Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Specialist

About the Role

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) is seeking a Quality Assurance/Quality Control Specialist (QA/QC) to provide civil supplier quality surveillance at assigned supplier facilities and job sites. The QA/QC Specialist ensures that projects receive effective surveillance inspection service and performs supplier surveys to assess organizational effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Maintains direct working relationships with Project Management, Project and Field Engineering, Construction, Project Controls, and Procurement personnel to ensure mutual understanding and attainment of objectives.
• Maintains contacts with inspection agency representatives to ensure their service conforms to standards.
• Engages with supplier’s management personnel to resolve quality problems and recommends corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Performs supplier quality functions to ensure quality surveillance activities are planned, coordinated, and implemented effectively.
• Analyzes the effectiveness of established quality surveillance systems and techniques, making improvements as necessary.
• Takes direction from the Supplier Quality Manager and collaborates with project personnel to review project schedules, supplier hold points, witness points, and in-process surveillance.
• Reviews schedule revisions for impacts and participates in contingency planning.
• Works with project Supplier Quality, Quality Management, Procurement Representatives, Expediting, and Responsible Engineers.
• Monitors suppliers' operations to ensure materials and equipment conform to technical quality requirements.
• Ensures adherence to government property control provisions and implementation of related requirements with project personnel.
• Reviews Supplier Quality Assurance programs and reports issues to Project Supplier Quality.
• Exercises authority to require corrective action by suppliers for defective work and monitors performance at supplier facilities, submitting reports after each visit.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of method experience in quality assurance/quality control.
• Possesses or able to obtain Level II Supplier Quality/Inspection certifications for Civil knowledge.
• Extensive knowledge of ACI 117, ACI 318, ACI 349, ISO and/or ANSI, 10CFR50, and NQA-1 quality management requirements.
• Experience with surveillance and civil inspection techniques.
• Knowledge of policies, directives, management instructions, and procurement procedures.
• Understanding of interface relationships with Engineering, Construction, and Project Management.
• Training in Quality, Procurement, Engineering administration, process improvement, and legal aspects of procurement.
• Knowledge of major suppliers' equipment and materials used on projects.
• Multi-project experience performing surveillance and inspection activities.
• Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations and applicable Agency Supplements.
• Understanding of Governmental Contracts and flow-down of applicable clauses and requirements.
• Experience in Government property control.
• Knowledge of applicable Government and commercial regulations and practices.
• Familiarity with Field Engineering and Construction activities, and Standard Work Process Procedures related to materials management.

Qualifications

High school diploma required.

Schedule

• Position duration: 4-6 months, with the possibility of continuation based on performance.
• Stationed at the customer’s location with potential day trips to supplier facilities.
• Travel is minimal and dependent on supplier locations.