JOB SUMMARY:

Located in Brisbane, QLD, providing Project Supplier Quality support on a project/s including participation in workshop capability surveys, audits and quality surveillance in accordance with Bechtel Supplier Quality & Expediting Inc. (BSQE), Global Business Unit (GBU) and project procedures.
This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred but not essential
• Minimum 5 year of relevant industry experience in supply chain & project management including inspection and testing activities.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point).
• Extensive prior experience in a Quality Lead role with major commodities typically procured for large scale EPC/EPCM projects, recognized codes and standards, manufacturing methods
• Extensive experience in writing technical procedures and problem solving
• Experience in the fundamentals of supply chain, welding, surface treatment, non-destructive testing, functional testing, material management

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Previously performed project Supplier Quality activities containing a moderate degree of complexity, e.g., preparation of detailed inspection plans for use on complete or uniquely designed systems; preparation of full scope man-hour and budget estimates for proposed intermediate-sized projects; review of complex technical specifications; or the establishment of project corrective action(s) to resolve nonconformances that have a significant impact on project cost/schedule
• Strong communication skills whilst providing guidance and monitoring activities for other Supplier Quality Representatives and non-technical support staff as assigned
• Participation as an audit team member or technical resource for quality program audits
• Basic supervisory skills to monitor the administrative and technical performance of Third-Party Agency quality surveillance contractor personnel to assure that Corporate Supplier Quality Manual and Procedures and quality surveillance assignment instructions are implemented
• Previous in-shop quality surveillance or related experience with equipment or materials common to the Bechtel marketplace.

• Coordinate Supplier Quality services with multiple project functions
• Reviews material requisitions including technical specifications with respect to quality requirements and participates with Engineering in determining the levels of surveillance required and establishing witness and hold points.
• Assists in the development of the final bid list and the selection of a recommended bidder
• Participates in pre-award and post-award meetings/conferences with suppliers to review Supplier Quality’s right of access, release for shipment authority, and notification on witness and hold points during quality surveillance activities
• Prepares surveillance assignment packages and provides project direction to Supplier Quality Representatives executing surveillance assignments for the project
• Investigate quality issues reported to the Supplier Quality Manager on equipment/materials where quality surveillance has been performed. Documents such as UOS&Ds, Field Change Notices, back charge notices, NCR & Deviation Report registers, etc. should be utilized during the investigation process
• Review, edit, accept and distribute reports in accordance with the BSQE Manual and Project Procedures.
• Regularly checking anomaly code information and assignment information which has been siphoned from Quality Surveillance Reports into SAM is accurate and make any necessary corrections
• Participate in bidder pre-award and post-award activities and utilize SAM metric reports in bidder pre-award and post-award meetings to provide to SQR’s to discuss known issues with suppliers during pre fabrication meetings
• Coordinate, review, obtain and resolve project quality assurance and Engineering comments on quality surveillance plans when required by Project Procedures and Engineering Department Procedure Instructions (EDPI’s)
• Monitor and report quality metrics established by the functional Supplier Quality Manager
• Follows the project procedures and work processes
• Notify the PSQS, PPM and responsible project personnel of any significant problems and initiate timely follow-up
• Monitor and manage job hour and monetary budgets and initiate trends when any overrun is foreseen or experienced
• Record and trend out of scope work resulting from activities being undertaken that were not originally estimated or planned
• Provide supplier submittal document registers to SQR’s when requested or on a managed regular basis
• Performs specific Supplier Quality related activities assigned by the Project Procurement Manager and Supply Chain Manager
• Facilitates communication between on and off project personnel across disciplines; provides project direction to assigned Supplier Quality Representative and coordinates communication between Supplier Quality Specialists and project personnel
• Assist in resolving technical and quality issues arising from area/shop Supplier Quality activities. Represents Supplier Quality in project meetings, project reviews, and in the resolution of issues relating to supplier quality
• Represents Supplier Quality in project meetings, project reviews and in the resolution of issues relating to supplier quality
• Researches and summarizes data and populates established project and procedural performance metrics. Develop project specific metric for implementation as deemed useful by the project team
• Support development of SQ automation, data analysis & Power BI dashboards