Quality Assurance Specialist

About the role

Together with BWCC’s Operations Leadership Team, the Quality Assurance Specialist will strengthen the QA/QC culture and enhance predictability of performance throughout the territory. The specialist ensures that products and services meet desired quality standards by developing and implementing quality control procedures, monitoring product performance, and identifying and addressing quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement quality control procedures.
• Monitor product performance and identify quality issues.
• Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with quality standards and regulations.
• Coordinate all quality inspections within assigned projects through the Global Quality Resource Coordinator.
• Oversee projects and products to ensure adherence to the B&W Global Quality process, including:
  • Specification Review
  • Inspection and Test Plan Development
  • Pre-Inspection Meeting with Client and Vendor Resources for the Execution of the ITP
  • All Non-Conformance Reports and their Disposition or Resolution
  • Determine if Corrective Action is needed and involve Vendor Control
• Facilitate client meetings.
• Ensure post-fabrication documentation, ASME Code Data books, and client product dossiers are prepared properly and transmitted to the appropriate parties.
• Ensure inspections are performed by the geographically closest qualified inspector using B&W global quality resources or third-party inspectors.
• Ensure all necessary quality data is entered into the appropriate program to track, analyze, and report on quality performance.
• Interact with other managers to coordinate a fully integrated quality program.
• Participate in quality improvements across the quality system, offices, shops, and vendors.
• Handle client complaints.
• Support ASME, ISO, and other certification audit processes.
• Perform internal and external audits as directed by Global Quality.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED; vocational/technical work experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control (preferred).
• Foreign assignment experience is a plus but not required.

Skills

• Positive reaction to internal and external client requests.
• Experience in fabrication by welding and manufacturing.
• Knowledge of pressure part fabrication and structural steel/plate fabrication.
• Familiarity with ASME, AWS, and ISO codes.
• Project management focus (cradle-to-grave client relationships, problem-solving, vendor claims, root cause analysis, etc.).

Working Conditions

• Domestic travel required.
• Manufacturing environment.