• Sense of Touch.
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (hard hats, safety glasses, steel toed shoes, shields, hoods, sleeves, jackets).

Work Environment

• Outdoor Environment,
• Excessive Heat,
• Excessive Cold.